Laughter in the Dark (film)

Laughter in the Dark
Film poster
Directed byTony Richardson
Screenplay byEdward Bond
Based onLaughter in the Dark
by Vladimir Nabokov
Produced byNeil Hartley
Starring
CinematographyDick Bush
Edited byCharles Rees
Music byRaymond Leppard
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists (UK)
Release date
  • September 1969 (1969-09)
(UK)
Running time
104 minutes
Countries
  • France
  • United Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$780,000

Laughter in the Dark (French: La Chambre obscure) is a 1969 romantic drama film directed by Tony Richardson and starring Nicol Williamson, Anna Karina and Jean-Claude Drouot. The screenplay was by Edward Bond. It was based on the 1936 novel Laughter in the Dark by Vladimir Nabokov, with the setting changed from 1930s Berlin to 1960s Swinging London.

The film drew respectable reviews, but for reasons that are unclear, it was subsequently removed from distribution.