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Actor, Peter van Eyck, was born Götz von Eick on Jul 16, 1911 in Steinwehr, Pomerania. van Eyck died at the age of 58 on Jul 15, 1969 in Zurich, Switzerland .

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Gen. Von Sturmer: Why? How could it happen? Another hundred meters and the Americans would have captured the Ober Kassel Bridge.
Gen. von Brock: It was the only escape route for our units in that sector.
Gen. Von Sturmer: Escape route? No. A highway for the American army into the heart of Germany! In any case, the Führer has determined you shall not take such a risk again.
Gen. von Brock: Not very likely: there's only one bridge left.
Gen. Von Sturmer: And already it is threatened by the American forces. One breakthrough, a few hours, and this too can be lost. General von Brock, you must prepare to destroy the Remagen bridge at the earliest possible moment.
Gen. von Brock: Destroy? We have 75,000 men who would be trapped on the other side of the Rhine.
Gen. Von Sturmer: And if the bridge falls to the enemy, are you prepared for the consequences?
Gen. von Brock: These men are all that's left of the 15th Army. Their only hope of salvation is that bridge!
Gen. Von Sturmer: The 15th Army will stand or die. Hitler has ordered that not one foot of our sacred soil will be yielded to the enemy.
Gen. von Brock: Herr Feldmarschall, if orders won wars, we wouldn't now be fighting with our backs against the Rhine, we'd be dancing at the London Savoy!


Lt. Tonder: Last night I dreamed that Hitler was crazy!


Lt. Schwegler: Our complaints are brief. We make them against the nearest wall.


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Peter van Eyck Facts
A music arranger for such luminaries as Irving Berlin before he started working in Hollywood as an actor, he also served as Berlin's stage manager and production assistant. He also was an assistant at one time for Orson Welles' Mercury Theatre.

Initially found radio work through the help of Billy Wilder.

In his early days he also wrote cabaret revues and played piano at bars.

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