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.
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
Housemaid
Auctioneer
Landlady
George, Second Footman
Trimmer
Canon Tufnell
Viscount Bigge
Postmaster
Irma
Publican
Publican's wife
Andrews
Craddock (uncredited)
