Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

105 mins | Comedy, Music | July 18, 1935

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.

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

105 mins | Comedy, Music | July 18, 1935

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
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.
IMDb rating 6.7
Producers Universum Film (UFA)
Original title Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück
Directors Kurt Hoffmann, Reinhold Schünzel
Writers Titus Maccius Plautus, Heinrich von Kleist, Molière, Reinhold Schünzel

Cast

Willy Fritsch

as Jupiter / Amphitryon

Käthe Gold

as Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene

Adele Sandrock

as Jupiters Gemahlin Juno

Hilde Hildebrand

as 1. Freundin Alkmenes

Vilma Bekendorf

as 2. Freundin Alkmenes

Annie Ann

as 3. Freundin Alkmenes

Hilde Boenisch

as 4. Freundin Alkmenes

Ewald Wenck

as Dr. Äskulap

Aribert Wäscher

as Thebener Kriegsminister

Ellen-Ruth Knapp-Güttingen

as 1. Thebener Ehefrau

Annemarie Korff

as 2. Thebener Ehefrau

Liesl Otto

as 3. Thebener Ehefrau

Annemarie Schwindt

as 4. Thebener Ehefrau

Fita Benkhoff

as Andria

Paul Kemp

as Götterbote Merkur / Diener Sosias