Introduction

A free-spirited parlour maid and a Czech refugee surprise an English village with their unconventional ways.

Outline

Amateur plumber Cluny Brown gets sent off by her uncle to work as a servant at an English country estate. While there, she becomes friendly with Adam Belinski, a charming Czech refugee. She also becomes interested in a dull shopkeeper named Mr. Wilson. Belinski soon falls in love with Cluny and tries to keep her from marrying Wilson.

Film Inspiration

Cluny Brown is a humorous coming of age novel by Margery Sharp, published in August 1944 by Collins in the UK and Little Brown in the US.

Trivia & Goofs

• In Margery Sharp’s novel Adam Belinski is Polish, in the film – for which no reason is given – he becomes Czech, yet his Polish name (Belinski) is retained.

Production & Filming Details

• Director: Ernst Lubitsch.
• Producer: Ernst Lubitsch.
• Writers: Samuel Hoffenstein and Elizabeth Reinhardt.
• Music: Cyril J. Mockridge.
• Cinematography: Joseph LaShelle.
• Editor: Dorothy Spencer.
• Production: 20th Century Fox.
• Distribution: 20th Century Fox.
• Release Date: 03 June 1946 (Los Angeles), 12 June 1946 (US).
• Running time: 100 minutes.
• Country: US.
• Language: English.

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