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