The Great Sacrifice

6.3
19441h 38m

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

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Carl Raddatz

Albrecht Froben

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Irene von Meyendorff

Octavia Froben

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Kristina Söderbaum

Aels Flodéen

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Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Sanitätsrat Terboven

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Paul Bildt

Aels Flodeens Notar

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Ludwig Schmitz

Der "Karnevalsnarr"

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Valy Arnheim

Diener bei Froben

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Frida Richard

Frau Steinkamp

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