

The Remains of the Day
Diamond in the Rough.
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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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
2- C7/10
CinemaSerf
4/18/2022
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…
- F8/10
Filipe Manuel Neto
11/25/2022
**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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