All language subtitles for 111The.Great.Escape.1963.Eng

Aussteigen.

(indistinct murmurs)

Tor aufmachen!

(guard) Go inside.

Hurry UP.

This way.

(guard) Hurry up.

Yeah, this'll do.
Which one are you gonna have?

- I...
- No, that's mine.

Allez... hup!

How far are the trees, Danny?

- Over 200 feet.
- Yeah, I'd say 300.

Long ways to dig.

We'll get Cavendish to make a survey.
I wish Big X were here.

Willie, you think X got away?

He'd have sent us word,
somehow, if he had.

- Gestapo, you think?
- Either that or he's dead.

- Group Captain Ramsey?
- Yes.

I am Hauptfeldwebel Strachwitz.
Will you accompany me, please?

- I'll look after your gear, sir.
- Right.

Gruppenkommandeur Ramsey.

Good morning, Group Captain.

I'm Captain Posen,
Von Luger's adjutant.

Since you're
senior British officer,

you are to be liaison between
the prisoners and the colonel.

He wishes to make clear to you
certain matters of...

- The word is "policy"?
- Yes.

Thank you.

(man) Herein.

Gruppenkommandeur
Ramsey.

I am Colonel Von Luger.
Please sit down.

Group Captain Ramsey,
in the past four years

the Reich has been forced to spend
an enormous amount of time,

energy, manpower
and equipment

hunting down escaping
prisoner-of-war officers.

Hmm. At least it's rather nice
to know you're wanted, isn't it?

For us it's not a matter for levity.
There will be no escapes from this camp.

Colonel Von Luger, it is the sworn duty
of all officers to try to escape.

If they can't, it is their duty
to cause the enemy

to use an inordinate number
of troops to guard them,

and their sworn duty to harass
the enemy to the best of their ability.

Yes, I know.

The men under your authority
have been most successful.

This man, Ashley-Pitt, for example.

Caught in the North Sea, escaped,
recaptured, escaped, recaptured.

Archibald "Archie" Ives,
eleven escape attempts.

Even tried to jump
out of the truck coming here.

Dickes, William.

Known to have participated
in digging of 11 escape tunnels.

Flight Lieutenant Willinski,
four escapes.

MacDonald, nine.
Hendley, the American, five.

Haynes, four. Sedgwick, seven.
The list is almost endless.

One man here has made
17 attempted escapes.

Group Captain,
this is close to insanity.

- Quite.
- And it must stop!

Colonel, do you expect officers
to forget their duty?

No.

It is because we expect the opposite
that we have brought you here.

This is a new camp.

It has been built
to hold you and your men.

It is organized to incorporate all
we have learned of security measures.

And, in me, you will not be
dealing with a common jailer,

but with a staff officer
personally selected for the task

by the Luftwaffe high command.

We have, in effect, put
all our rotten eggs in one basket,

and we intend to watch
this basket carefully.

Very wise.

You will not be denied
the usual facilities.

Sports, a library, a recreation hall...

And, for gardening,
we will give you tools.

We trust you to use them for gardening.

Devote your energies to these things.

Give up your hopeless
attempts to escape.

And, with intelligent cooperation,

we may all sit out the war...

as comfortably as possible.

- What do you do here by the truck?
- I'm stealing tools.

- For stealing tools, cooler.
- I was only kidding.

- Oh, you're American.
- Yes, and you're a German.

Of course.
Why do you come to Germany?

- Why fight for England, your enemy?
- Enemy? What are you talkin' about?

- In 1812 they burned your Capitol.
- That's propaganda.

It's in the history books.
I read it.

Now go away from here.
If you steal tools, cooler.

Yeah. No tools.

Hey, Virgil.

Hey, did you see the cooler?

Boy, is it ever a big one!

- I think they expect a lot of business.
- Yeah.

Those two guys who
were with us in the old camp,

in hut 14, I can't find them.

- You think the goons left 'em behind?
- I guess.

What were their names?
It was Jackson and, uh...

- And Dexter.
- Dexter. That's right.

I'm gonna see who else I can find.
I'll see you later.

Hey, Danny. Who are they?

(Danny) Russian prisoners.
They cut down trees.

- They keep them here?
- No, they take them out.

