Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden

Originaltitel: Death of a Salesman

Fernsehfilm
1985
12
2 Std. 16 Min.

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Dustin Hoffman in Der Tod eines Handlungsreisenden (1985)

Füge eine Handlung in deiner Sprache hinzuAn aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.An aging traveling salesman recognizes the emptiness of his life and tries to fix it.

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7,2/10

11.994

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3 Primetime Emmys gewonnen
- 7 Gewinne & 12 Nominierungen insgesamt

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Dustin Hoffman called this his favorite acting experience.

Patzer
When Willy comes out of his flashback in the bathroom of Frank's Chop House, the close up shot shows a drink on the toilet seat. When the shot shifts behind the entering waiter, the drink is gone.

Zitate
Biff Loman: I run out of that building and I see... the sky. I see all the things I love in this world. The work, the food, the time to sit and smoke. And I look at this pen and I ask myself, "What the hell am I grabbing this thing for? Why am I trying to become something I don't wanna become when all I want is out there waiting for me the minute I say I know who I am?"

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Featured in American Masters: Arthur Miller: Private Conversations (1985)

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Hoffman as Loman does it again

This TV adaptation of Arthur Miller's most successful play benefits from the serious playing of Dustin Hoffman in the lead as failing salesman Willy Loman. Miller's play takes the plight of the common man within the confines of the 'American dream' and then kicks him down.

Loman's sons are played by John Malkovich (Biff, memorable) and Stephen Lang (Happy, irritating); while his wife is played with tact and resignation by Kate Reid.

The stagey feel of this production comes across in every scene (the famous ones especially with Howard, Loman's boss; and Bernard, the successful son of Loman's colleague; and the final scenes with Linda) although they are handled very well. It would be a temptation to dismiss Willy Loman as loopy and in the throes of a breakdown and to ignore everything he says, but his words strike a chord and stay with you. 'Death of a Salesman' still has something to say to us, and a warning to give, even six decades after it was written.