Anthony Hopkins
James Stevens
Rule bound head butler Stevens' (Sir Anthony Hopkins') world of manners and decorum in the household he maintains is tested by the arrival of housekeeper Miss Kenton (Dame Emma Thompson), who falls in love with him in pre-World War II Britain. The possibility of romance and his master's cultivation of ties with the Nazi cause challenge his carefully maintained veneer of servitude.
James Stevens
Miss Kenton
Lord Darlington
Jack Lewis
Reginald Cardinal
William Stevens
Charlie, Head Footman
Mrs. Mortimer, the cook
Spencer
Dupont D'Ivry
Sir Geoffrey Wren
Thomas Benn
Lizzie
Harry Smith
Sir Leonard Bax
Baroness
Doctor Meredith
Doctor Richard Carlisle
Lord Halifax
German ambassador
Director