Willie, cigarettes.

(whispering)

Danny and I have a blitz in mind. Could
you put on a brief show for the goons?

Sure, man. What'll it be?
An all-out go?

- Choir practice?
- Knuckles, eh?

- Yeah. Knuckles will be fine.
- Give him the coat.

- What are you doing with my coat, mate?
- What? It's mine!

- Are you pushing me?
- That's mine, you son of a...

(shouting)

Tovarich.

Spasibo.

Stop it! Stop this nonsense!

It's all right, mate. We're just
having a friendly little argument.

- No more fighting. No more!
- All right.

- Back in your huts.
- Yes, sir.

You, too!

Get away! Get back in your huts!

Go on!

Hey, Hilts. Looks like there's only
one other American in the whole camp.

Some guy named Hendley
in the RAF Eagle squadron.

- Hey, you got something goin' already?
- Shh!

See the way the goons
got those towers placed?

There's a blind spot
through the middle.

A blind spot?

A guy could stand at that wire
and not be seen by either tower.

They'd never see me,
especially at night.

You're crazy.

You think so?
Let's find out right now.

Now, the next step's
a little tricky.

- You're not goin' out there?
- Not while they're lookin', I'm not.

I think I'll take a little walk.

Abteilung marsch!

Tovarich.

- Danny, you speak Russian?
- Only one sentence.

- Let me have it, mate.
- Ja vas lublu.

- Ja vas...
- Lublu.

Lublu? Ja vas lublu.

Ja vas lublu.

- What's it mean?
- I love you.

I love you?
What bloody good is that?

I don't know.
I wasn't going to use it myself.

Halt!

Out.

- Out!
- Nyet, nyet. Tovarich.

- Your friend, yes?
- Huh?

Tovarich.

And who vouches for you,
Lieutenant Willinski?

Get out, Sedgwick.

Spasibo.

Marsch!

Hold it, hold it!

- Your name?
- Ives.

Ives. Ives.
Oh, yes. Archibald Ives. Scots.

The photograph
doesn't do you justice.

I'd like to see one of you
under similar circumstances.

(whistles)

I will not take action
against you now.

This is the first day here,

and there has been
much stupidity and carelessness...

on both sides.

' Hey! Get out!
- (gunfire)

Nicht schieBen! Nicht schieBen!
Don't shoot!

You fool!
To cross the wire is death!

- What wire?
- This wire! The warning wire!

Oh.

It's absolutely forbidden to cross it.
You know that.

But my baseball rolled over there.
How am I gonna get my baseball?

- You first ask permission.
- Oh, OK.

(whistles) Gettin' my baseball.

Stop this!
Get over the wire immediately!

- OK.
- You stay there!

Out of the way. Out.

What are you doing
over here by the wire?

Like I told Max,
I was trying to get my...

Achtung!

- What were you doing by the wire?
- Well, like I told Max...

I was trying to cut my way through
your wire, because I wanna get out.

Durchsuchen Sie ihn.

- Do you speak German?
- Jawohl, Herr Oberst.

- Wire cutters.
- Jawohl, Herr Oberst.

I have had
the pleasure of knowing

quite a number of
British officers in this war.

And I flatter myself
that we understand one another.

(raspberry)

You are the first American officer
I have met. Hilts, isn't it?

Captain Hilts, actually.

- Seventeen escape attempts.
- Eighteen, sir.

- Tunnel man, engineer.
- Flier.

I suppose what's called in
the American army a "hotshot pilot."

Unfortunately,
you were shot down anyway.

So we are both grounded
for the duration of the war.

Well, you speak for yourself, Colonel.

- You have other plans?
- I haven't seen Berlin yet.

I plan on doing so
before the war's over.

Are all American officers
so ill-mannered?

- About 99 percent.
- Perhaps while you are with us,

you will have a chance to learn some.
Ten days isolation, Hilts.

- Captain Hilts.
- Twenty days.

Right.

Oh, you'll still
be here when I get out?

Cooler.

- Name?
- Ives.

- Flying Officer Ives.
- Cooler, 20 days.

- Cooler, Ives.
- Pleasure.

(sound of ball bouncing)

- Hilts.
- Yeah?

What did you do in the States?
Play baseball?

No, I was in college.

- Say, Ives.
- Aye?

- How many escapes have you tried?
- Four over, seven under.

- Tunnel man, huh?
- Sure, I am that.

- How tall are you, Ives?
- Five feet four. Why?

Oh, just wondering.

What did you do in college?
Study physical education?

Chemical engineering.
Did a little bike riding, though.

- Bicycles?
- (chuckles) Motorcycles.

Flat tracks, county fairs.
Picked up a buck here and there.

- Helped pay my tuition.
- I did a wee bit of racing myself.

- In Scotland.
- Bikes?

No, horse racing. Jockey.

Jockey.

Jockey.

Hilts?

Are you there, Hilts?

Yeah, I'm here.

Don't you have them
in the States? Jockeys?

- Sure.
- They were the days.

Saturday nights in towns
like Musselburgh and Hamilton.

You had to fight off the birds.

You know, birds.

Girls, man. Girls.

Do you not have them in the States?

Hilts? Are you there, Hilts?

(whispers) Ives.

(Ives whispers) What?

You know the kind of clay and gravel
we got here in the compound?

How many feet do you think
you could get through in eight hours?

I could go through this dirt here
like the bit on an end of an auger.

But you know it's not the digging.
It's the shoring up with wood,

and getting the dirt out,
that's what you've to worry about.

No, it isn't, Ives.
You don't have to worry about that.

How are you going to get the dirt out?

- What do they call a mole in Scotland?
- A mole.

Aye.

Well, what do you think?

I must say,
it's an interesting first 20 minutes.

I'd say we made fools of ourselves.

As the sergeant out there says,
this is only the first day.

Eric.

Don't take too much notice.
The goons may not know who he is.

- I'll pass the word.
- I'll tell the old man.

He has arrived.

The prisoner Bartlett is discharged
into your custody, Colonel Von Luger.

I suggest this prisoner be kept

under the strictest
security confinement permanently.

Make a note of
Herr Kuhn's suggestion.

We have reason to believe
he is the leader

of numerous criminal escape attempts.

Squadron Leader Bartlett
has been three months in your care,

and the Gestapo has only
"reason to believe"?

If he once more falls into our hands,
he will not be so lucky.

Air-force officer prisoners are
the responsibility of the Luftwaffe,

not the SS... or the Gestapo.

At present, yes, Herr Oberst.

That is why he is returned,
for the moment, to your care.

Of course, if the Luftwaffe
is not up to the task,

the prisoners will find themselves
totally in our charge.

We regretfully are not
so professionally understanding.

Squadron Leader Bartlett,

if you escape again and be caught,
you will be shot.

- Heil Hitler.
- Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

Heil Hitler.

Herr Kuhn.

Nehmen Sie dem Mann diese Dinger ab.

- Eric.
- Hello, Roger.

- They dumped you here, too.
- What's this one like?

Well, it's new.

- Here. Let's find you a bed.
- Thanks.

- (knock on door)
- Come in.

- Hello, Roger.
- Hello, sir.

- I'll put your bag in your room.
- Thanks, Eric.

- How are you?
- As well as can be expected.

The fellows wanted to put up a
welcome committee, but that's for later.

- I saw Willie and Willinski with Mac.
- A lot of old friends here.

- How long have you been here, sir?
- Arrived today.

New camp,
expert guards, the elite.

You met the commandant?

Yes, I did.

What were the Gestapo
and the SS doing with you?

They wanted to find out
who helped me to the border.

- Who else is here? Cavendish?
- Mm-hm.

- Nimmo and Sorren?
- Griffith, Haynes.

- Blythe?
- Yes.

Almost the whole X organization.

Almost. They cleaned out all the other
camps and dumped us in this one.

As Von Luger put it,
"All the rotten eggs in one basket."

There's madness in their method.

- What about Tommy Bristol?
- No, but there's an American, Hendley.

Is he a scrounger, blackmailer?

- MacDonald says he's the best.
- Good.

Last of the tea until
the Red Cross gets through again.

I scrounged this from Sedgwick.

Did the Gestapo give you a rough time?

Not nearly as rough
as I now intend to give them.

Roger, personal revenge must be
kept out of what we have to do here.

Too many lives are at stake.

What my personal feelings are
is of no importance.

You appointed me Big X,
and it's my duty to harass,

confound and confuse the enemy
to the best of my ability.

- That's true.
- That's what I intend to do.

I'm gonna cause such a terrible stink
in this Third Reich of theirs

that thousands of troops'll be
tied up here looking after us.

How?

By putting
more men out of this...

perfect camp of theirs
than have ever escaped before.

Not two or three or a dozen, but 200,
300. Scatter them all over Germany.

- Think that's possible?
- The men are hereto do it.

The goons have put every escape artist
in Germany here. You said so yourself.

Have you thought of what it might cost?

I've thought of the humiliation
if we just tamely submit,

knuckle under and crawl.

Surely you don't advocate that,
do you, sir?

I have to point out
one thing to you, Roger.

No matter how unsatisfactory
this camp may be,

the high command have left us
in the hands of the Luftwaffe,

not the Gestapo and the SS.

Look, sir, you talk about
the high command of the Luftwaffe,

then the SS and the Gestapo.

To me they're the same.
We're fighting the bloody lot.

There's only one way
to put it, sir.

They are the common enemies of
everyone who believes in freedom.

If they didn't approve of Hitler,
why didn't they throw him out?

I have no argument
with you, Roger.

As senior officer, I'm merely
pointing out a pertinent fact.

When are you calling a meeting, X?

Tonight.

Gentlemen,
no doubt you've heard

the immortal words
of our new commandant.

"Devote your energies
to things other than escape,

and sit out the war
as comfortably as possible."

Ha!

Well, that's exactly
what we're going to do.

We're going to devote our energies
to sports and gardening,

all the cultural pursuits
as far as they're concerned.

In fact, we're going to
put the goons to sleep.

Meanwhile... we dig.

Now, even a superficial look
at the compound

shows us that huts 104 and five
are closest to the woods.

The first tunnel
goes out from 105,

directly east
under the cooler and the wire.

But that's over 300 feet, Roger.

- Did you make a survey, Dennis?
- Only a temporary one, sir.

- I make it just over 335 feet.
- Tell me when you've got an exact one.

Willie, this time we'll dig straight
down 30 feet before we go horizontal.

That'll rule out any question
of sound detection or probing.

All right, Roger, but...
did you say the first tunnel?

I did. There'll be three.

We'll call them Tom, Dick and Harry.
Tom goes out directly east from 104.

Dick goes north from the kitchen,

and Harry goes out
parallel to Tom from 105.

If the goons find one,
we'll move into the other.

How many men do you
plan to take out, Roger?

Two hundred and fifty.

There'll be no half measures this time.
Identification papers for everyone.

And, Griff, we'll need
outfits for the lot.

- Two hundred and fifty?
- Mostly civilian clothes.

Yes, but, uh...

OK, Roger.

Mac. Maps, blankets, rations,
compasses for all the walkers.

- Timetables for every train.
- Right, Roger.

(knock on door)

- Sorry I'm late, Roger.
- It's all right, Colin. Sit down.

- We're going to tunnel.
- Splendid.

Willie, you and Danny'll be tunnel
kings. Danny, in charge of traps.

Sedgwick, manufacturer.
Griff, as I said, tailor.

Nimmo and Haynes, diversions. Mac, of
course, will take care of intelligence.

Hendley. We haven't met.

- Scrounger?
- Right.

Dennis, maps and surveys.

Colin, you'll take your usual job.

Eric, how are you gonna
get rid of this dirt?

Usual places. I hadn't anticipated
three tunnels, but we'll manage.

Roger, who's going to handle
security for all this?

You are. I want a system of stooges
covering this compound

from front to back,
checking every goon in and out.

I want a signal system so perfect that
if ever a ferret gets within 50 feet

of any of the huts
in which we're working,

we can shut down
without a sign.

Well, I don't think there's much point
in discussing any more now.

I'll meet each of you on the exercise
circuit, we'll pound out the details.

- Nothing else, is there, Mac?
- I shouldn't think so, Roger.

Oh, hello. My name's Blythe.

Hendley.

- For birds.
- I used to do a little hunting myself.

Oh, not hunting. Watching.

Oh, a... bird watcher?

Yes, that's right.
Watching them and drawing them.

I suppose you have
bird watchers in the States?

Yes, we have some.

Tea?

I only drank tea once, in the hospital.

- Where's your kit?
- This is it.

The rest was confiscated
in the last shakedown.

The goons didn't appreciate
some of my more... personal items.

Such as.

- You're the scrounger.
- Yes, that's right.

I'll need a camera.

- What kind?
- A good one.

A 35mm f2.8 with a focal-plane shutter
should do all right.

All right.

- And film, of course.
- Oh, of course.

(knock on door)

Oh, Hendley.
I need a pick. Big heavy one.

- Only one?
- Two would be better.

I'm afraid this tea's pathetic.

I must have used these
wretched leaves about 20 times.

It's not that I mind so much.

Tea without milk is so uncivilized.

Yeah. I'll get our wood.

(whistling)

Close up! Close up!

(guard) Close up!

“ Hmm?

Close up!

- No me sprechen the English.
- Close up!

Oh. Splendid.

- Blythe, what are you doing here?
- Hmm? Oh.

I'm in Photographic Aerial
Reconnaissance Interpretation.

Went for a joyride to see for myself.
It's my own silly fault.

The aircraft bought it.
Got shot down. Terrifying.

- No, I mean, what do you do here?
- Here?

Oh.

I'm the forger.

Forgers are installing themselves
in the recreation hut.

- Sedgwick?
- I'm in 110.

- Griffith.
- Well, I'd like to work in 109, Roger.

- 109? Right.
- I'll work in 107.

For now, Danny, Willie
and their trap team will be in 104.

I want to take a chance on the tunnels
and press ahead without any shoring-up.

We will need timber for the shafts
and the entrance chambers.

Hendley figures
there are 36 empty bunks.

We can tear up 15 and move the men
around so the goons won't miss them.

The rest will come
from strips off the wall.

Is Hendley taking
care of this himself?

Not yet.

He's working on some steel
for a pick that Danny needs.

Hey! What the hell
is going on here?

Turn the water off!
Get your hands away!

Get away!

Hey! What the hell's going on there?

Stop this nonsense!

Get away! Turn the water off!

Somewhere!

In the stove,
we keep fire burning, always.

The goons will not
feel like moving it.

- Good.
- Hendley, two tiles, they are chipped.

- We need new ones.
- There's some in 113's washroom.

- Should match perfectly.
- Good.

It's going to be a bit tricky, Danny.

Not when you're organized, Mac.

- We're ready.
- Big enough?

It's perfect. Right through
the middle of the foundation.

Good luck to us, Danny.

Why 17?

This is the 17th tunnel
Danny's started.

All right?

It's good.

It's very good.

- Raus!
- Get out!

- Get out!
- Raus hier!

Raus! Fertig machen da hinten.

Du da hinten. Raus hier!

You're not in your hut?
What are you doing here?

Mopping UP-

- And you?
- Shower. I need a wash.

I'm watching him.
I'm a lifeguard.

Raus!

Put on warm clothes.
You might be outside all night.

(counting softly)

(man) Raus.

No. I vote no. Look, we've put the
goons to sleep exactly like you said.

But just one little thing like this
and we're up the creek without a paddle.

- Ives, sit down, won't you?
- Hello, sir.

Hello. Squadron Leader Bartlett,
Captain Hilts.

Flight Lieutenant MacDonald.

I understand you two
are contemplating a blitz-out.

Where'd you hear that... sir?

MacDonald. It's Mac's job
to know everything that goes on.

We thought, perhaps,
we might talk it over.

Why? It's only a two-man job.

Everybody in the camp is supposed to
clear all escape attempts in advance

with Squadron Leader Bartlett here.

We don't necessarily
want to interfere.

It's just that... Well, what sort of
blitz were you contemplating?

We sneak out at night to a spot
I found near the wire, a blind spot.

Then we dig down, take the dirt, spread
it on top so it won't make a pile,

and then straight out.

Ives here is a tunnel man, so he digs
in front, pushes the dirt behind him.

I stash it behind me, then we burrow
through the dirt like a couple of moles.

By dawn we're under the wire, across
the open space, into the woods and gone.

Well, uh...

- When do you intend to try this?
- Hmm?

