Saraband for Dead Lovers
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Saraband for Dead Lovers is a 1948 British historical romantic drama film set in 17th-century Hanover, notable for its lavish Technicolor production and tragic love story.
All labels observed (1)
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| Saraband for Dead Lovers canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5778659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saraband for Dead Lovers Context triple: [Michael Balcon, notableWork, Saraband for Dead Lovers]
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A.
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Pavane pour une infante défunte is a lyrical, nostalgic pavane originally composed for solo piano by Maurice Ravel and later orchestrated, known for its delicate melody and evocation of a bygone Spanish courtly elegance.
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B.
Goldberg Variations
The Goldberg Variations is a monumental keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for its intricate set of variations on an aria and its central place in the classical piano and harpsichord repertoire.
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C.
Musical Offering
Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.
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D.
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137
"Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137" is a celebrated organ composition by Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude that showcases his virtuosic and expressive style through three contrasting movements.
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E.
Requiem in D minor
Requiem in D minor is Mozart’s famous final, unfinished mass for the dead, renowned for its dramatic intensity and profound emotional depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Saraband for Dead Lovers Target entity description: Saraband for Dead Lovers is a 1948 British historical romantic drama film set in 17th-century Hanover, notable for its lavish Technicolor production and tragic love story.
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A.
Pavane pour une infante défunte
Pavane pour une infante défunte is a lyrical, nostalgic pavane originally composed for solo piano by Maurice Ravel and later orchestrated, known for its delicate melody and evocation of a bygone Spanish courtly elegance.
-
B.
Goldberg Variations
The Goldberg Variations is a monumental keyboard composition by Johann Sebastian Bach, renowned for its intricate set of variations on an aria and its central place in the classical piano and harpsichord repertoire.
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C.
Musical Offering
Musical Offering is a renowned collection of canons, fugues, and a trio sonata by Johann Sebastian Bach, based on a theme provided by Frederick the Great and celebrated for its intricate contrapuntal writing.
-
D.
Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137
"Prelude, Fugue and Chaconne in C major, BuxWV 137" is a celebrated organ composition by Baroque composer Dieterich Buxtehude that showcases his virtuosic and expressive style through three contrasting movements.
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E.
Requiem in D minor
Requiem in D minor is Mozart’s famous final, unfinished mass for the dead, renowned for its dramatic intensity and profound emotional depth.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | film ⓘ |
| artDirectionBy | Michael Relph NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| authorOfSourceWork | Helen Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| basedOn | novel "Saraband for Dead Lovers" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| castMember |
Anthony Quayle
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Flora Robson NERFINISHED ⓘ Francis L. Sullivan NERFINISHED ⓘ Joan Greenwood NERFINISHED ⓘ Michael Gough NERFINISHED ⓘ Peter Bull NERFINISHED ⓘ Stewart Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cinematographyBy | Douglas Slocombe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| colorProcess | Technicolor ⓘ |
| costumeDesignBy | Hein Heckroth NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| director | Basil Dearden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distributor |
Ealing Studios
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Universal Pictures ⓘ |
| distributorRegion |
United Kingdom
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| eraDepicted | Baroque period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| filmEditingBy | Seth Holt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
historical drama
ⓘ
romantic drama ⓘ |
| historicalFigureDepicted | George I of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Count Philip Christoph von Königsmarck
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Countess Sophie Dorothea of Celle NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| musicBy | Alan Rawsthorne NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | tragic love story ⓘ |
| notableFor |
lavish Technicolor production design
ⓘ
tragic romantic narrative ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| portrayedBy |
Joan Greenwood
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Stewart Granger NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| producer | Michael Balcon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| productionCompany | Ealing Studios NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYearOfSourceWork | 1935 ⓘ |
| releaseDate | 1948-10-04 ⓘ |
| releaseYear | 1948 ⓘ |
| runtimeMinutes | 96 ⓘ |
| screenwriter |
Alexander Mackendrick
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Gordon Wellesley NERFINISHED ⓘ Nicholas Phipps NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setInMonarchy | Electorate of Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPlace | Hanover NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | 17th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Saraband for Dead Lovers Description of subject: Saraband for Dead Lovers is a 1948 British historical romantic drama film set in 17th-century Hanover, notable for its lavish Technicolor production and tragic love story.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Michael Balcon