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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.
Language
Budget$11,500,000
Revenue $23,240,144
English,
Deutsch
Budget$11,500,000
Revenue $23,240,144
Keywords
newspaper
london, england
nazi
england
butler
country house
loyalty
britain
housekeeper
employer
told in flashback
1950s
1930s
Casts

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)
Crews

Ismail Merchant
Producer

James Ivory
Director

Mike Nichols
Producer

Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay

Kazuo Ishiguro
Novel
Paul Bradley
Executive Producer

Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
Norma Webb
Makeup Artist

Christopher Newman
Assistant Director
Celestia Fox
Casting
Andrew Marcus
Editor
Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration
John Ralph
Art Direction
Donald Rosenfeld
Associate Producer
Tommy Finch
Gaffer
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Roger Pearce
Camera Operator
Tony Pierce-Roberts
Director of Photography

Richard Robbins
Original Music Composer
Robin O'Donoghue
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Diana Dill
Script Supervisor
Joyce Herlihy
Production Supervisor
Derek Holding
Dialogue Editor
Martin Body
Camera Operator
Elizabeth Aldrich
Choreographer
John Dowdell
Telecine Colorist
Simon Moseley
Assistant Director
Christine Beveridge
Makeup Department Head
John Bright
Costume Design
Christian McWilliams
Location Manager
Garth Inns
Special Effects Supervisor
Carol Hemming
Hair Department Head
Paolo Mantini
Hairstylist
Martin Body
Visual Effects
Bryan Baverstock
Driver

John Calley
Producer
Bernard Bellew
Assistant Director

Harry Rabinowitz
Music Director
Geoff Alexander
Music
Arthur Wicks
Property Master
Backdrops & Posters










