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The Great Sacrifice

1944·Drama·1h 38m
7.1
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.
Directed by Veit Harlan

Cast

Carl Raddatz
Carl Raddatz
Albrecht Froben
Irene von Meyendorff
Irene von Meyendorff
Octavia Froben
Kristina Söderbaum
Kristina Söderbaum
Aels Flodéen
Franz Schafheitlin
Franz Schafheitlin
Mathias
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Ernst Stahl-Nachbaur
Sanitätsrat Terboven
Paul Bildt
Paul Bildt
Aels Flodeens Notar
Annemarie Steinsieck
Annemarie Steinsieck
Frau Froben
Edgar Pauly
Edgar Pauly
Diener
Ludwig Schmitz
Ludwig Schmitz
Der "Karnevalsnarr"
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
F. W. Schröder-Schrom
Arzt
Valy Arnheim
Valy Arnheim
Diener bei Froben
Frida Richard
Frida Richard
Frau Steinkamp

Crew

Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Director
Veit Harlan
Veit Harlan
Writer

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Marina
Marina
The Great Sacrifice
Many people seem to like saying that this movie can be separated from its extremely obvious subscription to Nazi ideology, and appreciated for being simply a “good movie” anyway. Not only do I think that’s not possible (the Nazi ideology is painfully present in the text), but I also just think like. What are these people seeing in this movie that’s good in any way. It’s genuinely boring, lazily directed, convoluted, heartless, and just not a good movie even if you are silly enough to separate it from its overt propaganda and historical and political context. This movie is disgusting. So glad I got to write a hate piece about it
Many people seem to like saying that this movie can be separated from its extremely obvious subscription to Nazi ideology, and appreciated for being simply a “good movie” anyway. Not only do I think that’s not possible (the Nazi ideology is painfully present in the text), but I also just think like. What are these people seeing in this movie that’s good in any way. It’s genuinely boring, lazily directed, convoluted, heartless, and just not a good movie even if you are silly enough to separate it from its overt propaganda and historical and political context. This movie is disgusting. So glad I got to write a hate piece about it
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Marina
Marina
The Great Sacrifice
extremely surprised to see so many positive reviews for this nazi propaganda movie
extremely surprised to see so many positive reviews for this nazi propaganda movie
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