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The Remains of the Day

Diamond in the Rough.

7.4/ 1019932h 14mPG

DramaRomance

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.

Directed by James Ivory

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The cast

Faces behind the story

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