The Great Sacrifice (1944)
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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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
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