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