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The King and I

Movie · 1956 · 133 min

A lush, stately musical that charms with grand numbers and a warm battle of wills, then turns surprisingly poignant and bittersweet.

About
1956 film by Walter Lang
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Movie
Year
1956
Runtime
133 min
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • power
  • identity
  • love
  • family
Places
  • single country house
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
family
Form
  • musical
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour4
Realism5
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

Details

Genres
drama, musical, romance
Directed by
Walter Lang
Written by
Oscar Hammerstein II, Ernest Lehman
Starring
Yul Brynner, Deborah Kerr, Rita Moreno, Marni Nixon, Alan Mowbray, Martin Benson, Patrick Adiarte, Leonard Strong
Music
Richard Rodgers
Cinematography
Leon Shamroy
Runtime
133 min
Country
United States
Languages
English

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