The Remains of the Day
Diamond in the Rough.
7.4(1,531) 1993-11-05 134 minDramaRomance
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.
ProducerIsmail Merchant
DirectorJames Ivory
ProducerMike Nichols
ScreenplayRuth Prawer Jhabvala
Original Music ComposerRichard Robbins
ProducerJohn Calley
Cast & characters
Anthony Hopkins
as James Stevens
Emma Thompson
as Miss Kenton
James Fox
as Lord Darlington
Christopher Reeve
as Jack Lewis
Hugh Grant
as Reginald Cardinal
Peter Vaughan
as William Stevens
Ben Chaplin
as Charlie, Head Footman
Paula Jacobs
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Patrick Godfrey
as Spencer
Michael Lonsdale
as Dupont D'Ivry
Rupert Vansittart
as Sir Geoffrey Wren
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Thomas Benn
Lena Headey
as Lizzie
Paul Copley
as Harry Smith
Peter Cellier
as Sir Leonard Bax
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Brigitte Kahn
as Baroness
John Savident
as Doctor Meredith
Pip Torrens
as Doctor Richard Carlisle
Peter Eyre
as Lord Halifax
Wolf Kahler
as German ambassador
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Abigail Hopkins
as Housemaid
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John Haycraft
as Auctioneer
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Caroline Hunt
as Landlady
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Steve Dibben
as George, Second Footman
