Adaptació cinematogràfica de les memòries de la britànica Anna Leonowens que, a finals del segle XIX, fou institutriu dels fills del rei de Siam. El 1956 es va fer un remake musical amb Yul Brynner i Deborah Kerr i, el 1999, un altre protagonitzat per Jodie Foster.
This is quite an under-rated gem of a film; depicting a far grittier and more authentic interpretation of the diary of Anna Leonowens than was reflected in the altogether lighter, more joyous "King and I". Rex Harrison rather woodenly portrays King Mongkut as he works to bring 19th century Siam into the modern world; hoping to improve the lives of his people and at the same time ensuring the conti...