Saraband for Dead Lovers
"A Romance that rocked the Thrones of Kings."
Cast & Crew
Stewart Granger
as Count Philip Konigsmark
Joan Greenwood
as Sophie Dorothea
Flora Robson
as Countess Clara Platen
Françoise Rosay
as The Electress Sophia
Frederick Valk
as The Elector Ernest Augustus
Peter Bull
as Prince George Louis
Michael Gough
as Prince Charles
Megs Jenkins
as Frau Busche
Jill Balcon
as Knesbeck
Basil Dearden
Director
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.
