Anthony Hopkins

James Stevens

Emma Thompson

Miss Kenton

James Fox

Lord Darlington

Christopher Reeve

Jack Lewis

Hugh Grant

Reginald Cardinal

Peter Vaughan

William Stevens

Ben Chaplin

Charlie, Head Footman

Paula Jacobs

Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

Patrick Godfrey

Spencer

Michael Lonsdale

Dupont D'Ivry

Rupert Vansittart

Sir Geoffrey Wren

Tim Pigott-Smith

Thomas Benn

Lena Headey

Lizzie

Paul Copley

Harry Smith

Peter Cellier

Sir Leonard Bax

John Savident

Doctor Meredith

Pip Torrens

Doctor Richard Carlisle

Peter Eyre

Lord Halifax

Wolf Kahler

German ambassador

Terence Bayler

Trimmer

Peter Halliday

Canon Tufnell

Jeffry Wickham

Viscount Bigge

Tony Aitken

Postmaster

Ian Redford

Publican

Miles Richardson

Craddock (uncredited)