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The Great Sacrifice (1944)
Directed by Veit Harlan
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.
Length 98 minutes
Actors
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