The King and I is a
1956 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
Richard Rodgers and
Oscar Hammerstein II musical
The King and I, based in turn on the book
Anna and the King of Siam by
Margaret Landon. The plot comes from the story written by
Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King
Mongkut of
Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' story was autobiographical, although its objective accuracy is questioned.
The film stars Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr with Rita Moreno, Terry Saunders, Martin Benson, Rex Thompson, Patrick Adiarte, Alan Mowbray and Geoffrey Toone. The cinematography was by Leon Shamroy, the art direction by John DeCuir and Lyle R. Wheeler and the costume design by Irene Sharaff.
Academy Awards
The film was nominated for nine Academy Awards and won five.
Wins
Nominations
Brynner was one of seven actors to win the Tony and the Oscar for the same role.
I Whistle a Happy Tune - Anna and Louis
Getting to Know You - Anna, Wives, and Children
Shall We Dance? - Anna and King
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