Jan Jedermann (played by
Klaus Maria Brandauer) is an ingenious
fashion designer, but also an unscrupulous
showman. He dies in a car accident and ruminates during his last hours about how one more night in his life could have gone by. He just cannot accept that Death comes to get him on the evening of his greatest triumph, a fashion show set on the roof of the
Vienna Opera. He makes a pact with Death, allowing him to remain among the living at least until the morning. ==Cast==