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.

Cast

Carl Raddatz

Irene von Meyendorff

Kristina Söderbaum

Franz Schafheitlin

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Paul Bildt

Otto Treßler

Annemarie Steinsieck

Edgar Pauly

Charlotte Schultz

Ludwig Schmitz

F. W. Schröder-Schrom

Valy Arnheim

Charly Berger

Frida Richard