The Great Sacrifice

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

Albrecht Froben

Irene von Meyendorff

Octavia Froben

Kristina Söderbaum

Aels Flodéen

Franz Schafheitlin

Mathias

Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur

Sanitätsrat Terboven

Paul Bildt

Aels Flodeens Notar

Otto Treßler

Senator Froben

Annemarie Steinsieck

Frau Froben

Edgar Pauly

Diener

Charlotte Schultz

Krankenschwester