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The Great Sacrifice
6.5(17 votes)
1944
1h 38m
DramaRomance
Äls, a young woman from Sweden living in Hamburg in the summer months attracts a newly married explorer, Albrecht Froben who has just returned to his native city. But although Äls seems to be 'life itself', she suffers from a tropical disease which is slowly killing her. Froben is torn between Äls and his wife Octavia, who he seen as a kind of 'heavenly' counterpart to the earthy and beguiling Äls.
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Production
Companies:
UFA
Languages
Original:de
Spoken:
German
Cast

Carl Raddatz
Albrecht Froben

Irene von Meyendorff
Octavia Froben

Kristina Söderbaum
Aels Flodéen

Franz Schafheitlin
Mathias

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Sanitätsrat Terboven

Paul Bildt
Aels Flodeens Notar
Otto Treßler
Senator Froben

Annemarie Steinsieck
Frau Froben
Edgar Pauly
Diener
Charlotte Schultz
Krankenschwester

Ludwig Schmitz
Der "Karnevalsnarr"

F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Arzt