Ben Barzman

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1910年10月12日 — 1989年12月15日 (79年)
Ben Barzman (October 12, 1910 – December 15, 1989) was a Canadian journalist, screenwriter, and novelist, blacklisted during the McCarthy Era and best known for his screenplays for the films Back to Bataan (1945), El Cid (1961), and The Blue Max (1966).

He was born in Toronto, Ontario to a Jewish family. He was the screenwriter or co-writer of more than 20 films, from You're a Lucky Fellow, Mr. Smith (1943) to The Head of Normande St. Onge (1975).

Like many of his colleagues in the movie business, Barzman was blacklisted by the House Un-American Activities Committee.

His wife, Norma Barzman, was a Communist Party USA member from 1943 to 1949. In 2014, she told the Los Angeles Times, "one should be proud to have been a member of the American Communist Party during those years. Hitler was invading the Soviet Union, so there was no reason to be anti-Russian, they were our allies."

The couple moved to England so Barzman could work on the film Give Us This Day (aka, Christ in Concrete, 1949). Following his return to the United States after directing Give Us This Day, Edward Dmytryk, one of the Hollywood Ten, testified about the Barzmans to HUAC in 1951. "To get out of prison he named us and a lot of other people," said Norma Barzman in 2014. In the 1950s, the family moved to Paris, where friends included Pablo Picasso, Yves Montand, and Simone Signoret, and later southern France. Barzman did not receive credit for some films because of the Hollywood Blacklist.

His U.S. citizenship was revoked from 1954 to 1963. His wife Norma had her passport revoked from 1951 for seven years. The family remained abroad in London, Paris and Mougins until 1976, during which time he wrote his novels and screenplays for French and Italian films.

Barzman died in Santa Monica, California, United States.

Surviving him was his wife, Norma Barzman, and seven children (including director Paolo Barzman, screenwriter Aaron Barzman, visual artist Luli Barzman, and French university professor John Barzman) and five grandchildren.

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知名作品

  • 罗马帝国沦亡录
    罗马帝国沦亡录1964
  • 焦点新闻
    焦点新闻1969
  • 万世英雄
    万世英雄1961
  • 铁勒马九壮士
    铁勒马九壮士1965
  • 碧血蓝勋
    碧血蓝勋1966
  • 惨绿少年
    惨绿少年1948
  • 岁月无情
    岁月无情1957
  • 北京55日
    北京55日1963
  • 博命
    博命1962
  • 反攻班丹岛
    反攻班丹岛1945
  • 该死的人
    该死的人1957
  • 法国合唱团
    法国合唱团1972
  • 未了相思债
    未了相思债1946
  • Chance Meeting
    Chance Meeting1959
  • The Ceremony
    The Ceremony1963
  • 诺曼
    诺曼1975
  • Incognito
    Incognito1958
  • Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak
    Sie sind frei, Doktor Korczak1975
  • It Happened in Paris
    It Happened in Paris1952

影视作品

1975
1974
1972
The French Conspiracy · as Screenplay
1969
1965
The Heroes of Telemark · as Screenplay
1964
The Visit · as Screenplay
1964
1963
The Ceremony · as Screenplay
1963
1961
El Cid · as Screenplay
1959
Chance Meeting · as Screenplay
1957
Time Without Pity · as Screenplay
1957
1952
1952
Stranger on the Prowl · as Screenplay
1949
Give Us This Day · as Screenplay
1948
1945
Back to Bataan · as Screenplay

1966
The Blue Max · as Adaptation
1962
The Damned · as Original Screenplay
1958
Incognito · as Adaptation
1946
Never Say Goodbye · as Story
1944
Meet the People · as Suggested By A Story By
1943
True to Life · as Story