It follows the recently widowed Anna Leonowens (Deborah Kerr), who has traveled to the country of Shim to serve as governess and tutor for the children of King Mongkut of Siam (Yul Brynner).

Those moviegoers who came to know and love Yul Brynner as the King of Siam in the film The King and I will be pleased to find him unchanged in his role of Dmitri in The Brothers Karamazov.

Back in 1960, Yul Brynner starred in the iconic Western remake of Seven Samurai, The Magnificent Seven. The King and I star had a major say in casting decisions and pushed for Steve McQueen.

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Best described as a play with music, rather than a traditional musical, The King and I graced the silver screen in 1956, starring the incomparable Yul Brynner as the ruler of Siam and the ...