6.5

The Great Sacrifice
Released
1h 38m
12/8/1944
de - DE
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.
Drama
Romance
Actors

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

Valy Arnheim
Diener bei Froben

Charly Berger
Mitglied bei der Empfangssitzung

Frida Richard
Frau Steinkamp