The Remains of the Day

Synopsis

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.

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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

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Brigitte Kahn

Baroness

John Savident

Doctor Meredith

Pip Torrens

Doctor Richard Carlisle

Peter Eyre

Lord Halifax

Wolf Kahler

German ambassador

Crew

Art

• Luciana Arrighi Production Design
• Ian Whittaker Set Decoration
• John Ralph Art Direction
• Arthur Wicks Property Master

Camera

• Roger Pearce Camera Operator
• Tony Pierce-Roberts Director of Photography
• Martin Body Camera Operator

Costume & Make-Up

• Norma Webb Makeup Artist
• Jenny Beavan Costume Design
• John Bright Costume Design
• Christine Beveridge Makeup Department Head
• Carol Hemming Hair Department Head
• Paolo Mantini Hairstylist

Crew

• Elizabeth Aldrich Choreographer
• Bryan Baverstock Driver
• John Dowdell Telecine Colorist

Directing

• James Ivory Director
• Christopher Newman Assistant Director
• Diana Dill Script Supervisor
• Simon Moseley Assistant Director
• Bernard Bellew Assistant Director

Editing

• Andrew Marcus Editor
• Derek Holding Dialogue Editor

Lighting

• Tommy Finch Gaffer

Production

• Mike Nichols Producer
• Ismail Merchant Producer
• Donald Rosenfeld Associate Producer
• Celestia Fox Casting
• Paul Bradley Executive Producer
• Joyce Herlihy Production Supervisor
• John Calley Producer
• Christian McWilliams Location Manager

Sound

• Richard Robbins Original Music Composer
• Robin O'Donoghue Sound Re-Recording Mixer
• Harry Rabinowitz Music Director
• Geoff Alexander Music

Visual Effects

• Martin Body Visual Effects
• Garth Inns Special Effects Supervisor

Writing

• Kazuo Ishiguro Novel
• Ruth Prawer Jhabvala Screenplay

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