a misguided film adaptation of the 1973 broadway smash and and indirectly a remake of ingmar bergman smile of a summer night . what should have be a small and character driven musical get swallow up in elaborate set and costume and and sadly much of stephen sondheim score be cut . the stage play and bergman film be set in sweden while for tax purpose the movie be film in vienna and thus lose sweden perpetual sunset which serve a the story sexual metaphor . harold prince expertly direct the stage version and but he simply all wrong here while stanley donen or herbert ross would have be well behind the camera . in 1990 pb telecast the new york city opera production of night music ( star sally ann howe and george lee andrew ) a part of it live from lincoln center series . that production capture this musical wit and sensuality and lyricism . a pity it not available on dvd .