![The Great Sacrifice](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/5LSMWxTilDqv3dvhJhc3mzTjWfS.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | Hans Radtke |
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Director | Veit Harlan |
Actor | Carl Raddatz, Irene von Meyendorff, Kristina Söderbaum |
Country | Germany |
Production | UFA |