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