When I saw this movie it had no subtitles and I had to guess. I thought it was about a store owner in Holland who was being audited and a customer was trying to get their money back or a replacement of their jug. But the rest of the story was more confusing so I had to look up the story to make clear what I saw.Emil Jannings plays a judge in a small dutch town who wakes up , in the morning, beaten up as he was in a fight. It turns out that the legal inspector is coming in to check the town. It turns out that Lina Carstens is going to court because she accused Paul Dauhlke , her daughter boyfriend, of breaking her jug. Her daughter is convincing her that he didn't do it. She knows who did . But she's afraid to tell . It was Adam the judge .Her boy friend is being drafted to the dutch indie army and Adam knows how to get him out.This was one of the few actual non propaganda that Emil Jannings did and that it was a comedy. It's based on a play created in the 1800's. It was consider a risky experiment to make into a movie to Goebels.Adam as judge fights to conceal the fact that he did it. Lina Carsten accuses Paul for and he argues that he didn't. Until one of the village ladies found his wig. Which every one in court starts to realize who's the culprit. Eva the daughter fearlessly reveals the truth, She saw Adam. The visual shtick is here .The wig showing up is hilarious. How Adam fights to deny it . Whats unusual for a German classic film is that at the end they show the actors who were in it .Visually only. It was shot like a stage play and Lina Carsten was doing some stage type acting. Although it didn't fit the film mode ,it made it more funnier.
