Name: Anna and the King
Genre: Drama, Romance, History
Released: 1999-12-16
Duration: 148 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Jodie Foster, Chow Yun-Fat, Bai Ling, Tom Felton, Syed Alwi

1999·Drama·2h 28m

6.9

★

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.

Directed by Andy Tennant

daughter

death penalty

civil war

parent child relationship

traitor

thailand

palace

burma

based on true story

teacher

royalty

battle

denunciation

19th century

siam

victorian era

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Cast

Jodie Foster

Anna

Chow Yun-Fat

King Mongkut

Bai Ling

Tuptim

Tom Felton

Louis

Randall Duk Kim

General Alak

Melissa Campbell

Princess Fa-Ying

Geoffrey Palmer

Lord John Bradley

Ann Firbank

Lady Bradley

K.K. Moggie

Phim

Yank Kassim

Pitak

Lim Yu-Beng

Scarfaced leader

Kenneth Tsang

Justice Phya Phrom

Crew

Andy Tennant

Director

George Fenton

Original Music Composer

Caleb Deschanel

Director of Photography

Lawrence Bender

Producer

Jenny Beavan

Costume Design

Jo Ho

Makeup & Hair Assistant

Popular Reviews

67 reviews

Noah

5.0★ · 05/24/26

WAY TO LONG. if filler was a movie it would be this. tom felton tho... 🫦

Bart

7.0★ · 01/07/26

Chow yun-fat my goat

Ric

10.0★ · 11/23/25

amo questo tipo di film

Locarreta

8.0★ · 03/24/25

The poor lovers.

tasia

3.7★ · 02/03/25

watched it for a class. i know this is a semi-fictional story however the lazy ending basically threw out the “plot” i genuinely wasted 2 hours of my life on