The Remains of the Day
“Diamond in the Rough.”
1993•PG•2h 14m•7.4•Released
DramaRomance
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.
Director
James Ivory
Writer
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Budget
$12M
Revenue
$23M
Languages
English, German
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Anthony Hopkins
James Stevens
Emma Thompson
Miss Kenton
James Fox
Lord Darlington
Christopher Reeve
Jack Lewis
Hugh Grant
Reginald Cardinal
Peter Vaughan
William Stevens
Ben Chaplin
Charlie, Head Footman
Paula Jacobs
Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Patrick Godfrey
Spencer
Michael Lonsdale
Dupont D'Ivry
Rupert Vansittart
Sir Geoffrey Wren
Tim Pigott-Smith
Thomas Benn
Lena Headey
Lizzie
Paul Copley
Harry Smith
Peter Cellier
Sir Leonard Bax
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Company
Mike Nichols Productions
Company
John Calley Productions
Company
Merchant Ivory Productions
Producer
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Mike Nichols
Producer
John Calley
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