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The King and I (1956 film)
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The King and I (1956 film)
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 a recent biographer has uncovered substantial inaccuracies and fabrications.
An animated adaptation/remake
was made in 1999.
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