Film
The Remains of the Day
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.
Overview
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.
Cast
- 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
