# The King and I (1956)

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**Runtime**: 133 min
**Genres**: Romance, History, Drama
**Directed by**: Walter Lang
**Written by**: Ernest Lehman
**Starring**: Deborah Kerr, Yul Brynner, Rita Moreno, Martin Benson, Terry Saunders, Rex Thompson

> *More than your eyes have ever seen… More than your heart has ever known!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Anna, a widowed Welsh schoolteacher, lands in Siam to tutor the King’s wives and kids. She scrabbles to polish the royal manners before European diplomats arrive. The clash of cultures might just outshine the corsets.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, playful, tender, uplifting

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