Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 4, 1948Release Date
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
1h 36m
Running Time
October 4, 1948Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Sophie Dorothea is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover. George Louis is later crowned King George I of England. Despairing of ever experiencing true love, the depressed queen finds life at court no solace. Sophie then falls for a dashing Swedish soldier of fortune, Count Konigsmark.
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Cast & Crew.
Stewart Granger
Count Philip Konigsmark
Joan Greenwood
Sophie Dorothea
Flora Robson
Countess Clara Platen
Françoise Rosay
The Electress Sophia
Frederick Valk
The Elector Ernest Augustus
Peter Bull
Prince George Louis
Michael Gough
Prince Charles
Megs Jenkins
Frau Busche
Jill Balcon
Knesbeck
David Horne
Duke George William
Mercia Swinburne
Countess Eleanore
Cecil Trouncer
Major Eck
Noel Howlett
Count Platen
Barbara Leake
Maria, Clara's Maid
Miles Malleson
Lord of Misrule
Rosemary Lang
Young Princess Sophie
Edward Sinclair
Nils
Allan Jeayes
Governor of Ahlden
Aubrey Mallalieu
Envoy at Ahlden
Guy Rolfe
Envoy at Ahlden
Anthony Quayle
Durer
Anthony Lang
Young Prince George
Margaret Vines
Servant
Peter George
Anders
W.E. Holloway
Lawyer
Myles Eason
Soldier
Victor Adams
Soldier
Peter Albrecht
Soldier
Janet Howe
Spanish Singer
Peter Arne
Assailant
Christopher Lee
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Jack May
Reveller
James Ure
Courtier
Basil Dearden
Director
Michael Relph
Producer
Michael Balcon
Producer
John Dighton
Writer
Alexander Mackendrick
Writer
Helen Simpson
Novel
Roy Gough
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 4, 1948
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 36m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
sword fight
flashback
wedding
Wiki.
Saraband for Dead Lovers (released in the United States as Saraband) is a 1948 British adventure historical drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood. It is based on the 1935 novel by Helen Simpson. Set in 17th-century Hanover, it depicts the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of the electoral prince of Hanover. The saraband mentioned in the title is a type of Spanish dance.
Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. It was the first Ealing Studios film shot in colour.
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