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Ben Barzman
Writer 1910 - 1989

Ben Barzman

Toronto, Canada

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... Read full bio →

Filmography

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10 titles
L'attentat

L'attentat

Yves Boisset 1972 2h 3m 8.0

Darien, a left-wing police informant, is forced to lure his old friend Sadiel to Paris, allegedly to film a television special about the Third World. Sadiel, the exiled leader of a North African state, is being hunted by the ruthless Colonel Kassar, who will stop at nothing to capture his political rival.

The Heroes of Telemark

The Heroes of Telemark

Anthony Mann 1965 2h 11m 5.8

Set in German-occupied Norway, resistance fighter Knut Straud enlists the reluctant physicist Rolf Pedersen in an effort to destroy the German heavy water production plant in rural Telemark.

The Visit

The Visit

Bernhard Wicki 1964 1h 40m 6.0

Carla Zachanassian had a child by Serge Miller as a teenager. When Serge refused to marry her, she was driven out of town. By her own wit and cunning, she has returned as a multi-millionaire for a visit. The town lays out the red carpet expecting big things from Carla, only to learn that her sole purpose is to see Serge Miller killed...

The Fall of the Roman Empire

The Fall of the Roman Empire

Anthony Mann 1964 3h 8m 7.4

Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator, the film charts the power-hungry greed and father-son betrayal that led to Rome's collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians.

El Cid

El Cid

Anthony Mann 1961 3h 7m 7.0

Epic film of the legendary Spanish hero, Rodrigo Diaz ("El Cid" to his followers), who, without compromising his strict sense of honour, still succeeds in taking the initiative and driving the Moors from Spain.

Blind Date

Blind Date

Joseph Losey 1959 1h 35m 6.7

Dutch painter Jan-Van Rooyer hurries to keep a rendezvous with Jacqueline Cousteau, an elegant, sophisticated Frenchwoman, slightly his elder, whose relationship with him had turned from art student into one of love trysts. He arrives and is confronted by Detective Police Inspector Morgan who accuses him of having murdered Jacqueline.

Time Without Pity

Time Without Pity

Joseph Losey 1957 1h 28m 7.3

Alec Graham is sentenced to death for the murder of his girlfriend Jennie, with whom he spent a weekend at the English country home of the parents of his friend Brian Stanford. Alec’s father, David Graham, a not-so-successful writer and alcoholic who has neglected his son in the past, flies in from Canada to visit his son on death row.

Celui qui doit mourir

Celui qui doit mourir

Jules Dassin 1957 2h 8m

Greece, in the 1920s, is occupied by the Turks. The country is in turmoil with entire villages uprooted. The site of the movie is a Greek village that conducts a passion play each year. The leading citizens of the town, under the auspices of the Patriarch, choose those that will play the parts in the Passion.

The Boy with Green Hair

The Boy with Green Hair

Joseph Losey 1948 1h 22m 7.4

This parable looks at public reaction when the hair of an American war orphan mysteriously turns green.

Back to Bataan

Back to Bataan

Edward Dmytryk 1945 1h 35m 6.5

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

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