James Stevens

Anthony Hopkins

Miss Kenton

Emma Thompson

Jack Lewis

Christopher Reeve

Lord Darlington

James Fox

Reginald Cardinal

Hugh Grant

Father

Peter Vaughan

Thomas Benn

Tim Pigott-Smith

Charlie, Head Footman

Ben Chaplin

Dupont D'Ivry

Michael Lonsdale

Mrs. Mortimer, the cook

Paula Jacobs

Spencer

Patrick Godfrey

Auctioneer

John Haycraft

Sir Geoffrey Wren

Rupert Vansittart

Landlady

Caroline Hunt

Lizzie

Lena Headey

George, Second Footman

Steve Dibben

Harry Smith

Paul Copley

Sir Leonard Bax

Peter Cellier

Housemaid

Abigail Harrison

Baroness

Brigitte Kahn

Canon Tufnell

Peter Halliday

Doctor Meredith

John Savident

Trimmer

Terence Bayler

Doctor Richard Carlisle

Pip Torrens

Viscount Bigge

Jeffrey Wickham

Lord Halifax

Peter Eyre

Scullery Boy

Hugh Sweetman

German ambassador

Wolf Kahler

Housemaid

Abigail Hopkins

Postmaster

Tony Aitken

Elsa

Emma Lewis

Irma

Joanna Joseph

Viscount Bigge

Jeffry Wickham

Wren's Friend

Christopher Brown

Publican

Ian Redford

Publican's Wife

Jo Kendall

Andrews

Steven Beard

Craddock (uncredited)

Miles Richardson

Prime Minister

Frank Shelley

Foreign Office Official

Jestyn Phillips

German Embassy Official

Frank Holtje

German Embassy Official

Andreas Tons

Police Constable

Roger McKern

Waitress

Angela Newmarch

Celestia Fox