AMPHYTRION: OUT OF THE CLOUDS COMES JOY (1935)--in German with English subtitles

AMPHYTRION is a unusual film to be made in Germany in the Nazi era. It is a lively musical comedy based on a mythical tale told by the Roman
Plautus and the French Moliere, both specialists in comedy. The story is presented in this way. Anxious Theban women are waiting for their men to come back from a war. The God Jupiter (Zeus) 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 the Theban commander) and tries again. The next morning Amphitryon and his men come back from the war; he suspects adultery and wants a divorce. Jupiter's wive Juno (Hera) now also comes to earth and clears things up.