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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.
Original Release
07/18/1935
US Release
04/15/1938
Cast
Name | Character |
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Willy Fritsch | Amphitryon / Jupiter |
Paul Kemp | Diener Sosias / Götterbote Merkur |
Käthe Gold | Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene |
Fita Benkhoff | Andria |
Adele Sandrock | Jupiters Gemahlin Juno |
Hilde Hildebrand | 1. Freundin Alkmenes |
Vilma Bekendorf | 2. Freundin Alkmenes |
Annie Ann | 3. Freundin Alkmenes |
Hilde Boenisch | 4. Freundin Alkmenes |
Ewald Wenck | Dr. Äskulap |
Directors
Writers
Reinhold Schünzel, Molière, Titus Maccius Plautus, Heinrich von Kleist
Cast
Name | Character |
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Willy Fritsch | Amphitryon / Jupiter |
Paul Kemp | Diener Sosias / Götterbote Merkur |
Käthe Gold | Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene |
Fita Benkhoff | Andria |
Adele Sandrock | Jupiters Gemahlin Juno |
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 |
Annemarie Korff | 2. Thebener Ehefrau |
Liesl Otto | 3. Thebener Ehefrau |
Annemarie Schwindt | 4. Thebener Ehefrau |
Albert Karchow | Alter Grieche |
Gerhard Bienert | |
Anita Düwell | (as Anita Düvell) |
Käthe Jöken-König | |
Hilde Seipp |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Günther Stapenhorst | Producer |