Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Veit HarlanDirector
- Alfred BraunWriter
- Hans RadtkeWriter
- Veit HarlanWriter
Cast
- 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