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The Remains of the Day

Diamond in the Rough.

7.4(1,566)19932h 14m6

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$11.5M
Box office
$23.2M
Language
English
  • newspaper
  • london, england
  • nazi
  • england
  • butler
  • country house
  • loyalty
  • britain
  • housekeeper
  • employer
  • told in flashback
  • 1950s

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Behind the camera

Director

James Ivory

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • TheatricalPG19 Nov 1993
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalU12 Nov 1993
    • PhysicalU26 May 1994
    • PhysicalU25 Nov 1994
  • AustraliaAU

    • PhysicalG1 Dec 1993
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical5 Nov 1993
  • ArgentinaAR

    • Theatrical13 Jan 1994
  • AustriaAT

    • TVORF 228 Feb 1998
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical1025 Feb 1994
  • CzechiaCZ

    • TheatricalU24 Feb 1994
  • DenmarkDK

    • Physical155 Nov 1993
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP23 Feb 1994
    • PhysicalVHS5 Sept 1995
    • TVTPCanal +29 Mar 1996
    • TVTPFrance 315 Feb 1999
    • PhysicalDVD1 Oct 2001
    • Digital / OTTVOD30 Apr 2012
    • Digital / OTT10Netflix30 Nov 2021
    • TVTPCiné+ Émotion15 Oct 2026
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical610 Mar 1994
    • TVRTL 212 Jul 1998
  • IrelandIE

    • TheatricalG12 Nov 1993

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The Remains of the Day was released on 5 November 1993.

Audience reviews

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  • C

    CinemaSerf

    4/18/2022

    7/10

    This is one of Anthony Hopkins' most nuanced and classy performances, depicting the last of a dying breed of upper servants in the stately home of "Lord Darlington" (James Fox). It's told by way of a retrospective as he takes some time off from his work as butler to American millionaire "Lewis" (Christopher Reeve) and goes for a drive to meet the former housekeeper "Miss Kenton" (Emma Thompson). The theme has two thr…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    11/25/2022

    8/10

    **It is an excellent film, even if I disagree with the thesis on which it was made.** In the period between the two world wars, the world tried to make sure that there was never again something as destructive and traumatic as the First World War. However, such decisions, very commendable but chimerical and contrary to human nature, failed, as we know: the Second World War will occur just a few years later, almost …

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