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title: 'The King and I (1956)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Walter Lang'
released: '1956-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 133
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Music'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-king-and-i-1956'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0049408/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The King and I (1956)

1956 · 133 min · Drama, Music, Romance · United States


## Synopsis

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. That novel in turn was based on memoirs written by Anna Leonowens, who became school teacher to the children of King Mongkut of Siam in the early 1860s. Leonowens' stories were autobiographical, although various elements of them have been called into question. The film stars Deborah Kerr and Yul Brynner.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Walter Lang](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lang)
- **Screenplay:** [Oscar Hammerstein II](https://cinepixo.com/people/oscar-hammerstein-ii), [Ernest Lehman](https://cinepixo.com/people/ernest-lehman)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Rodgers](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-rodgers)
- **Producer:** [Darryl F. Zanuck](https://cinepixo.com/people/darryl-f-zanuck), [Charles Brackett](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-brackett)
- **Director of Photography:** [Leon Shamroy](https://cinepixo.com/people/leon-shamroy)
- **Editor:** [Robert L. Simpson](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-l-simpson)

## Cast

- [Leonard Strong](https://cinepixo.com/people/leonard-strong)
- [Patrick Adiarte](https://cinepixo.com/people/patrick-adiarte)
- [Charles Irwin](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-irwin)
- [Alan Mowbray](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-mowbray)
- [Martin Benson](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-benson)
- [Carlos Rivas](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlos-rivas)
- [Yul Brynner](https://cinepixo.com/people/yul-brynner)
- [Deborah Kerr](https://cinepixo.com/people/deborah-kerr)
- [Marni Nixon](https://cinepixo.com/people/marni-nixon)
- [Rita Moreno](https://cinepixo.com/people/rita-moreno)

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