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John Haycraft | Auctioneer | |
Christopher Reeve | Lewis | |
Anthony Hopkins | Stevens | |
Emma Thompson | Miss Kenton | |
Caroline Hunt | Landlady | |
James Fox | Lord Darlington | |
Peter Vaughan | Father | |
Paula Jacobs | Mrs. Mortimer / the Cook | |
Ben Chaplin | Charlie / Head Footman | |
Steve Dibben | George / Second Footman | |
Abigail Hopkins | Housemaid | |
Patrick Godfrey | Spencer | |
Peter Cellier | Sir Leonard Bax | |
Peter Halliday | Canon Tufnell | |
Hugh Grant | Cardinal | |
Terence Bayler | Trimmer | |
Jeffry Wickham | Viscount Bigge | |
Hugh Sweetman | Scullery Boy | |
Michael Lonsdale | Dupont D'Ivry | |
Brigitte Kahn | Baroness |
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Producer | Mike Nichols
Ismail Merchant John Calley Donald Rosenfeld |
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Writer | Kazuo Ishiguro
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala |
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Cinematography | Tony Pierce-Roberts
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Musician | Richard Robbins
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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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