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Laughter in the Dark is a french film of genre Drama directed by Tony Richardson released in USA on 11 may 1969 with Nicol Williamson

Laughter in the Dark (1969)

Laughter in the Dark
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Released in USA 11 may 1969
Length 1h44
Directed by
OriginFrance
Genres Drama
Rating60% 3.041763.041763.041763.041763.04176

Laughter in the Dark (French: La Chambre obscure) is a 1969 French-British drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Nicol Williamson and Anna Karina. It is based on the novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. Nicol Williamson was brought in as a very late replacement for Richard Burton, who had already shot several scenes. The director, Tony Richardson, found Burton's lack of punctuality intolerable.

For the film, the story’s setting was changed from nineteen-thirties Berlin to the swinging London of the sixties. The film drew respectable reviews, but for reasons that are unclear, it was subsequently removed from distribution. The film has only twice been shown on British television, (in 1974 and 1981 on BBC2), and has not been released on video or DVD. Laszlo Papas was slated to direct a 1986 remake of the film which would have starred Mick Jagger as Axel Rex and Rebecca De Mornay as the young seductress; De Mornay was replaced by Maryam d'Abo after disagreements with the director, but ultimately the project went nowhere and the film was never made.

Actors

Nicol Williamson

(Sir Edward More)Anna Karina

(Margot)Jean-Claude Drouot

(Herve Tourace)Peter Bowles

(Paul)Siân Phillips

(Lady Pamela More)
And :
Kate O'Toole
Mick Jagger
Sheila Burrell
Marina Vlady
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