Amphitryon (film)

Amphitryon
Directed by Reinhold Schünzel
Produced by Günther Stapenhorst
Written by Play:
Molière
Titus Maccius Plautus
Heinrich von Kleist
Screenplay:
Reinhold Schünzel
Starring Willy Fritsch
Music by Franz Doelle
Cinematography Werner Bohne
Fritz Arno Wagner
Editing by Arnfried Heyne
Studio Universum Film
Distributed by Universum Film
Release date(s) 18 July 1935 (1935-07-18)
Running time 105 minutes
Country Nazi Germany
Language German

Amphitryon is a 1935 German musical film. It also is known by a variety of other names: Amfitryon in Greece, Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück in Austria, Amphitryon – Happiness from the Clouds, Anfitrione in Italy, Det gudomliga äventyret in Sweden. 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.

Amphitryon was filmed in Ufa-Atelier, Neubabelsberg, Brandenburg, Germany, while the production dates were from 2 February 1935 – May 1935.

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Synopsis

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

Cast

Soundtrack

Lyrics by Charles Amberg (as C. Amberg)
Music by Franz Doelle
Lyrics by Bruno Balz
Music by Franz Doelle

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