Volker Schlöndorff of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and John Malkovich as Biff. Both actors won Emmys for their performances and Schlöndorff was nominated for an Emmy for his direction. The film premiered on television in 1985 and was released theatrically throughout Europe over the following years. Schlöndorff followed this with another TV movie in the US, "A Gathering of Old Men", based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines. The film stars Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter and Lou Gossett Jr. and concerns racial discrimination in 1970s Louisiana. Schlöndorff returned to
Antony Sher me so much: it's about an artist changing his identity in order to get what he wants." In 2015 he played Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman". He also has several film credits to his name, including "Yanks" (1979), "Superman II" (1980), "Shadey" (1985) and "Erik the Viking" (1989). Sher starred as the Chief Weasel in the 1996 film adaptation of "The Wind in the Willows" and as Benjamin Disraeli in the 1997 film "Mrs. Brown". Sher's television appearances include the mini-series "The History Man" (1981) and "The Jury" (2002). In 2003, he played the central character in an