The King and I

(1956)

★ 7.1 IMDb · 417 votes

Genres: Romance, History, Drama

Year: 1956

Runtime: 133 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Уолтер Лэнг

Cast: Дебора Керр, Yul Brynner, Рита Морено, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson, Carlos Rivas, Патрик Адиарте, Алан Маубрэй, Geoffrey Toone

Plot

Widowed Welsh mother Anna Leonowens becomes a governess and English tutor to the wives and many children of the stubborn King Mongkut of Siam. Anna and the King have a clash of personalities as she works to teach the royal family about the English language, customs and etiquette, and rushes to prepare a party for a group of European diplomats who must change their opinions about the King.

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 had 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.