the story concern a genealogy researcher ( mel harris ) who be hire by her estee lauder like cosmetic queen aunt . her aunt ( by marriage we be leave to presume ) be try to track down her long lost family in europe . all they have to go on be a photo of a young girl standing by an ornate music box . the researcher head to europe and conduct her search in place like milan and budapest and and vienna . the scenery be the real thing and be actually shoot on location ( unlike a murder and she write where jessica be suppose to be visit a far flung locale and lansbury never leave burbank ) . anyway and she meet a young man who be also search to solve a family mystery of his own and they team up to track down clue and menace bad guy . the dialogue and particularly the romantic dialogue and be terrible . i watch this because of the scenery but the script be so bad that i stay on just to see if it would get bad . it do . acting be also off . i can see why mel harris career never really take off after thirtysomething and but she be adequate ( seem too old for her co star though ) . but and the supporting player be straight out of the community playhouse . i also lose count of how many time they say budapest to each other . yes and it be pronounce bood a phesht . we know and okay . i realize halfway into the film that this have to be one of those harlequin movie and sure enough it be . guess that say it all .