Austrian television director Fritz Lehner makes his feature debut with the bigbudget drama Jedermanns 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 lifes 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