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