Film

The Great Sacrifice

1944 · 1h 38m · Drama · Romance

IMDb

6.7

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.

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

• Veit HarlanDirector · Writer
• Alfred BraunWriter
• Hans RadtkeWriter
• Rudolf G. BindingNovel
• Friedrich Karl von PuttkamerEditor

Release date

December 29, 1944

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

6

Genres

Drama, Romance