Satan shuffles the cards

Movie
German title	Satan shuffles the cards
Original title	Laughter in the Dark
Country of production	United Kingdom , France
original language	English
Publishing year	1968
length	104 minutes
Rod
Director	Tony Richardson
script	Edward Bond
production	Neil Hartley , Elliott Kastner
music	Raymond Leppard
camera	Dick Bush
cut	Charles Rees
occupation
Nicol Williamson : Sir Edward More Anna Karina : Margot Jean-Claude Drouot : Hervé Peter Bowles : Paul Siân Phillips : Lady Elizabeth More Kate O'Toole : Amelia More Sebastian Breaks : Brian Sheila Burrell : Miss Polly Willoughby Goddard : Colonel Basil Dignam : dealer

Satan shuffles the cards (Original title: Laughter in the Dark ) is a British-French feature film by Tony Richardson , which was released in 1968 . The film is a modernized version of a novel by Vladimir Nabokov from 1938.

content

Living in a peaceful family in Swinging London , art dealer Sir Edward More meets young Margot and jeopardizes his bourgeois existence for his love for her. Hervé, the young usher's fiancé, discovers the relationship and forges a plan to enrich himself.

criticism

"Superficial processing of a novel by Vladimir Nabokov, whose atmosphere and character drawings have not even come close to being achieved."

- Lexicon of international film

“Formally catchy and neatly filmed story, which, however, does not make it clear what she wants. The possibilities of interpretation vary between 'punishment for adultery', 'inescapability of eros' and thriller. Still: You can see it. "

- Protestant film observer

Web links

• Satan shuffles the cards in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Satan shuffles the cards. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
2. ↑ Critique No. 517/1969, Evangelischer Presseverband München, p. 509