Saraband for Dead Lovers
A Romance that rocked the Thrones of Kings.
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.
Director Basil Dearden
Cast
Edward Sinclair
Nils
Guy Rolfe
Envoy at Ahlden
Peter Arne
Assailant
John Gregson
Christopher Lee
Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Frederick Valk
The Elector Ernest Augustus
David Horne
Duke George William
Anthony Steel
Joan Greenwood
Sophie Dorothea
Allan Jeayes
Governor of Ahlden
Jack May
Reveller
Constance Smith
Mercia Swinburne
Countess Eleanore
Michael Ward
Flora Robson
Countess Clara Platen
Peter Bull
Prince George Louis
Michael Gough
Prince Charles
Dennis Vance
Françoise Rosay
The Electress Sophia
Stewart Granger
Count Philip Konigsmark
Megs Jenkins
Frau Busche
Aubrey Mallalieu
Envoy at Ahlden
Anthony Quayle
Durer
Margaret Vines
Servant
Sandra Dorne
Barbara Murray
Jill Balcon
Knesbeck
Noel Howlett
Count Platen