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.
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
