English widow teaches Siamese royal family.
Movies are rated from zero to four stars. In 1862, British widow Anna Leonowens sailed to Siam with her son. She had accepted a position as tutor of the royal children, unaware that King Mongkut had more than 50 offspring by about two dozen wives and four dozen concubines. Such cross-cultural adventures by women were almost unheard of back then. Not surprisingly, Leonowens' book on the subject became a best seller.