Saraband For Dead Lovers Now

The film's score is a significant "piece" of music in its own right:

: Composed by Alan Rawsthorne and conducted by Ernest Irving. Saraband for Dead Lovers

: Feeling isolated in the Hanoverian court, she fell in love with a Swedish mercenary, Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark . The film's score is a significant "piece" of

Both the book and the film are based on the true (though dramatized) story of (1666–1726): Musical Adaptations : She was forced into a

: Their plan to flee was discovered, leading to the mysterious disappearance (and presumed murder) of Königsmark and the lifelong imprisonment of Sophia Dorothea in Ahlden House. Musical Adaptations

: She was forced into a loveless marriage with her cousin, Prince George Louis of Hanover, who later became King George I of Great Britain .

The primary "piece" related to is the 1935 historical fiction novel by Helen Simpson . This novel served as the basis for the well-known 1948 film directed by Basil Dearden, which was notably the first Technicolor production from Ealing Studios. The Historical Foundation