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