The screenplay of the film is officially attributed to the director Chen Liting, but according to Chen himself, it was actually written by the leftist playwright Xia Yan.
Xia and Chen were both prominent dramatists who had collaborated many times.
As Xia had joined the Communist Party in 1927, whereas the China Film No.
2 Studio was owned by the Kuomintang government, enemy of the Communists, Xia Yan's authorship had to be concealed.
However, in Xia Yan's own autobiography, he states that he did not write any screenplay between 1937 and 1949.
The screenplay of the film is officially attributed to the director Chen Liting, but according to Chen himself, it was actually written by the leftist playwright Xia Yan. Xia and Chen were both prominent dramatists who had collaborated many times. As Xia had joined the Communist Party in 1927, whereas the China Film No. 2 Studio was owned by the Kuomintang government, enemy of the Communists, Xia Yan's authorship had to be concealed. However, in Xia Yan's own autobiography, he states that he did not write any screenplay between 1937 and 1949.
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