Den europeiske emigranten Humbert Humbert, som precis anlänt i Ramsdale, New Hampshire, har lyckats hitta på en plan. Han tänker gifta sig med Charlotte Haze. På det viset kommer han alltid att kunna vara i närheten av sin älskade - Charlottes brådmogna dotter.
- Genre: Drama, Komedi, Romantik
- Studio: Seven Arts Productions, Harris Kubrick Pictures, A.A. Productions, Ltd., Anya Pictures, Transworld Pictures
- Nyckelord: hotel, depression, lolita, small town, secret love, based on novel or book, sexual obsession, summer camp, midlife crisis, loss of loved one, literature professor, widow, flirt, eroticism, youngster, motel, diary, seduction, provocation, fascination, one-sided love, forbidden love, adoptive father, older man younger woman relationship, sex with a minor
- Kasta: James Mason, Shelley Winters, Sue Lyon, Gary Cockrell, Jerry Stovin, Diana Decker