The King and I

Based On the book by Margaret Landon

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.

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Release date:

1956

Director:

Walter Lang

Cast:

Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Carlos Rivas, Martin Benson

Genre:

Romance, Drama, Musical

Country:

United States

Language:

English

Year page:

1956 in adaptations