The Remains of the Day

1993·133'

James Ivory

DramaRomance

United States · EN - English

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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.

Cast

Anthony Hopkins James Stevens Emma Thompson Miss Kenton James Fox Lord Darlington Christopher Reeve Jack Lewis Hugh Grant Reginald Cardinal Peter Vaughan William Stevens Ben Chaplin Charlie, Head Footman Paula Jacobs Mrs. Mortimer, the cook Patrick Godfrey Spencer Michael Lonsdale Dupont D'Ivry Rupert Vansittart Sir Geoffrey Wren Tim Pigott-Smith Thomas Benn