The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.
- 6.8
- 1999
- Released
- 2h 28m
Jodie Foster
Anna
Chow Yun-Fat
King Mongkut
Bai Ling
Tuptim
Tom Felton
Louis
Syed Alwi
The Kralahome
Randall Duk Kim
General Alak
Lim Kay Siu
Prince Chowfa
Melissa Campbell
Princess Fa-Ying
Keith Chin
Prince Chulalongkorn
Mano Maniam
Moonshee
Shanthini Venugopal
Beebe
Deanna Yusoff
Lady Thiang
Geoffrey Palmer
Lord John Bradley
Ann Firbank
Lady Bradley
Bill Stewart
Mycroft Kincaid
Sean Ghazi
Khun Phra Balat
K.K. Moggie
Phim
Dharma Harun
Noi
Harith Iskander
Nikorn
Yank Kassim
Pitak
Afdlin Shauki
Interpreter
Swee Lin Neo
Lady Jao Jom Manda Ung
Ramli Hassan
King Chulalongkorn
Robert Hands
Captain Blake
Lim Yu-Beng
Scarfaced leader
Kenneth Tsang
Justice Phya Phrom
Kee Thuan Chye
Second Judge
Patrick Teoh
Third Judge
Aimi Aziz
Lady of Court No.1
Ellie Suriaty
Lady of Court No.2Tina Siew Ting Lee
Lady of Court No.3
Ruby Wong Cheuk-Ling
Lady of Court No.4Zaridah Abdul Malik
Lady of Court No.5Ahmad Mazlan
Scout No.1Razib Salimin
Scout No.2
Zaibo
Siamese TraderPak Ling
Shipping Dock WomanZulhaila Siregar
Distraught Villager
Mahmud Ali Bashah
Mercenary
Released
en
$75,000,000.00
$113,996,937.00
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- #palace
- #burma
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- #teacher
- #royalty
- #battle
- #denunciation
- #19th century
- #siam
- #victorian era
Reviews
This is a great looking film; the beautiful photography (Malaysia not Thailand) is stunning and George Fenton's sympathetic score helps create a stylish setting for this retelling of the story about an English widow - played here by Jodie Foster - who takes up a position as governess to the children (and wives) of King Mongkut of Siam (Chow Yun-Fat). This story departs pretty drastically from the