The Colditz Story
The Colditz Story is a 1955 British prisoner of war film starring John Mills and Eric Portman and directed by Guy Hamilton.
It is based on the book written by Pat Reid, a British army officer who was imprisoned in Oflag IV- C, Colditz Castle, in Germany during the Second World War and who was the Escape Officer for British POWs within the castle.
Guy Hamilton
Mervyn Ian Guy Hamilton, DSC( 16 September 1922 – 20 April 2016) was an English film director.
He directed 22 films from the 1950s to the 1980s, including four James Bond films.
Sepideh Farsi
Sepideh Farsi is an Iranian film director, born in Tehran in 1965.
W. Augustus Barratt
W. Augustus Barratt( 1873- 1947) was a Scottish- born, later American, songwriter and musician.
Machiel van den Heuvel
Machiel van den Heuvel( 7 May 1900, Haarlemmermeer – 29 June 1946, near Bandung) was a Dutch army officer.
As a prisoner- of- war in Oflag IV- C at Colditz Castle, Germany, during World War II, he served as Escape Officer for the Dutch POWs, a role also held by Captain Pat Reid, the author of" The Colditz Story", for the British.
Van den Heuvel played a key role in most Dutch officer escapes( such as Hans Larive, Francis Steinmetz and Anthony Luteyn) during the war.
Claude Weisz
Claude Weisz is a French film director born in Paris.
Jacques Décombe
Jacques Décombe is a French author, actor and director born in 1953.
Hombisilu
Hombisilu is a 1978 Indian Kannada romantic drama film directed by Geethapriya.
It is based on the novel of the same name by Usha Navarathnaram.
The film starred Vishnuvardhan, Aarathi and Leelavathi in the lead roles.
Vishnuvardhan was awarded with Karnataka State Film Award for Best Actor for his performance in this film.
The film was a musical blockbuster with all the songs composed by Rajan- Nagendra considered evergreen hits.
Rajan- Nagendra re-used the song" Jeeva Veene" in the 1979 Telugu movie" Intinti Ramayanam" as" Veena Venuvaina Sarigama".
C.H. Latimer-Needham
Cecil Hugh(" Chookie")
Latimer- Needham( 20 February 1900 – 5 May 1975) was a British aircraft designer, inventor and aviation author.
He is best remembered for the series of aircraft he designed for the Luton Aircraft company and his invention of the Hovercraft skirt for which he was granted a patent.
His book," Aircraft Design" proved to be an invaluable reference work for Bill Goldfinch and Jack Best during their construction of the Colditz glider.
The Germans were rather careless in providing a copy of the book in the Colditz prison library.
Geethapriya
Lakshman Rao Mohite( 15 June 1932 – 17 January 2016), better known by his pen-name Geethapriya, was an Indian film director and lyricist of the Kannada film industry.
He has directed 40 films and penned over 250 songs in Kannada films.
In 1992 – 93, he was awarded the Puttanna Kanagal Award for his contribution to Kannada cinema as a director.

Question: Which film has the director born later, Hombisilu or The Colditz Story?