Stewart Granger and Joan Greenwood in Saraband (1948)

Saraband

Original title: Saraband for Dead Lovers
Movie1948• Approved• 1h 36m
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⭐ 6.5 / 10(762)

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.

Rated
Approved
Runtime
1h 36m
Released
1948
Country
United Kingdom

Details

Release year: 1948

Storyline

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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Awards

0 wins & 1 nomination

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Did you know

• This was the first Ealing Studios movie to be shot in colour.

• The real Philip Christoph Von Königsmark was attacked and abducted by the Elector's men. He disappeared and, according to the confessions of his alleged assassins many years after the event, his body was weighted and dropped into the River Leine.

• A scene featuring Jewish moneylenders was cut due to the anti-Semitic riots in the U.K. in 1947.

User reviews

⭐ 8/10

a gem of British cinema

👍 25 · 10/30/2006
⭐ 8/10

SARABAND FOR DEAD LOVERS (Basil Dearden, 1948) ***1/2

👍 15 · 1/24/2010

Technical specs

Sound mix
Mono
Aspect ratio
1.37 : 1
Color
Color
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