The Remains of the Day

Diamond in the Rough.

  • Rated 7.4 out of 10
  • Movie
  • 1993
  • 2h 14m
  • Drama
  • Romance

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

Play
Director
James Ivory
Starring
Anthony Hopkins, Emma Thompson, James Fox, Christopher Reeve

Cast

  • Anthony Hopkins

    Anthony Hopkins

    James Stevens

  • Emma Thompson

    Emma Thompson

    Miss Kenton

  • James Fox

    James Fox

    Lord Darlington

  • Christopher Reeve

    Christopher Reeve

    Jack Lewis

  • Hugh Grant

    Hugh Grant

    Reginald Cardinal

  • Peter Vaughan

    Peter Vaughan

    William Stevens

  • Ben Chaplin

    Ben Chaplin

    Charlie, Head Footman

  • Paula Jacobs

    Paula Jacobs

    Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

  • Patrick Godfrey

    Patrick Godfrey

    Spencer

  • Michael Lonsdale

    Michael Lonsdale

    Dupont D'Ivry

More like The Remains of the Day