Saraband for Dead Lovers

Saraband for Dead Lovers
Saraband for Dead Lovers
Directed by Basil Dearden
Produced by Michael Balcon
Michael Relph (associate producer)
Written by Helen Simpson (novel)
John Dighton
Alexander Mackendrick
Starring Stewart Granger
Joan Greenwood
Distributed by Ealing Studios
Release date(s) 4 October 1948
Running time 96 minutes
Country  United Kingdom
Language English

Saraband for Dead Lovers (released in the United States. as Saraband) is a 1948 British historical drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood. It is based on the novel by Helen Simpson. Set in seventeenth century Hanover, it depicts the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of the Elector of Hanover.

Jim Morahan, William Kellner and Michael Relph were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Color. [1]

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Plot summary

Sophie Dorothea (Joan Greenwood) seeks solace from dashing Count Philip Konigsmark (Stewart Granger) when her husband Prince George Louis (Peter Bull), later to become King George I of Great Britain, wants nothing to do with her. The lovers are brought down by a jealous Countess Platen (Flora Robson).

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Popular culture

References

  1. ^ "NY Times: Saraband for Dead Lovers". NY Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/108868/Saraband-for-Dead-Lovers/details. Retrieved 2008-12-20. 

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v · d · eFilms directed by Basil Dearden
1940s
The Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) · The Goose Steps Out (1942) · The Bells Go Down (1943) · My Learned Friend (1943) · The Halfway House (1944) · They Came to a City (1945) · The Captive Heart (1946) · Frieda (1947) · Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)
1950s
The Blue Lamp (1950) · Cage of Gold (1950) · Pool of London (1951) · I Believe in You (1952) · The Gentle Gunman (1952) · The Square Ring (1953) · The Rainbow Jacket (1954) · Out of the Clouds (1955) · The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) · Who Done It? (1956) · The Green Man (1956) · The Smallest Show on Earth (1957) · Violent Playground (1958) · Sapphire (1959)
1960s
The League of Gentlemen (1960) · Man in the Moon (1960) · The Secret Partner (1961) · Victim (1961) · All Night Long (1962) · Life for Ruth (1962) · The Mind Benders (1963) · A Place to Go (1963) · Woman of Straw (1964) · Masquerade (1965) · Khartoum (1966) · Only When I Larf (1968) · The Assassination Bureau (1969)
1970s
v · d · eThe films of Alexander Mackendrick
1940s
1950s
1960s
Sammy Going South • A High Wind in Jamaica • Don't Make Waves
Screenplays
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) (with John Dighton) • Dance Hall (1950) (with E.V.H. Emmett and Diana Morgan)
Television
The Defenders (1964)

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