Diamond in the Rough.
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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Contemplative, earnest, grave and meticulous.
- contemplativerelentless
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- rawmeticulous
- unpretentiousprestige
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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
Crew
- James IvoryDirector
- Ruth Prawer JhabvalaScreenplay
- Kazuo IshiguroNovel
- Tony Pierce-RobertsDirector of Photography
- Richard RobbinsOriginal Music Composer
- Andrew MarcusEditor
- Ismail MerchantProducer
- Mike NicholsProducer
- John CalleyProducer
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Pairings
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