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Lolita

Lolita

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Overview

Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Written by Vladimir Nabokov
Produced by James B. Harris
Box OfficeBudget: $2.0MRevenue: $9.3M

Top Cast

James Mason

James Mason

Prof. Humbert Humbert

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Charlotte Haze

Sue Lyon

Sue Lyon

Dolores "Lolita" Haze

Gary Cockrell

Gary Cockrell

Richard T. "Dick" Siller

Jerry Stovin

Jerry Stovin

John Farlow

Diana Decker

Diana Decker

Jean Farlow

Lois Maxwell

Lois Maxwell

Nurse Mary Lore

Cec Linder

Cec Linder

Physician

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Bill Greene

George Swine

Shirley Douglas

Shirley Douglas

Mrs. Starch

Themes & Keywords

hoteldepressionlolitasmall townsecret lovebased on novel or booksexual obsessionsummer campmidlife crisisloss of loved oneliterature professorwidowflirteroticismyoungstermoteldiaryseductionprovocationfascinationone-sided loveforbidden loveadoptive fatherolder man younger woman relationshipsex with a minor

About Lolita

Lolita is a drama, comedy film released in 1962 exploring themes of hotel, depression, lolita, small town, secret love, based on novel or book. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, it stars James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon. Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's teenaged daughter.

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