Saraband for Dead Lovers

Overview

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.

Directed by Basil Dearden

Top cast

Stewart Granger

Count Philip Konigsmark

Joan Greenwood

Sophie Dorothea

Flora Robson

Countess Clara Platen

Françoise Rosay

The Electress Sophia

Frederick Valk

The Elector Ernest Augustus

Peter Bull

Prince George Louis

Michael Gough

Prince Charles

Megs Jenkins

Frau Busche

Jill Balcon

Knesbeck

David Horne

Duke George William

Mercia Swinburne

Countess Eleanore

C

Cecil Trouncer

Major Eck

Noel Howlett

Count Platen

B

Barbara Leake

Maria, Clara's Maid

M

Miles Malleson

Lord of Misrule

R

Rosemary Lang

Young Princess Sophie

Edward Sinclair

Nils

Allan Jeayes

Governor of Ahlden

Aubrey Mallalieu

Envoy at Ahlden

Guy Rolfe

Envoy at Ahlden

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