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The Great Sacrifice

Drama, Romance | 1944-12-08 | Germany

IMDB6.5 / 10

Budget$0

Budget$0

Runtime98 min.

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.

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