The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day
Release: 1993-11-05
·Runtime: 134m
·★ 7.4
Drama
Romance
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.
Production Countries
United Kingdom
United States of America
Production Companies
Columbia Pictures
Mike Nichols Productions
John Calley Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Thomas Benn
Paul Copley
as Harry Smith
Peter Cellier
as Sir Leonard Bax
Anthony Hopkins
as James Stevens
Peter Vaughan
as William Stevens
Emma Thompson
as Miss Kenton
Michael Lonsdale
as Dupont D'Ivry
Lena Headey
as Lizzie
Pip Torrens
as Doctor Richard Carlisle
Christopher Reeve
as Jack Lewis
Paula Jacobs
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Peter Halliday
as Canon Tufnell
Hugh Grant
as Reginald Cardinal
Peter Eyre
as Lord Halifax
Jeffry Wickham
as Viscount Bigge
Tony Aitken
as Postmaster
Miles Richardson
as Craddock (uncredited)
Ben Chaplin
as Charlie, Head Footman
James Fox
as Lord Darlington
Patrick Godfrey
as Spencer
Wolf Kahler
as German ambassador
Rupert Vansittart
as Sir Geoffrey Wren
John Savident
as Doctor Meredith
Terence Bayler
as Trimmer
Ian Redford
as Publican
Crew
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
Christopher Newman
Assistant Director
James Ivory
Director
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Mike Nichols
Producer
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novel
John Calley
Producer
Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
Harry Rabinowitz
Music Director
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography