Movie · 1993
The Remains of the Day
“Diamond in the Rough.”
Released 5 November 1993 134 min Drama / Romance More from 1993 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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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How old were they?
Peter Vaughan
as William Stevens
Peter Halliday
as Canon Tufnell
Peter Cellier
as Sir Leonard Bax
Terence Bayler
as Trimmer
Michael Lonsdale
as Dupont D'Ivry
Paula Jacobs
as Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Patrick Godfrey
as Spencer
Anthony Hopkins
as James Stevens
James Fox
as Lord Darlington
Peter Eyre
as Lord Halifax
Paul Copley
as Harry Smith
Tim Pigott-Smith
as Thomas Benn
Christopher Reeve
as Jack Lewis
Rupert Vansittart
as Sir Geoffrey Wren
Emma Thompson
as Miss Kenton
Hugh Grant
as Reginald Cardinal
Ben Chaplin
as Charlie, Head Footman
Lena Headey
as Lizzie
Steven Beard
as Andrews
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The numbers
50years between the oldest and youngest billed
70Peter Vaughan — oldest on the call sheet
20Lena Headey — youngest billed
50average age of the credited cast