The Remains of the Day

About The Remains of the Day

In interwar Britain, a rule-bound head butler's world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of a new housekeeper. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.

The Remains of the Day is a 1993 romance film directed by James Ivory. At 134 minutes long, it arrived in November 1993.

Its themes are england, newspaper, told in flashback, and country house.

Anthony Hopkins takes the lead as James Stevens, Emma Thompson as Miss Kenton, James Fox as Lord Darlington, and Christopher Reeve as Jack Lewis. The screenplay is by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Howdy Amazon Channel in the United States.

Mary Poppins Returns, The Butler, and Stan & Ollie make useful companions to The Remains of the Day, all filed under 1930s, housekeeper, and 1950s. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 1,571 votes and it carries a PG rating.