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Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers

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Status

Released

Release Date

Oct 4, 1948

Runtime

1h 36m

Genres

Romance, History, Drama

User Score

59%

Original Title

Saraband for Dead Lovers

Production Companies

Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation

Director

Basil Dearden

Description

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.