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Release Date:
January 25, 2002
Original Title:
Jedermanns Fest
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Eurimages
Filmfonds Wien
Star Production
Studio Babelsberg
WDR/Arte
Wega Film
Production Countries:
Austria | France | Germany
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 173
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).
Art Direction:
Anna Prankl
Costume Design:
Uli Fessler
Director:
Fritz Lehner
Director of Photography:
Gernot Roll
Editor:
Tanja Schmidbauer
Juno Sylva Englander
Music:
Peter Ponger
Producer:
Volker Schlöndorff
Veit Heiduschka
René Letzgus
Production Manager:
Veit Heiduschka
Michael Katz
Sound:
Michael Etz
Theatre Play:
Hugo von Hofmannsthal
Writer:
Fritz Lehner
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