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