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A Little Night Music (German: Das Lächeln einer Sommernacht) is a 1977 musical romantic comedy film directed by Harold Prince, his second and final directorial role.The screenplay by Hugh Wheeler is adapted from his libretto for Stephen Sondheim's 1973 musical of the same name, itself based on Ingmar Bergman's 1955 film, Smiles of a Summer Night.
- $6 million–$7.2 million
- Elliott Kastner
- September 30, 1977 (U.S.)
Frederick Egerman (Len Cariou) is a middle-aged successful lawyer. He has recently married an 18-year-old trophy wife, Anne (Lesley-Anne Down), a vain girl who is in love with Frederick, but too immature to grasp the concept of marriage. The two have been married for eleven months, but Anne still protects her virginity.
Produced and Directed on Broadway by Harold Prince (who directs the film), A Little Night Music, starred Glynnis Johns as Desiree, Patricia Elliot, Beth Fowler and George Lee Andrews. Len Cariou, Laurence Guittard, and Hermonie Ginghold all reprise their roles from the play. A Little Night Music won the Tony Award for Best Musical of 1973.
- Harold Prince
- Lesley-Anne Down
A Little Night Music. An actress (Elizabeth Taylor), her married ex-lover (Len Cariou), her current lover's wife (Diana Rigg) and other guests gather at a circa-1900 estate.
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- Harold Prince
- PG
- Elizabeth Taylor
A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the 1955 Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart 's Serenade No. 13, K. 525, Eine kleine Nachtmusik.
- Hugh Wheeler
- Hugh Wheeler
- 1974
- Stephen Sondheim
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A Little Night Music. 1977. 2 hr 4 mins. Drama, Music. PG. Watchlist. Stephen Sondheim's score highlights this tale set in turn-of-the-century Vienna. Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, Len Cariou ...
Cast. 124 mins More at IMDb TMDb. A tangled web of affairs is weaved around actress, Desirée Armfeldt, and the men who love her: a lawyer by the name of Fredrik Egerman and the Count Carl-Magnus Malcom. When the traveling actress performs in Fredrik's town, the estranged lovers' passion rekindles.
