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 forced… 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

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 36 min.
Directed By: Basil Dearden
Genres: Drama, Romance

On DVD: Aug 29, 1994

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Cast

            Stewart Granger as Count Philip Koenigsmark

            Joan Greenwood as Sophie Dorothea

            Flora Robson as Countess Platen

            Françoise Rosay as Electress Sophie

            Anthony Quayle as Durer

            Peter Bull as Prince George-Louis

            Frederick [Fritz] Valk as Elector Ernest Augustus

            Michael Gough as Prince Charles

            Megs Jenkins as Frau Busche

            Jill Balcon as Knesbeck

            David Horne as Duke George William

            Mercia Swinburne as Countess Eleanore

            Barbara Leake as Maria

            Miles Malleson as Lord of Misrule

            Sandra Dorne
            
            John Gregson
            
            W.E. Holloway as Lawyer

            Noel Howlett as Count Platen

            Allan Jeayes as Governor at Ahlden

            Christopher Lee as Bit

            Aubrey Mallalieu as Envoy at Ahlden

            Barbara Murray
            
            Guy Rolfe as Envoy

            Anthony Steel
            
            Cecil Trouncer as Maj. Eck

            Edward Sinclair as Nils

            Victor Adams as Solder #2

            Anthony Lang as Young Prince George

            Margaret Vines
            
            Peter George as Anders
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