Summary
Set in England on the cusp of World War II, the final film by Ernst Lubitsch is a zany comedy of manners that sends up British class hierarchy with his famously light touch.
Additional Information
| Series | Criterion collection ; 997. |
| Subjects |
Man-woman relationships
-- Drama.
Refugees -- England -- Drama. Romance films. Comedy films. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Film adaptations. Fiction films. Feature films. |
| Publisher | [New York, New York] :The Criterion Collection,2019 |
| Edition | DVD special edition, Full screen. |
| Other Titles | Cluny Brown. |
| Contributors |
Lubitsch, Ernst,
1892-1947, film producer, film director. Hoffenstein, Samuel, 1889-1947, screenwriter. Reinhardt, Betty, screenwriter. Boyer, Charles, 1899-1978, actor. Jones, Jennifer, 1919-2009, actor. Lawford, Peter, 1923-1984, actor. Walker, Helen, 1920-1968, actor. Gardiner, Reginald, 1903-1980, actor. Sharp, Margery, 1905-1991. Cluny Brown. Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation, presenter. Criterion Collection (Firm), publisher. |
| Participants/Performers |
Charles Boyer, Jennifer Jones, Peter Lawford, Helen Walker, Reginald Gardiner. |
| Language |
English In English; with optional English subtitles for the deaf and hearing impaired (SDH). |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 1946. Based on the novel by Margery Sharp. Special features: New conversation between film critics Molly Haskell and Farran Smith Nehme; new video essay by film scholar Kristin Thompson; The Lubitsch touch, an interview with film scholar Bernard Eisenschitz from 2004; Screen directors playhouse radio adaptation of the film from 1950, featuring Dorothy McGuire and Charles Boyer; an essay by novelist and essayist Siri Hustvedt. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; region 1; full screen (1.37:1) presentation; Dolby Audio monaural. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| ISBN | 9781681436432 1681436434 |
| Other | Classic View |