Lolita (1962)

Directed by

Stanley Kubrick

Genre

drama film, romance film, comedy drama

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

2h 32m

Rated

NR

Rating

7.3 of 10 from 2,263 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A middle-aged literature professor becomes obsessed with his landlady's adolescent daughter. He marries the mother to stay close to the girl. The film follows his destructive fixation and the consequences.

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What happens

Lolita is a 1962 black comedy-psychological drama film directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the 1955 novel by Vladimir Nabokov. The black-and-white film follows a middle-aged literature professor who develops an infatuation with an adolescent. It stars James Mason as Humbert Humbert, Shelley Winters as Mrs. Haze, Peter Sellers as Quilty, and Sue Lyon (in her film debut) as Dolores "Lolita" Haze. The novel was considered "unfilmable" when Kubrick acquired the rights around the time of its U.S. publication. Owing to restrictions imposed by the Hays Code (1934–68), Kubrick and producer James B. Harris were compelled to tone down the pedophilic elements that were central to the novel's narrative. Sue Lyon was 14 years old at the time filming began. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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