The Remains of the Day

Nov 5, 1993

2h 14m

★ 7.4

Diamond in the Rough.

Overview

A rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a housekeeper who falls in love with him in post-WWI Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Genres

Drama

Romance

Production Companies

Columbia Pictures

Mike Nichols Productions

John Calley Productions

Merchant Ivory Productions

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Cast

James Stevens

Anthony Hopkins

Miss Kenton

Emma Thompson

Lord Darlington

James Fox

Jack Lewis

Christopher Reeve

Reginald Cardinal

Hugh Grant

William Stevens

Peter Vaughan

Charlie, Head Footman

Ben Chaplin

Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

Paula Jacobs

Spencer

Patrick Godfrey

Dupont D'Ivry

Michael Lonsdale

Sir Geoffrey Wren

Rupert Vansittart

Thomas Benn

Tim Pigott-Smith

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