Amphitryon (1935)





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.


Books on Amphitryon


Amphitryon
Berlin, 1992

Books with substantial mentioning of Amphitryon

Christa Bandmann / Joe Hembus
Klassiker des Deutschen Tonfilms, 1930-1960
München, 1980

Kraft Wetzel und Peter Hagemann
Liebe, Tod und Technik, Kino des Phantastischen 1933-1945
Berlin, 1977

Articles on Amphitryon

Hans-Michael Bock, Aus den Wolken, Technische Nuerungen bei "Amphitryon", in: Hans-Michael Bock und Michael Töteberg (Hg.), Das Ufa-Buch, Frankfurt am Main, 1992