Movie
The Great Sacrifice
Released: December 29, 1944 (1944)
Runtime: 98 minutes
Genres: 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.
Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)
- Otto Treßler as Senator Froben
Age at release: 73
- Edgar Pauly as Diener
Age at release: 64
- Paul Bildt as Aels Flodeens Notar
Age at release: 59
- Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur as Sanitätsrat Terboven
Age at release: 58
- Annemarie Steinsieck as Frau Froben
Age at release: 55
- Franz Schafheitlin as Mathias
Age at release: 49
- Charlotte Schultz as Krankenschwester
Age at release: 45
- Carl Raddatz as Albrecht Froben
Age at release: 32
- Kristina Söderbaum as Aels Flodéen
Age at release: 32
- Irene von Meyendorff as Octavia Froben
Age at release: 28
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- Frida Richard as Frau Steinkamp
Age at release: 71
- F. W. Schröder-Schrom as Arzt
Age at release: 65
- Charly Berger as Mitglied bei der Empfangssitzung
Age at release: 63
- Valy Arnheim as Diener bei Froben
Age at release: 61
- Ludwig Schmitz as Der "Karnevalsnarr"
Age at release: 60