Death of a Salesman most important and successful night” in Hebbel-Theater in Berlin. It was said that “it was impossible to get the audience to leave the theatre” at the end of the performance. The Berlin production was more successful than New York, possibly due to better interpretation. Compared to Tennessee Williams and Beckett, Arthur Miller and his "Death of Salesman "were less influential. Rajinder Paul said that “"Death of a Salesman" has only an indirect influence on Indian theatre practitions.” However, it was translated and produced in Bengali as "'Pheriwalar Mrityu"' by the theater group Nandikar. Director Feroz Khan adapted the play in
Fredric March whereupon director Elia Kazan cast Lee J. Cobb as Willy, and Arthur Kennedy as one of Willy's sons, Biff Loman, two men that the director had worked with in the film "Boomerang" (1947). March later regretted turning down the role and finally played Willy Loman in Columbia Pictures's 1951 film version of the play, directed by Laslo Benedek, receiving his fifth and final Oscar nomination as well as a Golden Globe Award. March also played one of two leads in "The Desperate Hours" (1955) with Humphrey Bogart. Bogart and Spencer Tracy had both insisted upon top billing and Tracy withdrew,