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The Great Sacrifice
Dir. Veit Harlan
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The Great Sacrifice
Drama
Romance
Original title: Opfergang
Director
Veit Harlan
Screenplay
Alfred Braun, Veit Harlan
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.
Release
Dec 29, 1944
Budget
—
Revenue
—
Country
Germany
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
Annemarie Steinsieck
Frau Froben
Edgar Pauly
Diener
Ludwig Schmitz
Der "Karnevalsnarr"
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Arzt
Valy Arnheim
Diener bei Froben
Frida Richard
Frau Steinkamp
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