Saraband for Dead Lovers
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Release: 1948-10-04
·Runtime: 96m
·★ 6.4
Romance
History
Drama
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Production Companies
Ealing Studios
J. Arthur Rank Organisation
Cast
Sandra Dorne
Christopher Lee
as Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel
Mercia Swinburne
as Countess Eleanore
Allan Jeayes
as Governor of Ahlden
Constance Smith
Joan Greenwood
as Sophie Dorothea
Flora Robson
as Countess Clara Platen
David Horne
as Duke George William
Edward Sinclair
as Nils
Guy Rolfe
as Envoy at Ahlden
Peter Arne
as Assailant
Aubrey Mallalieu
as Envoy at Ahlden
John Gregson
Anthony Steel
Noel Howlett
as Count Platen
Stewart Granger
as Count Philip Konigsmark
Peter Bull
as Prince George Louis
Michael Gough
as Prince Charles
Miles Malleson
as Lord of Misrule
Françoise Rosay
as The Electress Sophia
Anthony Quayle
as Durer
Margaret Vines
as Servant
Jack May
as Reveller
Dennis Vance
Michael Ward
Megs Jenkins
as Frau Busche
Barbara Murray
Frederick Valk
as The Elector Ernest Augustus
Jill Balcon
as Knesbeck
