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The Great Sacrifice (1944)

The Great Sacrifice (1944)

Drama Romance
Release Date: 1944, December 29
Directors: Veit Harlan
Countries: Germany
Production: UFA, UFA
Cast: Otto Treßler, Franz Schafheitlin, Frida Richard, Kristina Söderbaum, Carl Raddatz, Irene von Meyendorff, Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur, Paul Bildt, F. W. Schröder-Schrom, Ludwig Schmitz, Edgar Pauly, Valy Arnheim

Overview:

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.