Saraband for Dead Lovers(Movie, 1948)

Name: Saraband for Dead Lovers
Genre: Drama, History, Romance / Love
Released: 1948
Duration: T01:36:00
Rating: 2.8

1h 36min | Genres: Drama, History, Romance / Love

Rating: 2.8/5 (with 3 votes)

Saraband for Dead Lovers (released in the United States as Saraband) is a 1948 British adventure historical drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood. It is based on the 1935 novel by Helen Simpson. Set in 17th-century Hanover, it depicts the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of the elector of Hanover. The saraband mentioned in the title is a type of Spanish dance. Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction. It was the first Ealing Studios film shot in colour. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Saraband for Dead Lovers

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Color

About Saraband for Dead Lovers

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.

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Production country: United Kingdom (UK)

Plays in: Germany

Made by: Ealing Studios

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 6 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Italian (IT), Russian (RU)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 10/04/1948

Cast: Stewart Granger, Joan Greenwood, Peter Bull, Flora Robson, Françoise Rosay, Anthony Quayle, Michael Gough, Megs Jenkins, Guy Rolfe, Jill Balcon, Miles Malleson, Noel Howlett

Director: Basil Dearden

Producer: Michael Balcon, Michael Relph

Screenwriter: Alexander Mackendrick

Film Editor: Michael Truman

Director of Photography: Douglas Slocombe

Composer: Alan Rawsthorne

Keywords: flashback, sword fight, wedding

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