The read
Scores higher than 97% of the 2,032 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.8/10
Rotten Tomatoes96%
Metacritic86/100
1,553 audience votes
Key crew
- James IvoryDirector
- Ruth Prawer JhabvalaScreenplay
- Richard RobbinsOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Anthony HopkinsJames Stevens
- Emma ThompsonMiss Kenton
- James FoxLord Darlington
- Christopher ReeveJack Lewis
- Hugh GrantReginald Cardinal
- Peter VaughanWilliam Stevens
- Ben ChaplinCharlie, Head Footman
- Paula JacobsMrs. Mortimer, the cook
- Patrick GodfreySpencer
- Michael LonsdaleDupont D'Ivry
- Rupert VansittartSir Geoffrey Wren
- Tim Pigott-SmithThomas Benn
Stills
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Themes
newspaperlondon, englandnazienglandbutlercountry houseloyaltybritainhousekeeperemployertold in flashback1950s
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