Sunday, June 9, 2024

THE KING AND I (1956)






















Directed by: Walter Lang
Based on the novel "Anna and the King of Siam" by: Margaret Landon
Based on the Broadway play by: Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein II
Starring: Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Terry Saunders, Martin Benson, Rex Thompson, Patrick Adiarte, Alan Mowbray, Geoffrey Toone, Carlos Rivas, Judy Dan, Marni Nixon, Leona Gordon, Reuben Fuentes

144 minutes
(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:
Mrs. Anna Leonowens and her son Louis arrive in Bangkok, where she has been contracted to teach English to the children of the royal household. She threatens to leave when the house she has been promised is not available, but falls in love with the children. A new slave, a gift of a vassal king, translates "Uncle Tom's Cabin" into a Siamese ballet. After expressing her unhappiness at being with the King, the slave decides to make an attempt to escape with her lover. Anna and the King start to fall in love, but her headstrong upbringing inhibits her from joining his harem. She is just about to leave Siam but something important she finds out makes her think about changing her mind.

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