Saraband for Dead Lovers (Original title)Saraband (Alternative title)
Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 08 September 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: The story of Sophie-Dorothea, wife of dissolute George-Louis of Hanover who became George I of England, and her love for Count Philip von Königsmark, a Swedish soldier of fortune.
Genres: Romance, Historical drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 08 September 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8627 FeetDialogue (original): English
Dates: 1948 (Copyright), 08 September 1948 (Release)Country: United KingdomDirector: Basil Dearden
Synopsis: The story of Sophie-Dorothea, wife of dissolute George-Louis of Hanover who became George I of England, and her love for Count Philip von Königsmark, a Swedish soldier of fortune.
Genres: Romance, Historical drama
Subject: 18th century
Releases
Date: 08 September 1948Country: United KingdomRelease type: TheatricalFormat: 35mm Film - Colour - Technicolor - SoundRuntime: 96 mins Length: 8627 FeetDialogue (original): English
Credits
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Production Company: Ealing Studios, Producer: Michael Balcon, Associate Producer: Michael Relph, Unit Production Manager: Ralph D. Hogg, Production Supervisor: Hal Mason, Assistant Director: Stanley Irving, [Assistant Director (2nd)]: John Meadows, [Assistant Director (3rd)]: Norman Priggen, [Casting]: Robert Ould, [Crowd Casting]: Muriel Cole, Screenplay: John Dighton, Screenplay: Alexander Mackendrick, Based on the novel by: Helen Simpson, Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe, Technicolor Colour Consultant: Natalie Kalmus, Associate Technicolor Colour Consultant: Joan Bridge, Camera Operator: Jeff Seaholme, [Focus Puller]: Ian Craig, [Clapper Loader]: Herbert Salisbury, [Stills]: Eddie Orton, [Stills]: Bob Penn, Roy Gough, Editor: Michael Truman, [Assistant Editor]: Bernard Gribble, Production Designer: Michael Relph, Art Director: Jim Morahan, Art Director: William Kellner, [Draughtsman]: Len Wills, [Draughtsman]: Jack Shampan, Norman Dorme, Mme Rosay's Costume Designer: George K. Benda, Costumes: B.J.Simmons & Company, Wardrobe Supervisor: Anthony Mendleson, Make-up: Ernest Taylor, Make-up: Harry Frampton, [Assistant Make-up]: Harry Davo, [Masks]: Hugh Skillan, Hairstyles: Barbara Barnard, Doreen Hart, Music: Alan Rawsthorne, Music Performed by: The Philharmonia Orchestra, Music Conductor: Ernest Irving, Sound Supervisor: Stephen Dalby, Recording: John Mitchell, [Dubbing Editor]: Gordon Stone, [Publicity]: Monja Danischewsky
Cast
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Stewart Granger (Konigsmark), Joan Greenwood (Sophie-Dorothea), Flora Robson (Countess Platen), Françoise Rosay (The Electress Sophie), Barbara Leake (Maria), Miles Malleson (Lord of Misrule), Anthony Lang (young Prince George), Edward Sinclair (Nils), Allan Jeayes (Governor at Ahlden), Aubrey Mallalieu, Guy Rolfe (envoy at Ahlden), Frederick Valk (The Elector Ernest Augustus), Peter Bull (Prince George-Louis), Anthony Quayle (Durer), Michael Gough (Prince Charles), Megs Jenkins (Frau Busche), Jill Balcon (Knesbeck), David Horne (Duke George William (Dorothea's parents)), Mercia Swinburne (Countess Eleanore (Dorothea's Parents)), Cecil Trouncer (Major Eck), Noel Howlett (Count Platen), Rosemary Lang (Young Princess Sophie), Margaret Vines (servant), Peter George (Anders), W.E. Holloway (lawyer), Miles Eason, Victor Adams, Peter Albrecht (soldier), Janet Howe (Spanish singer), Sandra Dorne ([uncredited])