The Great Sacrifice
movie
Released December 29, 1944
Overview
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
as
Albrecht Froben
Irene von Meyendorff
as
Octavia Froben
Kristina Söderbaum
as
Aels Flodéen
Franz Schafheitlin
as
Mathias
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
as
Sanitätsrat Terboven
Paul Bildt
as
Aels Flodeens Notar
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Otto Treßler
as
Senator Froben
Annemarie Steinsieck
as
Frau Froben
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Edgar Pauly
as
Diener
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Charlotte Schultz
as
Krankenschwester
Ludwig Schmitz
as
Der "Karnevalsnarr"
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
as
Arzt
