Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

1935 · 105 min · ★ 7.6 · Comedy, Music

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.

Directed by Reinhold Schünzel · Written by Reinhold Schünzel

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Willy Fritsch Jupiter / Amphitryon
Käthe Gold Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene
Adele Sandrock Jupiters Gemahlin Juno
Paul Kemp Götterbote Merkur / Diener Sosias
Fita Benkhoff Andria
Hilde Hildebrand 1. Freundin Alkmenes
Vilma Bekendorf 2. Freundin Alkmenes
Annie Ann 3. Freundin Alkmenes
Hilde Boenisch 4. Freundin Alkmenes
Ewald Wenck Dr. Äskulap
Aribert Wäscher Thebener Kriegsminister
Ellen-Ruth Knapp-Güttingen 1. Thebener Ehefrau

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