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Rex Harrison, Irene Dunne, Linda Darrell. A British governess enters into a five-year battle of wits with the strong-willed but vulnerable King of Siam. Remade as The King and I. 1946/b&w/128 min/NR/fullscreen.

An English widow goes to 1862 Siam with her son to tutor the king's harem and 67 children. Directed by John Cromwell.

Technical Specs Format: DVD Rating: Not Rated Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 127 Minutes Region: 1 Aspect Ratio: Fullscreen Language: Spanish, English Studio: 20th Century Fox DVD Release Date: May 24, 2005 Closed Captioning: Yes Subtitles: Spanish, English Audio: DD1/DD2 Includes: cc, "Anna and the King: The real story of Anna Leonowens" as seen on biography® on the A&E network, Movietone news footage (Gala Hollywood premiere), Theatrical trailer, Full frame format (Aspect ratio: 1.33:1), Audio:...

More serious and less colorful than The King And I, Anna And The King Of Siam is still a well-crafted and elaborate spectacle. Leonowens (Irene Dunne) and her son travel to the tiny kingdom of Siam, where she has been hired to teach Western ways and culture to the multitudes of children sired by the King (Rex Harrison). All too soon, however, the King and Anna clash over the differences in their ways and cultures; Anna is also drawn into a palace romance between the concubine, Tuptim (Linda Darnell...

Release Date: 2008-06-10, Rating: Unrated

Anna and the King of Siam on DVD More serious and less colorful than The King And I, Anna And The King Of Siam is still a well-crafted and elaborate spectacle. Leonowens (Irene Dunne) and her son travel to the tiny kingdom of Siam, where she has been hired to teach Western ways and culture to the multitudes of children sired by the King (Rex Harrison). All too soon, however, the King and Anna clash over the differences in their ways and cultures; Anna is also drawn into a palace romance between...

Member Rating: The true story of Anna Leonowens' experiences as a governess to the children of an eccentric Asian king has been adapted into a book of memoirs, a biography, a stage play called Anna and the King of Siam -- which was adapted into a 1946 film, a stage musical called The King and I -- made into both the live-action The King and I (1956)) and the animated The King and I (1999) feature films, and a short-lived 1972 TV series. Now the story is brought to the screen yet again, as Jodie...

A lavish adaptation of Margaret Landon's book on Anna Leonowens (the source of the Rogers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I), detailing the experiences of an English governess (Irene Dunne) in 19th-century Thailand. The story examines her complicated relationship with the King of Siam. Oscar-winning cinematography by Arthur Miller. Screenplay by Talbot Jennings and Sally Benson. With Rex Harrison (his Hollywood debut), Lee J. Cobb, Linda Darnell, Gale Sondergaard and Mikhail Rasumny.

English schoolteacher Anna Leonowens has traveled to Siam to educate the fifty-eight children of King Monkut. If she has preconceived notions about the East, the King has similar notions about the West. But amid the danger of growing political unrest, their respect for each other slowly turns into something more.

Anna Leonowens, a proper Englishwoman, was an unlikley candidate to change the course of Siamese (Thai) history. A young widow and mother, her services were engaged in the 1860's by King Mongkut of Siam to help him communicate with foreign governments and be the tutor to his children and favored concubines. Stepping off the steamer from London, Anna found herself in an exotic land she could have only dreamed of lush landscape of mystic faiths and curious people, and king's palace bustling with royal...

Originally published in 1870, The English Governess at the Siamese Court recounts the story of the five and a half years that Anna Leonowens, a young and adventurous Englishwoman, spent as a governess for the children of King Mongkut of Siam. Leonowens focuses on the fact that she and the King did not see eye to eye in the domestic sphere: for the first time in his life, he had met a woman who dared to contradict him, while she found the very idea of male domination intolerable. Eighty years after...

19世紀中頃、英国の未亡人アンナは、家庭教師としてシャムの宮 廷にやってきた。近代化を望む王様は、ハーレムの王妃や王子たち の教育を命じる。アンナは溶け込もうとするが、王様との対立や大 きな文化の違いに戸惑い、何度もイギリスへ帰ろうとするのだった 。しかし次第に王様とアンナの間には、お互いに敬愛の気持ちが芽 生え、影響を与えあっていく……。

The true story of Anna Leonowens' experiences as a governess to the children of an eccentric Asian king has been adapted into a book of memoirs, a biography, a stage play called Anna and the King of Siam -- which was adapted into a 1946 film, a stage musical called The King and I -- made into both the live-action The King and I (1956)) and the animated The King and I (1999) feature films, and a short-lived 1972 TV series. Now the story is brought to the screen yet again, as Jodie Foster stars as...