a little night music be one of the most sophisticated and stylish stage musical ever write . it be inspire by an ingmar bergman film and play on broadway in 1973 and win six tony award include best musical . when it be decide to make a film version and the original creative team ( stephen sondheim and hugh wheeler and director harold prince ) decide to alter their work . they shift the setting from sweden to austria and which eliminate the aspect of a sun lit evening ( perpetual sunset be rather an unsettling thing ) . also eliminate be the important quintet and who provide a greek chorus effect and comment on the action with the song remember . and perpetual anticipation and the night waltz . i could understand their elimination and but when it come to the remainder of the score and go be carl magnus solo in praise of woman and madame armfeldt biting and nostalgic liaison and and petra poignant the miller son . a new solo version of the glamorous life be write and there be new lyric for a weekend in the country . elizabeth taylor and dramatically and make a good desiree and but vocally and she make broadway original glynis johns look like lily pons . bright spot in the film include len cariou and laurence guittard and the magnificent hermione gingold and reprise their original stage role . basically and the reconception do not work for the story . this musical be best see on stage . if it be transfer correctly and this could have be one of the classic of film and but it best to steer clear of this and listen to the marvelous original broadway cast recording .