The Remains of the Day

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.

• Anthony HopkinsJames Stevens
• Emma ThompsonMiss Kenton
• James FoxLord Darlington
• Christopher ReeveJack Lewis
• Hugh GrantReginald Cardinal
• Peter VaughanWilliam Stevens
• Ben ChaplinCharlie, Head Footman
• Paula JacobsMrs. Mortimer, the cook
• Patrick GodfreySpencer
• Michael LonsdaleDupont D'Ivry