Death of a Salesman (film)
| Movie | |
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| German title | Death of a salesman |
| Original title | Death of a Salesman |
| Country of production | United States |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 1985 |
| length | 130 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 12 |
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| Director | Volker Schlöndorff |
| script | Volker Schlöndorff |
| production | Robert F. Colesberry |
| music | Alex North |
| camera | Michael Ballhaus |
| cut | Mark Burns, David Ray |
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Death of a Salesman is the award-winning television adaptation of Arthur Miller 's drama of the same name . The film is from 1985 and was directed by Volker Schlöndorff . The main roles were played by Dustin Hoffman , Kate Reid and John Malkovich .
action
It is a very detailed film adaptation of the literary original. The central issue is the conflict between Willy Loman and his son Biff. Willy is an aging traveling salesman who refuses to admit his increasing unsuccessfulness. Biff also tries his hand at traveling sales, but fails. He also discovers that his father is having an extramarital affair. Another point of conflict is the fact that Willy always holds his own dead brother Ben in front of his son as a successful role model. Willy is hallucinating and the present and the past become more and more mixed up, he begins to talk to his dead brother. Due to the real failure of Willy, the family threatens to become completely impoverished, because debts and loans have to be paid back. In order to help his family, Willy decides to commit suicide and ends up driving away in his car that was manipulated by him. The family can now use the money from their life insurance to settle their bills.
reception
- The lexicon of international film writes: "Cinematically insignificant, the adaptation of the stage work, dominated by Dustin Hoffman's acting, remains worth discussing due to the unspent topicality of socially critical exposures and humane warnings".
- At Rotten Tomatoes , the film was rated 100%.
Awards
- Awarded : 1986 Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Television Series ( Dustin Hoffman )
- Honored : 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Artistic Director ( Robert J. Franco , John Kasarda and Tony Walton )
- Honored : 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Actor (Dustin Hoffman)
- Honored : 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor ( John Malkovich )
- Nominated: 1986 Golden Globe best short series or special
- Nominated: 1986 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor (John Malkovich)
- Nominated: 1986 Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress Series, Miniseries, TV Show ( Kate Reid )
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award best director ( Volker Schlöndorff )
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Television Series
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award Music in a Miniseries or Special ( Alex North )
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award Costume Design in a Miniseries or Special (Ruth Morley)
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Drama / Comedy Special ( Robert F. Colesberry , Dustin Hoffman, and Arthur Miller )
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award Sound in a Miniseries or Special ( Tom Fleischman )
- Nominated: 1986 Primetime Emmy Award for Best Supporting Actor - Miniseries or Feature Film ( Charles Durning )
literature
- Arthur Miller : Death of a Salesman. Certain private conversations in two acts and a requiem (original title: Death of a Salesman ). German by Volker Schlöndorff with Florian Hopf. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 1994, ISBN 3-596-27095-2 .
Web links
- Death of a Salesman in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Death of a traveling salesman at filmportal.de
- Death of a Salesman at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death of a traveling salesman. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ↑ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1005521-death_of_a_salesman/