Hitler's Favorite Film

The Broken Jug was said to be Hitler's favorite film, now if that is not enough to convince someone of the connection to Nazi cinema, I do not know what would. The film mocks the failing of human nature and the judicial system that was set up to protect itself. It is quite easy to see the corruption and link it to the tainted court system in Nazi Germany. The film chronicles a corrupt judge who tries to cover up his attempted seduction of Eve, an attack in which the titular jug was broken, by sending the innocent Ruprecht to prison. Testimony is given by a number of quaint village types until the judge is finally exposed. It was Ullmann’s final opera written before his internment at the Terezinstadt and his eventual execution at Auschwitz, which is another link to the fact that it had strong ties to Nazi Germany, Ullmann knew what was going on in the higher parts of government and was not afraid to expose it in film, which unfortunately ended in his death in the gas chamber. For the paper, I would first discuss the origin of Ullmann and his life, then the political events that were occurring at that time, then the making of the film and research that was put into writing the screenplay, and finally what really led to Ullman's death in the gas chambers of Auschwitz.