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The Great Sacrifice
1 hour 38 minutes1944-12-08
6.5
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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
![Carl Raddatz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//x8YdfZIy7vUq8TYWmEpYVCOwPlH.jpg)
Carl Raddatz
Albrecht Froben
![Irene von Meyendorff](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//e7Qdeu5DXx9GDhmSmQP58AevRQ2.jpg)
Irene von Meyendorff
Octavia Froben
![Kristina Söderbaum](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//Arm4dlzw2cy6f1rUGzzvFM6kUNx.jpg)
Kristina Söderbaum
Aels Flodéen
![Franz Schafheitlin](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//5fsVsFO5KOQ9boXtSH2dSPzCjBz.jpg)
Franz Schafheitlin
Mathias
![Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//bP2S0I3TB5Ti155aGt3BArTeIY2.jpg)
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Sanitätsrat Terboven
![Paul Bildt](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//oiYGNyzxYJoPcEAH6AjCowrtoPl.jpg)
Paul Bildt
Aels Flodeens Notar
![Otto Treßler](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Otto Treßler
Senator Froben
![Annemarie Steinsieck](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//qZqjnTV5mLSO4BFyJnGaWlorrO4.jpg)
Annemarie Steinsieck
Frau Froben
![Edgar Pauly](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Edgar Pauly
Diener
![Charlotte Schultz](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charlotte Schultz
Krankenschwester
![Ludwig Schmitz](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//3PyYe2hoixsoUTasTPu5oSZgErH.jpg)
Ludwig Schmitz
Der "Karnevalsnarr"
![F. W. Schröder-Schrom](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//uDp9AHzoM0ssNyqG7Bi8lqO6AeR.jpg)
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Arzt
![Valy Arnheim](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Valy Arnheim
Diener bei Froben
![Charly Berger](/_next/static/media/notFound.aecd17f8.png)
Charly Berger
Mitglied bei der Empfangssitzung
![Frida Richard](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w200//vr9HYBLk5G8xWlFLKwyqClAT5Gx.jpg)