The Great Sacrifice
29/12/1944
2h



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.
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


Valy Arnheim
Diener bei Froben
Charly Berger
Mitglied bei der Empfangssitzung


Frida Richard
Frau Steinkamp
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