The Great Sacrifice
Opfergang
Release: 1944-12-29
·Runtime: 98m
·★ 6.3
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
UFA
Cast
Franz Schafheitlin
as Mathias
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
as Sanitätsrat Terboven
Annemarie Steinsieck
as Frau Froben
Paul Bildt
as Aels Flodeens Notar
Frida Richard
as Frau Steinkamp
Carl Raddatz
as Albrecht Froben
Irene von Meyendorff
as Octavia Froben
Ludwig Schmitz
as Der "Karnevalsnarr"
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
as Arzt
Valy Arnheim
as Diener bei Froben
Kristina Söderbaum
as Aels Flodéen
