The King and I (1956)
The King and I (1956)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Yul Brynner
King Mongkut of Siam
Deborah Kerr
Anna Leonowens
Rita Moreno
Tuptim
Martin Benson
Kralahome
Terry Saunders
Lady Thiang
Rex Thompson
Louis Leonowens
Carlos Rivas
Lun Tha
Patrick Adiarte
Prince Chulalongkorn
Alan Mowbray
Sir John Hay
Geoffrey Toone
Sir Edward Ramsay
Charles Irwin
Capt. Orton (uncredited)
Walter Lang
Director
Marni Nixon
Anna Leonowens (singing voice) (uncredited)
Ernest Lehman
Writer
Evelyn Rudie
Royal Child (uncredited)
Oscar Hammerstein II
Writer
Margaret Landon
Writer
Charles Brackett
Producer
Richard Rodgers
Composer
Leon Shamroy
Cinematographer
Robert L. Simpson
Editor
John DeCuir
Art Direction
Helen Turpin
Hairstylist
Ben Nye
Makeup Artist
Media.
Details.
Release DateJune 29, 1956
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 13m
Content RatingG
Budget$4,550,000
Box Office$21,300,000
Genres
Wiki.
The King and I is a 1956 American musical film made by 20th Century-Fox, directed by Walter Lang and produced by Charles Brackett and Darryl F. Zanuck. The screenplay by Ernest Lehman is based on the 1951 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which is itself based on the 1944 novel Anna and the King of Siam by Margaret Landon. That novel in turn was based on memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' stories were autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.
The film was a critical and commercial success and was nominated for 9 Oscars and won 5, including Best Actor for Brynner.
An animated film adaptation of the same musical was released in 1999. On February 12, 2021, Paramount Pictures and Temple Hill Entertainment announced that another live-action film version was in development.