The Great Sacrifice

The story

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 & crew

Carl RaddatzAlbrecht Froben

Irene von MeyendorffOctavia Froben

Kristina SöderbaumAels Flodéen

Franz SchafheitlinMathias

Ernst Stahl-NachbaurSanitätsrat Terboven

Paul BildtAels Flodeens Notar

Otto Treßler

Otto TreßlerSenator Froben

Annemarie SteinsieckFrau Froben

Edgar PaulyDiener

Charlotte Schultz

Charlotte SchultzKrankenschwester

Ludwig SchmitzDer "Karnevalsnarr"

F. W. Schröder-SchromArzt