The Remains of the Day

The Remains of the Day

134 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 5, 1993

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.

The Remains of the Day

134 mins | Drama, Romance | Nov. 5, 1993

The Remains of the Day
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.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Columbia Pictures, Merchant Ivory Productions
Original title The Remains of the Day
Directors James Ivory, Bernard Bellew, Simon Moseley, Christopher Newman, Diana Dill
Writers Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Kazuo Ishiguro

Cast

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

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

Abigail Hopkins

as Housemaid

John Haycraft

as Auctioneer

Caroline Hunt

as Landlady

Steve Dibben

as George, Second Footman

Terence Bayler

as Trimmer

Peter Halliday

as Canon Tufnell

Jeffry Wickham

as Viscount Bigge

Tony Aitken

as Postmaster

Ian Redford

as Publican

Jo Kendall

as Publican's wife

Steven Beard

as Andrews

Miles Richardson

as Craddock (uncredited)