The Great Sacrifice
movie
View on VideBits →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
Annemarie Steinsieck · Paul Bildt · Alfred Braun · Carl Raddatz · Otto Treßler · Edgar Pauly · Charlotte Schultz · Kristina Söderbaum · Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur · Veit Harlan · Franz Schafheitlin · Hans Radtke · Irene von Meyendorff