- When do you intend to try it?
- Oh, tonight.

Hilts, this may not be quite
the right time for this sort of thing.

Look, sir, I've been in the bag
nearly three years now,

bloody close to being wire-happy.

It's a blitz-out for me, or forget it.

It'll Work. I know it Will.

Good luck.

Thank you.

- Hilts, um... how do you breathe?
- We got a steel rod with hinges on it.

We shove it up and make air holes
as we go along.

Good night, sir.

Now, why didn't anybody
think of that before?

It's so stupid,
it's positively brilliant.

But it'll bring every goon
in the camp down on top of us.

I don't know.
Perhaps we're being too clever.

If we stop all the breakouts,

it may only convince the goons
that we must be tunneling.

I hope it works. If it doesn't,

they're going to be in
the cooler for an awful long time.

- Good, huh?
- Danny, it's bloody beautiful.

(Willie) This is the dirt
from the compound.

(Danny) This is from the tunnel.

Wherever we put it,
they're going to spot it a mile away.

Maybe we could put it under
the huts. The dirt's dark there.

It's the first place the ferrets'd look.
I saw one measuring yesterday.

Maybe we could dry it
to the same color.

- There are 50 tons of it.
- I was just thinking out loud.

If you must think,
for God's sake, think clearly.

Where the devil is Ashley-Pitt?

We can't destroy the dirt
and we can't eat it.

The only thing left to do
is camouflage it.

That's as far as my thinking takes me.

Didn't they teach you
promptness in the RN?

You'll never believe it,
but I think I have the solution.

The problem is somehow to get rid of
this tunnel dirt over the compound.

Well, of course.

Would you mind?

Now...

you fill these bags
with the dirt from the tunnel.

Then, wearing them inside your trousers,
you wander out into the compound

where you pull these
strings in your pockets.

Out come the pins.

- Eric, it's good.
- All you have to do is kick it in.

Unless you're a fool,
the ferrets won't see a thing.

It's indecently brilliant.
What do you think, Roger?

- We'll try it first thing tomorrow.
- I already have. it works.

Mac, this is what we'll do.

- A little present from Tom, sir.
- Thank you, Nimmo.

Nice garden you've got, sir.

All right. Let's look sharp.

That looks sharp.

Sir.

Please, gentlemen, continue.
This is merely a routine inspection.

- Good morning, Squadron Leader.
- Good morning, sir.

I am sorry the soil here isn't
better suited to your men's purpose.

We'll manage, sir.

I must say I am surprised with the
extent of this activity, Group Captain.

- Pleased, of course, but surprised.
- Surprised, Colonel?

Fliers are gentlemen, not peasants
to dig in the earth. So I am surprised.

- The English are keen on gardening.
- Oh, yes, but flowers. Is this not so?

You can't eat flowers, Colonel.

Good point.

I have the nasty feeling
he knows exactly what we're doing.

- Maybe he does.
- You don't really think so, do you?

If he does,
we'll find out soon enough.

(knock on door)

- Morning, Bob.
- Andy.

Here we are. Now, let's see.

Biscuits, two packets.

Coffee, two tins.

Bovril, one jar.

Cigarettes, six packets.

Strawberry jam, Sorren's.
Blackcurrant jam, Cavendish.

And marmalade, mine.

Danish butter, Von Luger's.
I liberated it from his mess supplies.

Oh, yes. And Dutch chocolate.
Two bars.

That cleans out the gift food
for the entire organization.

Now, the first thing we need
is the new form of travel permit.

The forgers have no idea
what it looks like.

I'll see what I can do.

And, of course, any other
identity cards, personal papers,

documents you can put your hands on.

- Anyway, put 'em to work, Bob.
- Right.

Good luck.

♪ O come all ye faithful

♪ Joyful and triumphant

♪ O come ye

♪ O come ye to Bethlehem

♪ Come and behold Him

♪ Born the King of Angels

♪ O come let us adore Him

♪ O come let us adore Him

♪ O come let us adore Him

Louis, where the hell
is the air pump?

Patience is a virtue, Roger.

Yes, I know, but the diggers
can only work when the trap's open,

and this is holding us up very badly.

- Is it finished?
- Of course.

- Why isn't it in?
- Working on the air ducts now.

