Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
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.
Romance, History, Drama
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
- Cecil Trouncer — Major Eck
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