Studiocanal have announced that a brand-new restoration of the much-loved
British romance classic, Saraband for Dead Lovers, will be available to own on Blu-ray for the first time, on DVD and
Digital on March 13th.
Starring Stewart Granger (King Solomon’s Mines, Scaramouche), Joan Greenwood (Kind Hearts and Coronets, Whisky Galore!) and Flora Robson (Wuthering Heights, Clash of the Titans) and directed by the great Basil Dearden (Sapphire, The Gentle Gunman), Saraband for Dead Lovers was Ealing Studios' first Technicolor release and, at the time of
production, its most expensive film to date. Visually stunning, the film
makes impressive use of its Prague locations and the atmospheric rich reds
and browns of the interior shots evoke the stiflingly oppressive conventions
of the Hanoverian court impeccably.
In 1682, the sixteen-year-old Sophie Dorothea (Greenwood) is unhappily
married by arrangement to Prince George Louis of Hanover (Peter Bull), an aristocrat destined to inherit the British crown. Despairing of
ever experiencing true love, the desolate new Queen finds no solace in her
life at court until she falls for a dashing Swedish mercenary, Count
Konigsmark (Granger).
Having hatched a plot to flee England together, the couple’s scheme is
discovered by the jealous Countess Platen (Robson), Konigsmark’s previous
lover, spelling disaster for the young lovers.
We've got two bluray copies of Saraband for Dead Lovers to
give away to UK readers.
The winners are:
Jeffrey Chim, Newport
Fiona Foskett, Isle of Wight
