Top billed cast

1. 

   Jodie Foster

   Anna

2. 

   Chow Yun-Fat

   King Mongkut

3. 

   Bai Ling

   Tuptim

4. 

   Tom Felton

   Louis

5. 

   Syed Alwi

   The Kralahome

6. 

   Randall Duk Kim

   General Alak

7. 

   Lim Kay Siu

   Prince Chowfa

8. 

   Melissa Campbell

   Princess Fa-Ying

9. 

   Keith Chin

   Prince Chulalongkorn

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-08-28

This is a great looking film; the beautiful photography (Malaysia not Thailand) is stunning and George Fenton's sympathetic score helps create a stylish setting for this retelling of the story about an English widow - played here by Jodie Foster - who takes up a position as governess to the children (and wives) of King Mongkut of Siam (Chow Yun-Fat). This story departs pretty drastically from the original text and turns into more of a sentimental love story tempered by treasonous activities from within the King's extended family. The principle performances are both gentle and sensitive, though...read the rest

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9. Far from the Madding Crowd69%
10. Anna Karenina67%
11. War and Peace67%
12. The Lady68%
13. The Last of the Mohicans73%
14. Memoirs of a Geisha76%
15. Victoria & Abdul68%
16. The New World65%
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19. Wuthering Heights66%
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$75,000,000.00

Revenue
$113,996,937.00

Keywords

• 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