It is
is court day in the village of Huisum in the province of Utrecht. The whole village
is gathered to follow the case of Mrs. Marthe Rull's broken jug.
to follow the case. The accused is Ruprecht, the fiancé of her daughter Eve,
who is said to have been with her at night. But he claims to have
burglar, who escaped by jumping out of the window and breaking the jug.
and broke the jug in the process.
On this very day, the
village magistrate Adam arrives in the courtroom in a bad way. Not only does he have
several wounds on his face, he is also limping badly. Soon the suspicion
suspicion that Ruprecht might be right with his statement,
that the real perpetrator is sitting opposite him in court.
When it comes
to save his own skin, the village magistrate will use any means and
and any lie will do. Without any scruples, he twists all the facts, declares
truths that cannot possibly be true, constructs the most abstruse scenarios
scenarios to save his position and his power.