- Well, when will they be finished?
- One or two days.

- Does it work?
- Of course it works.

- Will it give us enough air?
- As much as you'll need.

Mac.

Excellent.

Have it in by tomorrow night.

♪ Christ the Lord

- Got a light?
- Yeah.

Thanks.

- It's pretty, isn't it?
- Yes.

Oh, I'm sorry.
Would you like one?

I'll smoke it later,
when I'm off duty. Thank you.

You probably have
a couple of roommates, huh?

- Beautiful day.
- Yes, but I think it might rain later.

No, no. Red sky in the morning,
sailor takes warning.

Red sky at night, sailor's delight.

It was a red sky last night.

I never heard that before.

I learned it in the Boy Scouts.

- You were a Boy Scout? So was I.
- Really?

- Yes. I had 19 merit badges.
- I had 20.

I was working on my 20th when
the government abolished scouting

and sent me into
the Hitler Youth instead.

Werner, you think you'll stay
in the army after the war?

No. I'm not a well man.

- And my teeth...
- Your teeth?

Yes. I could tell you
stories about my teeth

that would make
your hair stand on end.

Our dentist here is a butcher.

But don't tell anyone I said so.

- It's a soldier's right to complain.
- Maybe in your army, but here?

One little criticism,
and... to the Russian front.

Is that so? Terrible.

That's terrible.

Werner.

Why don't we go into my room?

I'd better not.
If Strachwitz should see me...

I was just gonna
make some coffee.

Real coffee.

(whistling)

Coffee, coffee, coffee.

Where is it?

Marmelade.
Ist ja wunderbar.

My grandmother keeps
sending me this stuff.

- Ach du lieber Gott, Schokolade.
- Oh, yeah. Here. Take one.

- Von Lugers Butter.
- Yeah. Keep it.

Nein. I must go.

It's OK. You can keep it.
We're friends.

With you in the cooler,
will we be friends? I must report this.

I don't understand you.
Report what?

That you and I
were chatting in my room?

- I must go.
- Oh, here. It's OK. Look, keep it.

- I'll never be able to eat it all.
- Nein, ich muss jetzt weg.

I'm sorry. All right.
Forget it. Forget it.

(birdsong)

And that, I'm sure you'll all remember,
is the voice of the Nelles warbler.

Let's turn our attention to
this gentleman, the masked shrike.

Lanius nubicus. The butcherbird.

The shrike impales his foes
on the spikes of thorn bushes.

Not a very lovable character, you see.
Let's have a look at the coloring.

Uniform black above, from head to tail.

A black rump,
a black crown with a bold white flash,

and a white line over the eye.

The shrike lives
in lightly wooded country...

Ah. Hendley. Sit down. You'll find
drawing materials on the table.

The shrike lives in lightly wooded
country, olive groves and gardens.

Well, Hendley, have you
taken to birds, too, now?

Yeah. Stick around.
You might learn something.

I have better things
to do than draw birds.

The voice is a monotonous succession
of scratchy, complaining notes.

Now, let's have a good look at
this bird. He's got a round shape...

An Urlaubsschein. Permission to
cross a frontier. Here's another one.

Which one's the forgery?

- That one.
- That's right.

They both are.

What's holding us up now is
the new form of this travel permit.

- We've no idea what they look like.
- (Hendley) Here's one.

And a military identity card.

And a...

- An Ausweis.
- Yeah.

- Permission to be on Reich property.
- A ticket to Oden.

What appears to be the ferret
assignments for the next week.

You get ten out of ten
for this, old boy.

Thank you, sir.
Take good care of that.

- Where did you get this?
- It's on loan.

In order to get the
right amount of outfits, Roger,

I suggest that we work
mainly from service uniforms.

I can do double-breasteds,
single-breasteds,

and rather nice lounge suits.

Lapels. I can do quite a lot
of things with those.

I can have them deep like that,
or high ones like that.

Here's one that
we're working on right now.

Oh, yes.
What about buttons?

Take a look at those.
Here's one that I've finished, Roger.

And, uh...

here's one that I dyed
with a bottle of blue ink.

It's rather good.
What's up, Roger?

The goons'd have a field day
if they crashed in on this lot.

