SYNOPSIS
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 HopkinsStevens
- Emma ThompsonMiss Kenton
- John HaycraftAuctioneer
- Christopher ReeveLewis
- Caroline HuntLandlady
- James FoxLord Darlington
- Peter VaughanFather
- Paula JacobsMrs. Mortimer, the Cook
- Ben ChaplinCharlie, Head Footman
- Steve DibbenGeorge, Second Footman
- Abigail HopkinsHousemaid
- Patrick GodfreySpencer
- Peter CellierSir Leonard Bax
- Peter HallidayCanon Tufnell
- Hugh GrantCardinal
- Terence BaylerTrimmer
- Jeffry WickhamViscount Bigge
- Hugh SweetmanScullery Boy
- Michael LonsdaleDupont D'Ivry
- Brigitte KahnBaroness
- John SavidentDoctor Meredith
- Tony AitkenPostmaster
- Emma LewisElsa
- Joanna JosephIrma
- Rupert VansittartSir Geoffrey Wren