The Great Sacrifice

    The Great Sacrifice
    1944

    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.

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      Cast

      • Carl RaddatzAlbrecht Froben
      • Irene von MeyendorffOctavia Froben
      • Kristina SöderbaumAels Flodéen
      • Franz SchafheitlinMathias
      • Ernst Stahl-NachbaurSanitätsrat Terboven
      • Paul BildtAels Flodeens Notar
      • Otto TreßlerSenator Froben
      • Annemarie SteinsieckFrau Froben
      • Edgar PaulyDiener
      • Charlotte SchultzKrankenschwester

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