Plot
In 1862, a young Englishwoman becomes royal tutor in Siam and befriends the King.
Cast
as Anna Owens
as King Mongkut
as Tuptim
as Kralahome
as Lady Thiang
as Alak
as Sir Edward
as Prince Chulalongkorn (as a boy)
as Louis Owens
as Phya Phrom
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Reviews
This is quite an under-rated gem of a film; depicting a far grittier and more authentic interpretation of the diary of Anna Leonowens than was reflected in the altogether lighter, more joyous "King and I". Rex Harrison rather woodenly portrays King Mongkut as he works to bring 19th century Siam into the modern world; hoping to improve the lives of his people and at the same time ensuring the cont…