Anna and the King is a 1999 motion picture loosely based on the story of Anna Leonowens, who was an English schoolteacher in Siam, now Thailand, in the 19th century. The picture is a remake of the classic film Anna and the King of Siam, but differs in many respects from that and also from the related musical, The King and I.

The film was directed by Andy Tennant and stars Jodie Foster and Chow Yun-Fat. It was an Academy Award nominee in 2000 for Best Art Direction and Best Costume Design.

The film implies a much larger role in the development of the Thai nation than Anna Leonowens ever claimed for herself. Even more controversially, it suggests a romance between Anna and the king. The movie is forbidden to be shown in Thailand because of its distortions of Thai history and the "inappropriate" portrayal of the king. The movie was filmed in Malaysia for the same reason.

External links

• Anna and the King Film Set Summer Palace

1999 films | Films based on actual events

Anna und der König | Anna et le roi | Anna och kungen | Anna en de koning