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.
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)
Crew
James Ivory
Director
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novel
Andrew Marcus
Editor
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography
John Dowdell
Telecine Colorist
Christopher Newman
Assistant Director
Simon Moseley
Assistant Director
Bernard Bellew
Assistant Director
Paul Bradley
Executive Producer
Joyce Herlihy
Production Supervisor
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Mike Nichols
Producer
John Calley
Producer
Donald Rosenfeld
Associate Producer
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Roger Pearce
Camera Operator
Martin Body
Camera Operator, Visual Effects
Celestia Fox
Casting
Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
John Bright
Costume Design
Carol Hemming
Hair Department Head
Paolo Mantini
Hairstylist
Christine Beveridge
Makeup Department Head
Norma Webb
Makeup Artist
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Garth Inns
Special Effects Supervisor
Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Harry Rabinowitz
Music Director
Geoff Alexander
Music
Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor
Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration
Diana Dill
Script Supervisor
Bryan Baverstock
Driver
Christian McWilliams
Location Manager
Elizabeth Aldrich
Choreographer
Arthur Wicks
Property Master
Tommy Finch
Gaffer
John Ralph
Art Direction
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