The Great Sacrifice

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Director :

Veit Harlan

Stars :

Carl RaddatzIrene von MeyendorffKristina SöderbaumFranz SchafheitlinErnst Stahl-NachbaurPaul BildtOtto TreßlerAnnemarie SteinsieckEdgar PaulyCharlotte Schultz

Genre :

DramaRomance

Release :

1944-12-08

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.