Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds (1935)
1h 45m
Running Time
July 18, 1935Release Date
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds (1935)
1h 45m
Running Time
July 18, 1935Release Date
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Plot.
Lamenting Thebian women are waiting for the men to come back from war. God Jupiter is attracted to one of them: Alkmene. He goes to earth and tries to seduce her as himself: an old man. Failing in this, he disguises himself as Amphitryon (Alkemene's husband) and tries again. Next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.
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Cast & Crew.
Willy Fritsch
Jupiter / Amphitryon
Paul Kemp
Götterbote Merkur / Diener Sosias
Adele Sandrock
Jupiters Gemahlin Juno
Hilde Hildebrand
1. Freundin Alkmenes
Käthe Gold
Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene
Fita Benkhoff
Andria
Vilma Bekendorf
2. Freundin Alkmenes
Annie Ann
3. Freundin Alkmenes
Reinhold Schünzel
Director
Hilde Boenisch
4. Freundin Alkmenes
Molière
Writer
Ewald Wenck
Dr. Äskulap
Titus Maccius Plautus
Writer
Aribert Wäscher
Thebener Kriegsminister
Heinrich von Kleist
Writer
Ellen-Ruth Knapp-Güttingen
1. Thebener Ehefrau
Franz Doelle
Composer
Werner Bohne
Cinematographer
Annemarie Korff
2. Thebener Ehefrau
Liesl Otto
3. Thebener Ehefrau
Annemarie Schwindt
4. Thebener Ehefrau
Rochus Gliese
Costume Design
Fritz Arno Wagner
Director of Photography
Kurt Hoffmann
Assistant Director
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 18, 1935
Original NameAmphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Genres
Wiki.
Amphitryon is a 1935 German musical film. Written and directed by Reinhold Schünzel, it is based on plays by Molière, Plautus, and Heinrich von Kleist, which in turn are based on Greek mythology.
The film is known by a variety of other names: Amphitryon – Happiness from the Clouds, Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück in Austria, Amfitryon in Greece, Anfitrione in Italy, Det gudomliga äventyret in Sweden.
Amphitryon was filmed in Ufa-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, from 2 February 1935 – May 1935. It was one of UFA's many multiple-language version films: a French version, Les dieux s'amusent (The gods are having fun), was shot at the same time.