Amphitryon (1935 film)

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Amphitryon
Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Written by Reinhold Schünzel
Starring Willy Fritsch
Music by Franz Doelle
Cinematography Werner Bohne
Fritz Arno Wagner
Editing by Arnfried Heyne
Distributed by Globe Film Distributors
Release date(s) 18 July 1935 (Germany)
Running time 105 min
Country Germany
Language German
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Amphitryon is a 1935 German musical film, also known as Amphitryon - Happiness from the Clouds. 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.

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

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