6 May 2008

The final film of one of the most celebrated of all romantic comedy directors, Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka, To Be or Not To Be, Heaven Can Wait) is regarded as one of his most engaging. Set in 1938 London, Cluny Brown stars Jennifer Jones as plumber's niece (later housemaid) Cluny Brown and Charles Boyer as intellectual Czech refugee Adam Belinski, who throw English society into disarray with their disregard for conventions. This charming satire, aided by a wonderful script taking in snobbery upstairs, downstairs and in the middle classes, is given a jolly run-around by a cast comprising most of Hollywood's British stalwarts, from Sir C. Aubrey Smith and Peter Lawford to Sara Allgood and Una O'Connor.

In partnership with Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment and Hollywood Classics, the BFI is to release Cluny Brown on DVD for the first time on 26th May 2008 at the RRP of £12.99. Transfered in its original aspect ratio of 1.33:1 and with a Dolby Digital mono soundtrack encoded at 320kbps, the film will be supported by the following extras:

• Original trailer
• Illustrated booklet with original publicity photos, film review by A.H. Weiler of the New York Times from 1946, a director biography by Thomas Elsaesser; cast and credit details.