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The Remains of the Day( 1993)

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Diamond in the Rough.

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Anthony Hopkins

      James Stevens

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      Emma Thompson

      Miss Kenton

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      James Fox

      Lord Darlington

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      Christopher Reeve

      Jack Lewis

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      Hugh Grant

      Reginald Cardinal

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      Peter Vaughan

      William Stevens

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      Ben Chaplin

      Charlie, Head Footman

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      Paula Jacobs

      Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

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      Patrick Godfrey

      Spencer

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      Michael Lonsdale

      Dupont D'Ivry

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      Rupert Vansittart

      Sir Geoffrey Wren

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      Tim Pigott-Smith

      Thomas Benn

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      Lena Headey

      Lizzie

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      Paul Copley

      Harry Smith

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      Peter Cellier

      Sir Leonard Bax

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      Brigitte Kahn

      Baroness

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      John Savident

      Doctor Meredith

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      Pip Torrens

      Doctor Richard Carlisle

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      Peter Eyre

      Lord Halifax

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      Wolf Kahler

      German ambassador

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      Abigail Hopkins

      Housemaid

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      John Haycraft

      Auctioneer

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      Caroline Hunt

      Landlady

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      Steve Dibben

      George, Second Footman

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      Terence Bayler

      Trimmer

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      Peter Halliday

      Canon Tufnell

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      Jeffry Wickham

      Viscount Bigge

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      Tony Aitken

      Postmaster

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      Christopher Brown

      Irma

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      Ian Redford

      Publican

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      Jo Kendall

      Publican's wife

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      Steven Beard

      Andrews

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      Miles Richardson

      Craddock (uncredited)

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    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Mon Apr 18 2022
    This is one of Anthony Hopkins' most nuanced and classy performances, depicting the last of a dying breed of upper servants in the stately home of "Lord Darlington" (James Fox). It's told by way of a retrospective as he takes some time off from his work as butler to American millionaire "Lewis" (Christopher Reeve) and goes for a drive to meet the former housekeeper "Miss Kenton" (Emma Thompson). The theme has two threads. The first concerning the peer for whom he worked for a great period of his career. This is a man who believed in what turned out to be a flawed gentlemen's code of honour and ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    11500000.00

    Revenue

    23240144.00

    Keywords

    • newspaper
    • london, england
    • nazi
    • england
    • butler
    • country house
    • loyalty
    • britain
    • housekeeper
    • employer
    • told in flashback
    • 1950s
    • 1930s