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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.
Saraband for Dead Lovers tells the tragic story of Princess Sophia Dorothea of Celle who married Prince George Louis of Hanover most unhappily. Her's is one of the saddest stories concerning royalty ever.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Basil Dearden
- 1948-12-06
In the 18th century, Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) is forced into marriage with Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), an aristocrat destined to inherit the British...
- Basil Dearden
- History, Drama
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A British queen trapped in a loveless marriage falls for a soldier of fortune.
- Basil Dearden, Michael Relph
- Stewart Granger
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.
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- Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
- Basil Dearden
A sombre, romantic drama about the arranged marriage between the young Sophie (Greenwood) and the gross George Louis of Hanover, later George I of Britain...
Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) is a young woman forced into a loveless marriage with Prince George Louis of Hanover (Peter Bull). 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.
