---
title: 'Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Basil Dearden'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 96
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/saraband-for-dead-lovers-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040758/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948)

1948 · 96 min · Drama, War, Romance · United Kingdom


## Synopsis

Saraband for Dead Lovers 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. Set in 17th-century Hanover, it depicts the doomed romance between Philip Christoph von Königsmarck and Sophia Dorothea of Celle, the wife of the electoral prince of Hanover. The saraband mentioned in the title is a type of Spanish dance.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Basil Dearden](https://cinepixo.com/people/basil-dearden)
- **Screenplay:** [Alexander Mackendrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-mackendrick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Alan Rawsthorne](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rawsthorne)
- **Producer:** [Michael Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-balcon), [Michael Relph](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-relph)
- **Director of Photography:** [Douglas Slocombe](https://cinepixo.com/people/douglas-slocombe)
- **Editor:** [Michael Truman](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-truman)

## Cast

- [Flora Robson](https://cinepixo.com/people/flora-robson)
- [Peter Bull](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-bull)
- [Jill Balcon](https://cinepixo.com/people/jill-balcon)
- [Guy Rolfe](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-rolfe)
- [Joan Greenwood](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-greenwood)
- [Françoise Rosay](https://cinepixo.com/people/francoise-rosay)
- [Miles Malleson](https://cinepixo.com/people/miles-malleson)
- [Noel Howlett](https://cinepixo.com/people/noel-howlett)
- [Megs Jenkins](https://cinepixo.com/people/megs-jenkins)
- [Anthony Quayle](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quayle)
- [Stewart Granger](https://cinepixo.com/people/stewart-granger)
- [Michael Gough](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-gough)

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