Basic facts

Original title The King and I
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
Production company
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Dialogue
Swedish release 1956-09-12

Cast

Deborah Kerr
Anna Leonowens

Yul Brynner
kung Phra Maha Mongkut av Siam

Rita Moreno
Tuptim, flickan från Burma

Martin Benson
Kralahome, kungens närmaste man

Terry Saunders
Lady Thiang, kungens första hustru

Rex Thompson
Louis Leonowens, Annas son

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Titles

Original title
Swedish release title
Alternative title

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Choreography
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Special Photographic Effects
Assistant Cameraman
Musical Arrangement
Orchestra Leader
Singer
Music Editor
Music Supervisor
Music Consultant
Set Decorator
Propman
Assistant Property Master
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Storyboard
Other Crew

Cast

Deborah Kerr Anna Leonowens
Yul Brynner kung Phra Maha Mongkut av Siam
Rita Moreno Tuptim, flickan från Burma
Martin Benson Kralahome, kungens närmaste man
Terry Saunders Lady Thiang, kungens första hustru
Rex Thompson Louis Leonowens, Annas son
Carlos Rivas Lun Tha, Tuptims älskade
Patrick Adiarte prins Chulalongkorn, arvprinsen
Alan Mowbray Sir John, den brittiske ambassadören
Geoffrey Toone Sir Edward Ramsey, Sir Johns följeslagare
- Ej krediterade:
Yuriko Eliza (i balettnumret "The Small House of Uncle Thomas")
Marion Jim Simon Legree (i balettnumret "The Small House of Uncle Thomas")
Robert Banas hundskötaren (i balettnumret)
Dusty Worrall Uncle Thomas (i balettnumret)
Gemze De Lappe specialdansör
Thomas Bonilla ena tvillingprinsen
Dennis Bonilla andra tvillingprinsen
Michiko Iseri ängeln (i balettnumret)
Charles Irwin Orton, fartygskaptenen
Leonard Strong tolken
Fuji Levi vakt med piska
Weaver Levy vakt med piska
William Yip översteprästen
Eddie Luke budbäraren
Jocelyn Lew prinsessan Ying Yoowalak
Irene James siamesisk flicka
Jadin Wong amason
Barbara Jean Wong (as Jean Wong) amason
Joseph Smith palatsvakt

Companies

Production Company Darryl F. Zanuck Productions Inc.
Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
Copyright Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation 1956
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Fox Film 1956
Distributor in Sweden (DVD) SF Home Entertainment 2001

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 88676
Date 1969-02-25
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 4450 meters


Censorship number 88676
Date 1956-09-07
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3220 meters
Notes Aktindelning: 430-270-515-330-435-490-490-260 = 3220 m - 118 minuter Aktlängder: 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0.


Censorship number 88676
Date 1956-08-28
Classification Suitable for all audiences
Original length 3640 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 2.35:1 (CinemaScope)
Sound type Sound
Sound system Mag-optical
Colour type Colour
Colour system DeLuxe Color
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 3652 meter
Length in minutes 133 min


Original work

Original title Anna and the King of Siam (Novel)
Author Margaret Landon


Original title The King and I (Musical)
Composer Richard Rodgers
Author Oscar Hammerstein II
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II


Production location

1955-12 1956-01
Twentieth Century-Fox Studios, 10201 Pico Boulevard, Century City Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA (stage 6 och stage 16)

Release dates

First showing 1956-06-27 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 133 min
Release in Sweden 1956-09-12 Rigoletto Stockholm Sweden 118 min
Other showing 1961-05-09 Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA 133 min (nypremiär uppblåst till 70 mm)
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1975-05-14
TV showing 1981-10-11 TV2 Sweden 127 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 1994-08-26
TV showing 1996-12-24 TV4 Sweden 127 min
DVD release 2001-11-07 Sweden
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2003-01-09
TV showing 2003-05-31 TV4 Sweden 127 min
2003-06-20 TV4 Sweden 127 min
Cinematheque screening, archive copy 2011-12-18

Soundtrack listing

Original title I Whistle a Happy Tune
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbar Deborah Kerr)
Rex Thompson


Original title March of the Siamese Children
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Played by Twentieth Century-Fox Orchestra


Original title Hello, Young Lovers
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbar Deborah Kerr)


Original title Home Sweet Home
Composer Henry Bishop (1823)
Lyrics John Howard Payne (1823)
Sung by kör (barnkör)


Original title A Puzzlement
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Yul Brynner


Original title Getting To Know You
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbar Deborah Kerr)
kör
Danced by Deborah Kerr
kör


Original title We Kiss in a Shadow
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Rubén Fuentes (dubbar Carlos Rivas)
Leona Gordon (dubbar Rita Moreno)


Original title Something Wonderful
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Terry Saunders
kör (repris - i slutet av filmen)


Original title Prayer to Buddha / Act 1 Finale
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Yul Brynner
kör


Original title The Small House of Uncle Thomas
Composer Richard Rodgers (1956)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1956)
Sung by kör (kungens hustrur)
Danced by kör (kungens hustrur)
Performed by Rita Moreno (läser)


Original title Shall We Dance
Composer Richard Rodgers (1951)
Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (1951)
Sung by Marni Nixon (dubbar Deborah Kerr)
Yul Brynner
Danced by Deborah Kerr
Yul Brynner


Holdings Film

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Element type Print
Carrier type 70 mm
Length 4450


Element type Print
Item base Acetate
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3220


Element type Print
Carrier type 35 mm
Length 3522


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 1


Holdings Scripts

Script type Synopsis


Script type Cutting continuity


Script type Dialoglista
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Slides 1
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck



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