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.

• Veit HarlanDirector
• Alfred BraunWriter
• Veit HarlanWriter
• Hans RadtkeWriter

• Carl RaddatzAlbrecht Froben
• Irene von MeyendorffOctavia Froben
• Kristina SöderbaumAels Flodéen
• Franz SchafheitlinMathias
• Ernst Stahl-NachbaurSanitätsrat Terboven
• Paul BildtAels Flodeens Notar
• Otto TreßlerSenator Froben
• Annemarie SteinsieckFrau Froben
• Edgar PaulyDiener
• Charlotte SchultzKrankenschwester
• Ludwig SchmitzDer "Karnevalsnarr"
• F. W. Schröder-SchromArzt