Amphitryon: Happiness from the Clouds

Original title: Amphitryon – Aus den Wolken kommt das Glück

105 minutes • 1935 • 7.2 Score

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 wife Juno now also comes to earth and clears things up.

Reinhold Schünzel

Director