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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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7.366/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
**It is an excellent film, even if I disagree with the thesis on which it was made.** In the period between the two world wars, the world tried to make sure that there was never again something as ... read more
over 2 years ago
CinemaSerf
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 ... read more
about 3 years ago
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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
Brigitte Kahn
Baroness
John Savident
Doctor Meredith
Pip Torrens
Doctor Richard Carlisle
Peter Eyre
Lord Halifax
Wolf Kahler
German ambassador
Abigail Hopkins
Housemaid
John Haycraft
Auctioneer
Caroline Hunt
Landlady
Steve Dibben
George, Second Footman
Terence Bayler
Trimmer
Peter Halliday
Canon Tufnell
Jeffry Wickham
Viscount Bigge
Tony Aitken
Postmaster
Christopher Brown
Irma
Ian Redford
Publican
Jo Kendall
Publican's wife
Steven Beard
Andrews
Miles Richardson
Craddock (uncredited)
Director
James Ivory
Director
Christopher Newman
Assistant Director
Diana Dill
Script Supervisor
Simon Moseley
Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew
Assistant Director
Creator
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
Kazuo Ishiguro
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