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The Great Sacrifice (1944)
Directed by Veit Harlan
Drama, Romance · 1h 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.
Cast
C
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
O
Otto Treßler
Senator Froben
Annemarie Steinsieck
Frau Froben
Edgar Pauly
Diener
C
Charlotte Schultz
Krankenschwester
Ludwig Schmitz
Der "Karnevalsnarr"
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Arzt
Crew
- Director
- Veit Harlan
- Writer
- Alfred Braun, Hans Radtke, Veit Harlan
- Novel
- Rudolf G. Binding
- Editor
- Friedrich Karl von Puttkamer
Details
- Original title
- Opfergang
- Release date
- 1944-12-29
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- UFA