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The Great Sacrifice

12/29/1944

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1hr 38min

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Drama

,Romance

STORY

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 & CREW

    Cast

  • Carl Raddatz
  • Irene von Meyendorff
  • Kristina Söderbaum
  • Franz Schafheitlin
  • Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

    Directors

  • Veit Harlan
  • Alfred Braun

INFORMATION

    Production Companies

  • UFA

    Production Countries

  • Germany

LANGUAGES

  • German

Cast

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

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