Film
Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
1935Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
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- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 45m
About Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
- Comedy
- Music
Synopsis
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.
- Director
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Writers
- Reinhold Schünzel
- Heinrich von Kleist
- Titus Maccius Plautus
- Molière
- Original title
- Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück
