Nabokov's first love story: two exiles, one hotel, and a ghost who won't stay gone.
Acting
Cary Elwes before stardom, all nervous longing and repressed intensity.
Cinematography
Berlin's ghostly 1920s recreated in hazy, dreamlike greys.
Writing
Faithful to Nabokov's prose: cruel, tender, meticulously observed.
Director
John Goldschmidt
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
GB
US
