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
Finn Wittrock 2008 production of Candida at the Berkshire Theatre Festival. He later portrayed Damon Miller in the long-running series "All My Children" from 2009 to 2011, portrayed Troilus in the 2009 Off-Broadway play "The Age of Iron", and appeared in the teen drama film "Twelve" (2010). In 2011, Wittrock starred in the Off-Broadway play "The Illusion" by famous playwright Tony Kushner. Director Mike Nichols came to see the play and later told Wittrock to audition for producer Scott Rudin for their upcoming revival of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". He got the part of Harold "Happy" Loman and made his