The Great Sacrifice (movie)
Opfergang- User score: 6.5
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Veit Harlan
- Production companies: UFA
- Genre: Drama, Romance
- Release date: 12/8/1944
- Run time: 98 min.
Movie description
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.
