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Today is a fateful day for village judge Adam. Who broke Widow Kull’s jug fleeing head over heels after his nightly visit to her daughter? As the trial unfolds, it becomes clear to everyone that the judge himself is the culprit. Judge Adam twists and turns, invents countless explanations, and piles up the most absurd lies. But he is conducting a trial against himself—one he cannot win.Read moreLess
Today is a fateful day for village judge Adam. Who broke Widow Kull’s jug fleeing head over heels after his nightly visit to her daughter? As the trial unfolds, it becomes clear to everyone that the judge himself is the culprit. Judge Adam twists and turns, invents countless explanations, and piles up the most absurd lies. But he is conducting a trial against himself—one he cannot win.
The story
Today is a fateful day for village judge Adam. Who broke Widow Kull’s jug fleeing head over heels after his nightly visit to her daughter? As the trial unfolds, it becomes clear to everyone that the judge himself is the culprit. Judge Adam twists and turns, invents countless explanations, and piles up the most absurd lies. But he is conducting a trial against himself—one he cannot win.
Cast & crew
Emil JanningsAdam
Friedrich KaysslerWalter
Max GülstorffLicht
Lina CarstensMarthe Rull
Angela SallokerEva Rull
Bruno HübnerVeit Tümpel
Paul DahlkeRuprecht Tümpel
Elisabeth FlickenschildtFrau Brigitte
Walter WernerBedienter
Erich DunskusBüttel
Gisela von CollandeGrethe, Magd
Lotte RauschLiese, MagdExplore the crew
- Director
- Emil Jannings
- Director
- Gustav Ucicky
- Original Music Composer
- Wolfgang Zeller
- Editor
- Arnfried Heyne
- Director of Photography
- Fritz Arno Wagner
- Screenplay
- Thea von Harbou
- Producer
- Karl Julius Fritzsche