The Great Sacrifice
1944, German. Directed by Veit Harlan.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Veit HarlanDirector
- 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
Details
- Released
- 29 December 1944
- Original title
- Opfergang
- Country
- Germany
- Written by
- Alfred Braun, Hans Radtke, Veit Harlan
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The Great Sacrifice runs 98 minutes (1h 38m).
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The Great Sacrifice isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 December 1944. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Great Sacrifice?
The Great Sacrifice (1944) was directed by Veit Harlan and stars Carl Raddatz, Irene von Meyendorff, Kristina Söderbaum.