This visual and musical masterpiece features YUL BRYNNER's academy award winning performance, an unforgettable Rodgers and Hammerstein score, and brilliant choreography by Jerome Robbins, it tells the true story of an Englishwoman, Anna Leonowens (DEBORAH KERR), who comes to Siam as a schoolteacher to the royal court in the 1860's. Though she soon finds herself at odds with the stubborn monarch (BRYNNER), over time, she and the King stop trying to change each other and begin to understand one another. 1956 color 133 minutes *winner of 6 academy awards   RODGERS AND HAMMERSTEIN and the R&H logo are registered trademarks used under license from The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization on behalf of the Trusts and Estates of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.