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Everyman's Feast (2002)
Directed by Fritz Lehner
Overview
Austrian television director Fritz Lehner makes his feature debut with the big-budget drama Jedermann’s Fest, based on the 1911 play by Hugo von Hofmannsthal, which in turn was based on a medieval tale. Originated in parts of England, the myth of Jan Jedermann (“John Everyman”) deals with a rich man on his deathbed coming to terms with his life’s failures. Not following much of a plot, the modernized version involves famous fashion designer Jedermann (Klaus Maria Brandauer) imagining his last big gala event while rendered unconscious as a result of a car accident in his Ferrari. He is a success in Vienna but not in fashionable Paris, so he wishes to impress French elder stateswoman Yvonne Becker (Juliette Greco).
Length 173 minutes
Actors
Klaus Maria Brandauer | Juliette Gréco | Sylvie Testud | Alexa Sommer | Otto Tausig | Ellen Umlauf | Redbad Klijnstra