The Remains of the Day (1993)

  • PG
  • 11/19/1993 (US)
  • Drama, Romance
  • 2h 14m

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.

James Ivory

Director

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala

Screenplay

Kazuo Ishiguro

Novel

Cast

Anthony Hopkins's headshot

Anthony Hopkins

James Stevens
Emma Thompson's headshot

Emma Thompson

Miss Kenton
James Fox's headshot

James Fox

Lord Darlington
Christopher Reeve's headshot

Christopher Reeve

Jack Lewis
Hugh Grant's headshot

Hugh Grant

Reginald Cardinal
Peter Vaughan's headshot

Peter Vaughan

William Stevens
Ben Chaplin's headshot

Ben Chaplin

Charlie, Head Footman
Paula Jacobs's headshot

Paula Jacobs

Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

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