Saraband for Dead Lovers
A Romance that rocked the Thrones of Kings.
Directed by Basil Dearden
Produced by Ealing Studios, J. Arthur Rank Organisation
A melancholic historical romance about a trapped queen's doomed affair, told with period grandeur and emotional restraint.
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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