A Little Night Music is the 1977 film adaptation of the musical A Little Night Music, starring Elizabeth Taylor, Diana Rigg, and Lesley-Anne Down, with Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold, and Laurence Guittard reprising their Broadway roles. Fredrik Egerman is very happy in his marriage to an 18-year-old virgin, Anne . However, Anne has nervously protected her virginity for the whole eleven months of marriage, and being a bit restless, Fredrik goes to see an old flame, the famous actress, Desirée Armfeldt . Desirée, who is getting tired of her life, is thinking of settling down, and sets... her sights on Fredrik, despite his marriage, and her own married lover Count Carl-Magnus Mittelheim . She gets her mother to invite the Egermans to her country estate for the weekend. But when Carl-Magnus and his wife, Charlotte , appear, too, things begin to get farcical, and the night must smile for the third time before all the lovers are united. Stephen Sondheim wrote the music and lyrics for the film.
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| Release date: | 1978 |
| Directed by: | Hal Prince |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 119 Minutes |
| Producer: | Elliott Kastner |
| Music by: | Stephen Sondheim |
| Cinematography: | Arthur Ibbetson |
| Estimated budget: | $1,500,000 |
| Genre: | Musical, Comedy |