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Downton Abbey

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Synopsis

Follwing the lives of the Crawley family and their servants at Downton Abbey in post-Edwardian Britain.
The letter announces that Downton will play host to the King and Queen for a single night during a royal tour of Yorkshire. Lady Mary temporarily sidelines the question of mending the roof to focus on the task of overseeing the arrangements. But it’s below stairs – the flailing feet under the gliding swan – that the organisational burden is shouldered. The redoubtable former butler Mr Carson is tempted out of retirement, much to the annoyance of current butler Thomas Barrow. Meanwhile, a smouldering family feud reignites between Lady Violet Crawley and her estranged cousin Maud Bagshaw, lady-in-waiting to the Queen...

Details

Year
2019
Type of film
Features
Running Time
122 mins
Director
Michael Engler
Producer
Michael Engler, Julian Fellowes, Gareth Neame, Liz Trubridge
Executive Producer
Nigel Marchant, Brian Percival
Editor
Mark Day
Screenwriter
Julian Fellowes
Director of Photography
Ben Smithard
Production Designer
Donal Wood
Music
John Lunn
Principal Cast
Maggie Smith, Michelle Dockery, Hugh Bonneville, Laura Carmichael, Jim Carter, Brendan Coyle, Kevin Doyle, Joanne Froggatt, Matthew Goode, Harry Hadden-Paton, Robert James-Collier, Allen Leech, Phyllis Logan, Elizabeth McGovern, Sophie McShera, Lesley Nicol, Penelope Wilton, Imelda Staunton, Geraldine James, Simon Jones, David Haig, Tuppence Middleton, Kate Phillips, Stephen Campbell Moore, Max Brown

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Production status

Complete

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Last updated 10th September 2019

Production Company

A Carnival Film & Television (UK), Focus Features (US) production

Carnival Film & Television
6 Agar Street
London
WC2N 4HN
+44 (0)20 3618 6600
info@carnivalfilms.co.uk
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