Death of a Salesman
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1951 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | László Benedek |
| Cast | Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | Death of a Salesman | – |
| Español | Muerte de un viajante | Muerte de un viajante |
| Français | Mort d’un commis voyageur | Mort d’un commis voyageur |
| Deutsch | Tod eines Handlungsreisenden | Tod eines Handlungsreisenden |
| Português | A Morte de um Caixeiro-Viajante | A Morte de um Caixeiro-Viajante |
| Italiano | Morte di un commesso viaggiatore | Morte di un commesso viaggiatore |
| Русский | Смерть коммивояжёра | Smert kommivoyazhëra |
| 中文（简体） | 推销员之死 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 推銷員之死 | – |
| 한국어 | 세일즈맨의 죽음 | Seiljeumaen-ui jugeum |
| ไทย | มรณะของเซลส์แมน | Marana khong selmaen |
| Tiếng Việt | Cái chết của người chào hàng | Cái chết của người chào hàng |
| Bahasa Indonesia | Kematian Seorang Salesman | Kematian Seorang Salesman |
| 日本語 | セールスマンの死 | Sērusu man no shi |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which social success mythology and private human collapse collide within the failure of the American dream
■ Synopsis
An aging salesman’s identity collapses as family expectation, economic failure, and self-deception converge.
■ RECIPE Tags
#FailedDream #SelfDeception #FamilyBurden #SocialWorth
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Success as inherited illusion
Reason: A parent’s belief system becomes a burden imposed on the next generation
Related Film: Fences - Middle: Work as identity collapse
Reason: Economic usefulness becomes the measure of human value
Related Film: Glengarry Glen Ross - Core: Dream as self-destruction
Reason: The promise of dignity through success ends in psychic and familial ruin
Related Film: The Wrestler
■ Secondary Axes
- Family as witness: Domestic life becomes the place where social failure is exposed
Related Film: A Woman Under the Influence - Myth against reality: The imagined self cannot survive contact with lived failure
Related Film: The Swimmer
■ Person
- Director: László Benedek
- Cast: Fredric March, Mildred Dunnock, Kevin McCarthy, Cameron Mitchell
■ Structural Tags
#CollapseStructure #InheritedIllusion #DomesticExposure
■ Attribute Tags
#UnitedStates #1951Film #StageAdaptation
