Movie
Death of a Salesman
Overview
Willy Loman, an aging, failing salesman, struggles to accept reality and his failure to achieve the American Dream.
Details
- Release date
- 1985-08-16
- Runtime
- 136 min
- Genres
- Drama, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Punch Productions, Roxbury Productions, Neue Bioskop Film
- Country
- Germany, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman
- Kate Reid as Linda Loman
- John Malkovich as Biff Loman
- Stephen Lang as Harold 'Happy' Loman
- Charles Durning as Charley
- Louis Zorich as Ben Loman
- David Chandler as Bernard
- Jon Polito as Howard
- Kathryn Rossetter as Woman from Boston
- Tom Signorelli as Stanley
- Linda Kozlowski as Miss Forsythe
- Karen Needle as Letta
Crew
- Volker Schlöndorff - Director
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