Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
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This lush 18th century period romance, based on historical fact, was the first color film from Britain's famed Ealing Studios, but it proved to be such a box office disappointment that Ealing never attempted such a lavish costume drama again. Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) is a young woman… More This lush 18th century period romance, based on historical fact, was the first color film from Britain's famed Ealing Studios, but it proved to be such a box office disappointment that Ealing never attempted such a lavish costume drama again. Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover (Peter Bull). 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 (Stewart Granger). The feeling is mutual, and an affair begins, the couple carefully plotting to flee England to begin a new life together. Disaster strikes when they are overheard by Countess Platen (Flora Robson), a jealous former lover of Konigsmark's who takes her information to the king. Adapted from the Helen Simpson novel, Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) was an early film for writer Alexander Mackendrick, who would later direct the classic Sweet Smell of Success (1957). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi
- Directed By
- Basil Dearden
- Written By
- Helen Simpson, John Dighton
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
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Cast
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Stewart Granger
as Count Philip Koenigsmark
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Joan Greenwood
as Sophie Dorothea
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Flora Robson
as Countess Platen
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Françoise Rosay
as Electress Sophie
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Anthony Quayle
as Durer
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Peter Bull
as Prince George-Louis
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Frederick [Fritz] Valk
as Elector Ernest Augustus
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Michael Gough
as Prince Charles
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Megs Jenkins
as Frau Busche
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Jill Balcon
as Knesbeck
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David Horne
as Duke George William
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Mercia Swinburne
as Countess Eleanore
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Barbara Leake
as Maria
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Miles Malleson
as Lord of Misrule
- Sandra Dorne
- John Gregson
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W.E. Holloway
as Lawyer
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Noel Howlett
as Count Platen
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Allan Jeayes
as Governor at Ahlden
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Christopher Lee
as Bit
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Aubrey Mallalieu
as Envoy at Ahlden
- Barbara Murray
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Guy Rolfe
as Envoy
- Anthony Steel
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Cecil Trouncer
as Maj. Eck
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Edward Sinclair
as Nils
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Victor Adams
as Solder #2
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Anthony Lang
as Young Prince George
- Margaret Vines
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Peter George
as Anders
