Tale of the Idle Jar (1956)

Overview

The title character of this humorous puppet film is a milk pot that swells to terrifying dimensions. The vain jar-lady becomes so big-headed that she rejects her customary role in life and even goes as far as to take control of the master potter’s workshop. However, at the local market most customers give her the cold shoulder, only a drunkard rag and bone man sees something in her: as a bottomless wine jug…