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Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds is a Allemand film of genre Comedy directed by Kurt Hoffmann with Willy Fritsch

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds (1935)

Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds
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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.

Synopsis

Amphitryon is a Theban general away at war. The god Jupiter disguises himself as Amphitryon to seduce Amphitryon's wife, Alkmene.

Actors

Willy Fritsch

(Jupiter / Amphitryon)
Fita Benkhoff
Paul Kemp
Hilde Hildebrand

(1. Freundin Alkmenes)
Aribert Wäscher

(Thebener Kriegsminister)
Ewald Wenck

(Dr. Äskulap)
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