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Saraband ()

Saraband for Dead Lovers (original title)
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Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark.
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Philip Konigsmark
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Sophie Dorothea
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Countess Platen
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The Electress Sophia (as Francoise Rosay)
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The Elector Ernest Augustus
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Prince George Louis
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Durer
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Prince Charles
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Frau Busche
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Knesebeck
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Duke George William
Mercia Swinburne ...
Countess Eleanore
Cecil Trouncer ...
Major Eck
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Count Platen
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Maria
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Lord of Misrule
Anthony Lang ...
Young Prince George
Rosemary Lang ...
Young Princess Sophie
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Nils
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Governor of Ahlden
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Envoy at Ahlden
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Envoy at Ahlden
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Servant
Peter George ...
Anders
W.E. Holloway ...
Lawyer
Myles Eason ...
Soldier
Victor Adams ...
Soldier
Peter Albrecht ...
Soldier
Janet Howe ...
Spanish Singer
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Assailant (uncredited)
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Herzog Anthony von Wolfenbüttel (rehearsed only) (uncredited)
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Reveller (uncredited)
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James Ure ...
Courtier (uncredited)
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Michael Ward ...
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Directed by

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Basil Dearden ... (directed by)

Written by

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John Dighton ... (screenplay) &
Alexander Mackendrick ... (screenplay) &
Helen Simpson ... (novel) &
Angus MacPhail ... (screenplay collaborator)

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Michael Balcon ... producer
Michael Relph ... associate producer

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Alan Rawsthorne

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Douglas Slocombe ... director of photography

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Michael Truman

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Joan Bridge ... associate color director
Natalie Kalmus ... color director: Technicolor
Bernard Gribble ... assistant editor (uncredited)

Casting By

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Roger Ould ... (uncredited)

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Michael Relph

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William Kellner
Jim Morahan

Makeup Department

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Barbara Barnard ... hair stylist
Harry Frampton ... makeup artist
Doreen Hart ... hair stylist
Ernest Taylor ... makeup artist
Harry Davo ... assistant make-up (uncredited)

Production Management

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Ralph D. Hogg ... unit production manager
Hal Mason ... production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Stanley Irving ... assistant director
John Meadows ... second assistant director (uncredited)
Norman Priggen ... third assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department

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Norman Dorme ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Jack Shampan ... draughtsman (uncredited)
Len Wills ... draughtsman (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Stephen Dalby ... sound supervisor
John W. Mitchell ... recordist (as John Mitchell)
Gordon Stone ... dubbing editor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jeff Seaholme ... camera operator
Alec Burridge ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Ian Craig ... focus puller (uncredited)
Jack Dooley ... still photographer (uncredited)
Roy Gough ... still photographer (uncredited)
Eddie Orton ... still photographer (uncredited)
Bob Penn ... still photographer (uncredited)
Herbert Salisbury ... clapper loader (uncredited)
Herbert Smith ... focus puller: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Muriel Cole ... crowd casting (uncredited)
Margaret Harper Nelson ... casting assistant (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Georges K. Benda ... costume designer: Miss Rosay (as George K. Benda)
Anthony Mendleson ... wardrobe supervisor

Music Department

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Ernest Irving ... conductor: The Philharmonia Orchestra
The Philharmonia Orchestra ... music played by

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J. Arthur Rank ... presenter (as J.Arthur Rank)
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Taglines A Romance that rocked the Thrones of Kings. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Saraband (United States)
  • Sarabande (France)
  • Matrimonio de estado (Spain)
  • 死せる恋人に捧ぐる悲歌 (Japan, Japanese title)
  • Med kärlek och värja (Sweden)
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  • 96 min
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Trivia This was the first Ealing Studios movie to be shot in color. See more »
Movie Connections Referenced in Introducing Ealing Studios (2012). See more »
Crazy Credits Opening credits prologue: FROM a Germany that was then a collection of small and independent States, GEORGE LOUIS of Hanover succeeded to the throne of England. As KING GEORGE the FIRST he left behind him a prisoner in the CASTLE of AHLDEN - - a woman whose name he tried to obliterate from the pages of history, whose story he determined should die with her. It was the story of the woman who had been his wife......SOPHIE DOROTHEA. See more »
Quotes Konigsmark: There are four of us. My sisters have been liberal with their favours in half the courts of Europe. My brother was tried for murder in England. As for me, I'm no better than the others. There's something in our blood that makes us worthless... for anyone one.
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