Namhlanje siqala uthotho olutsha apho siza kuhlalutya khona izihloko zeefilimu ezahlukeneyo eziye kwihlabathi lemfundo kwiscreen esikhulu. Kulo mjikelo, siza kuthetha ngezihloko zamva nje ezinje 'UProfesa (Iqela)', kodwa siza kungena kwakhona kwiitayitile zakudala, kwaye ngoku namhlanje siza kuqala ukuthetha 'Ummangaliso ka-Anna Sullivan', ifilimu engathandabuzekiyo eya kukonwabisa kakhulu. Ifilimu ye-1962 ixabisile, zombini ngenxa yedatha yayo yezobuchwephesha kunye nomyalezo awunikayo.
Ifilimu eyazalelwa eMelika yayalelwa ngu-Arthur Penn kwaye wabonisa iskripthi sikaWilliam Gibson, esenziwe ngobuchule ngu-Anne Bancroft, Patty Duke, Inga Swenson, Andrew Prine, Kathleen Comegys noVictor Jory.
Ingqungquthela yayo isixelela ngayo utitshala onobunzima ekukhuleni kwakhe ezama ukufundisa intombazana engevayo, engaboniyo neyisidenge. Ubumnyama obuntsonkothileyo bokuziva enetyala, ngokusweleka komntakwabo, kukhuthaza ootitshala ukuba bazikhulule ngemfundo yamantombazana. Xa efika kwindlu ahlala kuyo lo mfazana, udibana nosapho oluye lwaxhasa le ntombazana ngendlela abathanda ngayo, ngenxa yokungakwazi kwabazali ukuyifundisa. I-Hellen ithathwa njengelishwa lendalo elingenako ukuxolelwa kwaye kungenakwenzeka ukuba kusekwe unxibelelwano. Ngumama kuphela ogcina ithemba elincinci. Ukufikisa, kwelakhe icala, uhlala kwilizwe lakhe langaphandle ngokupheleleyo. Akazi ukuba angawaphula njani la maqamza ade afike uAna Sullivan, oya kuthi akhathalele imfundo yakhe ngononophelo olukhulu kunye nokuqina. Kodwa ukuze uHellen akwazi ukunxibelelana kuya kufuna ummangaliso.