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. ...
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Title: Amphitryon (1935)
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| Willy Fritsch | ... | Jupiter / Amphitryon | |
| Paul Kemp | ... | Götterbote Merkur / Diener Sosias | |
| Käthe Gold | ... | Amphitryons Gemahlin Alkmene | |
| Fita Benkhoff | ... | Andria | |
| Adele Sandrock | ... | Jupiters Gemahlin Juno | |
| Hilde Hildebrand | ... | 1. Freundin Alkmenes | |
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Vilma Bekendorf | ... | 2. Freundin Alkmenes |
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Annie Ann | ... | 3. Freundin Alkmenes |
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Hilde Boenisch | ... | 4. Freundin Alkmenes |
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Ewald Wenck | ... | Dr. Äskulap |
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Aribert Wäscher | ... | Thebener Kriegsminister |
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Ellen-Ruth Knapp-Güttingen | ... | 1. Thebener Ehefrau (as Ellen Ruth Güttingen) |
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Annemarie Korff | ... | 2. Thebener Ehefrau |
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Liesl Otto | ... | 3. Thebener Ehefrau |
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Annemarie Schwindt | ... | 4. Thebener Ehefrau |
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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 wive Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up. Written by jan onderwater <jan.onderwater@wxs.nl>
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Country:
GermanyLanguage:
GermanRelease Date:
18 July 1935 (Germany) See more »Also Known As:
Amphitryon - Happiness from the Clouds See more »Filming Locations:
Ufa-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, Brandenburg, GermanyCompany Credits
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You can order a subtitled, high quality DVD with no extras from a site specializing in old foreign films: germanwarfilms.com. I've watched this charming film twice and it gets better with each viewing. Production values and performances are first rate. The special effects rival Hollywood's best. Much of the dialog is in rhyming couplets giving the film an almost musical quality before building up to the final musical number that's almost a parody of a crowd scene from 'Triumph of the Will.' In fact this film is equal to any Hollywood musical of that era.
Not all Germam films of this era were propaganda pieces. However the plot cuts both ways. At one point it stresses National Socialist views of wives subordinate to their husbands while it pokes fun of militaristic pomp & ceremony.