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Everyman's Feast

2.0 173 mins Drama   2002
Filmfonds Wien   Eurimages   Wega Film   Studio Babelsberg   Star Production   WDR/Arte  
Director(s): Fritz Lehner

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).

Casts of Everyman's Feast

Klaus Maria Brandauer

as Jan Jedermann

Juliette Gréco

as Yvonne Becker

Sylvie Testud

as Sophie

Alexa Sommer

as Isabelle

Otto Tausig

as Vater

Ellen Umlauf

as Salome

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