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The Remains of the Day(1993)
Status: Released
Date: 1993-11-05
74%
1340 Votes
Time: 2h 14m
Diamond in the Rough.
Overview:
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.
Languages: English, German.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $11,500,000.00
Revenue: $23,240,144.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Mike Nichols Productions
John Calley Productions
Merchant Ivory Productions
Movie: The Remains of the Day
Top 10 Billed 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
Video Trailer The Remains of the Day
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Official Trailer
Sally and Mr. Stevens Part Ways
The Proposal
The remains of the day (all deleted scenes)
The Romance Novel
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