Peter van Eyck
Peter van Eyck( born Götz von Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969) was a German- born film actor.
He was perhaps best known( in English- language films) for his roles in the 1960s features" The Spy Who Came in from the ColdShalako" and" The Bridge at Remagen".
The Bridge at Remagen
The Bridge at Remagen is a 1969 DeLuxe Color war film starring George Segal, Ben Gazzara and Robert Vaughn in Panavision.
The film, which was directed by John Guillermin, was shot on location in Czechoslovakia.
It is based on the nonfiction book" The Bridge at Remagen: The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945" by writer and U. S. Representative Ken Hechler.
The screenplay was adapted by Richard Yates and William Roberts.
The film is a highly fictionalized version of actual events during the last months of World War II when the 9th Armored Division approached Remagen and captured the intact Ludendorff Bridge.
Instead of the real week- long battle and several artillery duels fought between the Americans and German defenders, the film focuses on the heroism and human cost in gaining a bridgehead across the Rhine before the Allies' final advance into Germany.
Karl H. Timmermann
Karl Heinrich Timmermann( June 19, 1922 – October 21, 1951) was the first American officer to cross the Rhine River in Germany during World War II after directing the assault across the bridge, helping remove explosive charges, and surviving the German Army demolition attempt to destroy the Ludendorff Bridge at Remagen on March 7, 1945.
William Roberts (screenwriter)
William S. Roberts( September 4, 1913 – March 5, 1997) was a screenwriter.
His screenplays include:" The Mating Game"( 1959)," The Magnificent Seven"( 1960)," The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm"( 1962)," Ride the High Country"( 1962; uncredited)," The Bridge at Remagen"( 1969)," Posse"( 1975).
Roberts was the creator of ABC's sitcom," The Donna Reed Show".
William Roberts died on March 5, 1997 in Los Angeles, California, USA, of respiratory failure.
Madhu (actor)
Madhavan Nair, commonly known by his stage name Madhu, is an Indian film actor, director, producer, and former film studio owner, who works in Malayalam cinema.
Madhu was a prominent lead actor during the 1960s, 1970'sand 1980s.
He has also directed and produced several films, and at one time owned the Uma Film Studio.
He was awarded the Padma Shri by the Government of India in 2013 for his contributions towards the arts.
He was honored with the J.C Daniel award by the Government of Kerala in 2004, for his outstanding contribution to Malayalam films.
Mini ’ a children's movie produced by him, bagged the Indira Gandhi national award for the best picture on Family Welfare, at the 43rd National Film Awards 1995.
He is the inaugural winner of the Filmfare Award for Best Actor – Malayalam for his performance in" Swayamvaram"( 1972), and has received three more Filmfare awards and is also the recipient of five Kerala State Film Awards.
Peter van Eyck
Peter van Eyck( born Götz von Eick; 16 July 1911 – 15 July 1969) was a German- born film actor.
He was perhaps best known( in English- language films) for his roles in the 1960s features" The Spy Who Came in from the ColdShalako" and" The Bridge at Remagen".
John Guillermin
John Guillermin( 11 November 192527 September 2015) was a British film director, writer and producer who was most active in big budget, action adventure films throughout his lengthy career.
His more well- known films include" I Was Monty's Double"( 1958)," Tarzan's Greatest Adventure"( 1959)," Never Let Go"( 1960)," Tarzan Goes to India"( 1962)," Waltz of the Toreadors"( 1962)," The Blue Max"( 1966)," The Bridge at Remagen"( 1969)," The Towering Inferno"( 1974)," King Kong"( 1976)," Death on the Nile"( 1978)," Sheena"( 1984) and" King Kong Lives"( 1986).
From the 1980s he worked on much less prestigious projects, and his final films consisted of lower budgeted theatrical releases and made- for- TV films.
According to one obituary," Regardless of whether he was directing a light comedy, war epic or crime drama, Mr. Guillermin had a reputation as an intense, temperamental perfectionist, notorious for screaming at cast and crew alike.
His domineering manner often alienated producers and actors ...
But Mr. Guillermin's impeccable eye and ability to capture both intimate moments and large- scale action scenes usually overcame that reputation."
Matt Corboy
Matt Corboy( born June 4, 1973) is an American actor.
He has appeared in both films and television series.
Oru Yugasandhya
Oru Yugasandhya is a 1986 Indian Malayalam- language film, directed by Madhu and produced by P. K. R. Pillai.
The film stars Madhu, Shankar Panicker, Innocent and Srividya.
The film has musical score by A. T. Ummer.
Ludendorff Bridge
The Ludendorff Bridge( sometimes referred to as the Bridge at Remagen) was in early March 1945 a critical remaining bridge across the river Rhine in Germany when it was captured during the Battle of Remagen by United States Army forces during the closing weeks of World War II.
Built in World War I to help deliver reinforcements and supplies to the German troops on the Western Front, it connected Remagen on the west bank and the village of Erpel on the eastern side between two hills flanking the river.
Midway through Operation Lumberjack, on 7 March 1945, the troops of the 1st U.S. Army approached Remagen and were surprised to find that the bridge was still standing.
Its capture, two weeks before Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's meticulously planned Operation Plunder, enabled the U.S. Army to establish a bridgehead on the eastern side of the Rhine.
After the U.S. forces captured the bridge, German forces tried to destroy it multiple times.
It finally collapsed on 17 March 1945, ten days after it was captured, killing 33 U.S. Army Engineers and wounding 63.
While it stood, the bridge and newly established pontoon bridges enabled the U.S. Army to establish a bridgehead of six divisions, about 25,000 troops, with accompanying tanks, artillery pieces, and trucks, across the Rhine.
Capturing the bridge shortened the war, and V- E Day came
After the war, the bridge was not rebuilt; the towers on the west bank were converted into a museum and the towers on the east bank are a performing arts space.

Question: Do both films, The Bridge At Remagen and Oru Yugasandhya, have the directors who are from the same country?
Answer: no