A Little Night Music (TV 1990)

Director:

Scott Ellis

Writers:

Ingmar Bergman (screenplay), Hugh Wheeler (musical)

Stars:

Sally Ann Howes, Kevin Anderson, George Lee Andrews

Cast

Credited cast:
Sally Ann Howes	...	Desiree Armfeldt
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kevin Anderson	...	Henrik Egerman
George Lee Andrews	...	Frederik Egerman
Ron Baker	...	Mr. Lindquist
David Comstock	...	Frid
Michael Cornell	...	Serving Gentleman
Michael Rees Davis	...	Mr. Erlanson
Danielle Ferland	...	Fredrika Arnfeldt
Kent Heacock	...	Serving Gentleman (archive footage)
Ronald Kelley	...	Serving Gentleman
Ian Klapper	...	Serving Gentleman (archive footage)
Beverly Lambert	...	Anne Egerman
Webster Latimer	...	Serving Gentleman
Michael Maguire	...	Count Carl-Magnus Malcolm
Susanne Marsee	...	Mrs. Sergstrom

Storyline

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Plot Keywords:

title based on song | based on stage musical | based on stage musical based on film | foreign language adaptation | based on film | 

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Genres:

Musical | Romance

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Filming Locations:

New York State Theatre, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts - Columbus Avenue & 61st Street, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

178 min 178 min (including intermission interviews)

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The stage version of "A Little Night Music" opened at the Shubert Theater in New York on Feb. 23, 1973 and ran for 601 performances. It won the Tony Award for Best Musical of 1973.

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Quotes

Henrik Egerman: [while riding a bicycle with Fredrika] Miss Arnfeldt, for the past 11 months, although I am preparing to enter the ministry... I... I... I've been madly, hopelessly in love with my stepmother! Do you realize how many mortal sins that involves?

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Connections

Version of A Little Night Music (1977)

User Reviews

The night smiles - and this performance does too!

This was a wonderful realisation of a gem. I first saw it in London with Jean Simmons and Hermoine Gingold and was suitably impressed. This version was a PBS telecast of a performance at The Lincoln Center (November 7, 1990.) For some reason it has never been commercially available, but inevitably copies have found their way around. Sally Ann Howes is just perfectly cast as Desiree and as her mother, Mme. Arnfeldt, the great mezzo Regina Resnick makes an equally indelible impression. The rest of the cast do not disappoint, and the production (a NYCO job) is great. All in all, Ingmar Bergman's tale is brought vividly to life and Stephen Sondheim's genius shines brightly, as it should. A complete opposite from the altogether miserable effort filmed a few years earlier. With Len Cariou, Hermione Gingold (both recreating their stage roles) and Elizabeth Taylor leading the cast there, one might have expected a great deal more – but don't bother. Cariou and Diana Rigg are very good, but Miss Taylor is just not right. Try to get a copy of this one. Google it, borrow it, mortgage your house for it – but get it!