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The Remains of the Day

Movie·1993·Drama, Romance·2h 14m·7.4 (1,513)·Directed by James Ivory

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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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Anthony HopkinsAnthony HopkinsJames StevensEmma ThompsonEmma ThompsonMiss KentonJames FoxJames FoxLord DarlingtonChristopher ReeveChristopher ReeveJack LewisHugh GrantHugh GrantReginald CardinalPeter VaughanPeter VaughanWilliam StevensBen ChaplinBen ChaplinCharlie, Head FootmanPaula JacobsPaula JacobsMrs. Mortimer, the cook

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