DramaRomance
The Great Sacrifice
User Score18 votes
63%6.3/10
Release1944→
Runtime1H 38M
LanguageGerman
StatusReleased
Synopsis
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.
Principal Cast8

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
Media11
Backdrops
Director

Veit Harlan
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