Directed by James Ivory
2h 14m
Drama
| Romance
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.
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
James Ivory
Director
Mike Nichols
Producer
Kazuo Ishiguro
Novel
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Screenplay
Ismail Merchant
Producer
Norma Webb
Makeup Artist
Donald Rosenfeld
Associate Producer
Luciana Arrighi
Production Design
Ian Whittaker
Set Decoration