The blood of Willy Lohman flows in all of us. The story of the salesman who wanted more for his sons than he knew how to get, who harmed them through his well-meaning dreams but atoned with his life, is at least in part the story of all of us. That is why it is one of the most overwhelming successes of the modern American theatre. --back cover
Adaptations (3)
Death of a Salesman has been adapted 3 times, across television film and film, from 1963 to 1985.
Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden1963 · television film · 145 min · dir. Michael Kehlmann · IMDb ↗IMDb8.6Willy Loman is an over-the-hill salesman who faces a personal turning point when he loses his job and attempts to make peace with his family: Willy's long-suffering wife Linda, and Biff and Happy, his troubled sons and his life.
Der Tod des Handlungsreisenden1968 · television film · 125 min · dir. Gerhard Klingenberg · IMDb ↗IMDb8.2Willy Loman, a 63-year-old traveling salesman, returns home late at night, exhausted from one of his sales trips, and tells his worried wife, Linda, that he is dead tired and almost fell asleep on the road. The couple is visited by their now-adult sons, 34-year-old Biff and his younger brother Harold, known as Happy. Loman complains to his wife, especially about Biff, who, in his opinion, isn’t doing enough to succeed in his career.
