The Remains of the Day

Plot Summary

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 Cast

Anthony Hopkins James Stevens

Emma Thompson Miss Kenton

James Fox Lord Darlington

Christopher Reeve Jack Lewis

Hugh Grant Reginald Cardinal