Desc: Vladimir Nabokov erzählt - Vom Gewebe der Zeit: Directed by Kurt Hoffmann, Jochen Richter. With Vladimir Nabokov, Vera Nabokov. Born in St. Petersburg, Vladimir Nabokov (1899-1977) was a Russian-American writer, literary scholar, and lepidopterist. He is one of the most influential storytellers of the 20th century. Here he tells the story of his life with the help of an inexhaustible memory, which has impressed itself on the smallest details. A portrait of the life and personality of the world-renowned author of "Lolita". The title of Nabokov's autobiography, which is mentioned several times in the film, is: "Remembrance, in other words: meeting again with an autobiography".