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  1. The King and I is the fifth musical by the team of Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon 's novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944), which is in turn derived from the memoirs of Anna Leonowens, governess to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s.

  2. A widow becomes a governess to the King of Siam's children and falls in love with him. The film won five Oscars and features the famous song \"Getting to Know You\".

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    • Biography, Drama, Musical
    • Walter Lang
    • 1956-06-29
  3. 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.

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  5. King And I, The (1956) -- Shall We Dance After a successful demonstration of civilized manners for the British ambassador, teacher Anna (Deborah Kerr) is explaining Western marital customs to her employer the Siamese king (Yul Brynner), Marni Nixon dubbing her vocal for the Rodgers & Hammerstein song, in The King And I, 1956.

    • Walter Lang, Eli Dunn
    • Deborah Kerr
  6. After the death of her husband, Anna Owens moves from England to Siam with her son Louis to become a teacher for the children of the king of Siam. She finds Siamese customs to be quite different from English ones, which brings her often in conflict with the king.

  7. A classic musical film starring Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner as a governess and a king of Siam. Read the critics' opinions, watch the trailer, and find out where to watch it online or on TV.

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    • Musical
    • G
  8. Based on the Broadway musical by Rodgers and Hammerstein, a Victorian widow travels to Siam to teach the royal children but end's up having to balance the refined ways of Western culture with the traditions and customs the King does not want to give up.

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