That's Sorren's department. Now, I've
started working on the other materials.

This blanket.

Particularly the stripes.
Marvelous.

- Coats.
- Yes.

I've got the chaps working on these
all over the compound.

Those battle dresses,
I'm afraid they're a bit too short.

I'll have to get the chaps to make those
into some sort of workingman's outfits.

Blanket ticking.

Now, I've made these into
rather nice little Waistcoats.

- Very dapper, yes. Dyed, of course.
- Of course.

Just take a look at this, Roger.

Now, this blanket material, we scrape
this down until it's really smooth,

and then dye it
with boot polish.

Corduroy scrounged by Hendley.
I wish we had more of this.

- Where in God's name did you get these?
- Hendley.

- Where did he get them?
- I asked him that.

- What did he say?
- "Don't ask."

Let me show you some of the
overcoats I've been working on.

- Good morning, Hilts.
- Uh-oh.

Well, if you're here to find out
if I'm going out again, I am.

- When?
- Seventeen days, 7th of July.

- Dark of the moon.
- Correct.

- Is Ives going with you?
- Yeah, if he wants to.

You, uh... You know that Ives
is close to cracking?

Yeah.

Better for him
to go out in the tunnel, huh?

Safer.

Right.

It's possible for one man to get out
through the wire, even get away,

but there are in fact a considerable
number of people besides yourself

in this camp
who are trying to escape.

I appreciate that.

Something's coming, I can feel it,

and it's coming right around the corner
at me, Squadron Leader.

- My name's Roger.
- All right, Roger.

Yours is Virgil, isn't it?

Hilts. Just make it Hilts.

Yes, well, um...
as I was saying, uh, Hilts,

we have maps of Germany,
general maps, that is.

We have all the information we need
for the escape routes out of Germany.

But what we do not have...

ls a clear idea of what's
500 yards beyond those trees.

We've tried every
goon in the camp. No go.

We must know the exact position
of the local town.

We want to know where
we hit the main roads.

Where the police stations are,
where they've got their roadblocks.

And, most important of all,
we've got to know how to get from here

to the railway station.

No. Absolutely not.
When I get through that wire,

I'm not gonna be
making maps for you guys.

I'm gonna be so far away,

you won't hear if they're
shooting at me with howitzers.

- Understandable.
- Completely.

I mean, I'd like to help, but...

Interesting idea.

- How many you taking out?
- Two hundred and fifty.

Two hundred and fifty?

Yeah.

You're crazy. You too.

Two hundred and fifty guys just
walking down the road, just like that.

Well, some on the road, some by train,
some cross-country.

They'll have forged papers,
clothes,

maps, compasses, rations.

You're gonna alert
every goon in the country.

Anybody that can carry a pitchfork
is gonna be out looking for you.

They're gonna swoop down and scoop
you up so fast it'd make your head swim.

Yes, well, um, thanks, anyway.

If I can help on the tunnel,
let me know.

- That's good of you.
- Any time.

Wait a minute.

You aren't seriously suggesting
that if I get through the wire

and case everything out there
and don't get picked up,

to turn myself in
and get thrown back in the cooler

so you can get
the information you need?

Yes. One has to ask some very
strange things in the job I have.

- We'll give you a front place.
- I wouldn't do that for my own mother.

- I don't blame you.
- Well, OK, then.

- It's completely understandable.
- Well, OK, then.

Yes, well, thanks, Hilts.

- Check.
- (knock on door)

- Herr Hendley, I...
- Oh, it's all right. Blythe's a friend.

What's the matter, Werner?

My wallet, my papers,
my identity card.

Gone. I lost them.
Everything.

- He lost his wallet.
- Hmm?

Do you realize what would happen
if Strachwitz found this out?

- The Russian front.
- Dear, dear.

I've looked every place,
every place.

I must have lost them
while I was in here.

- No.
- Yes.

Look, I told you we were friends.
We'll find them.

Oh, thank you, Herr Hendley.

Werner.

Not now.
It might look a little peculiar

if you and I were seen
probing around at this time of night.

Look, I'll find them.

I promise you I'll find 'em
if I have to tear this room apart.

- Thank you.
- Forget it.

- Werner.
- Yes?

There is one small favor.

A camera.

We want to take some snapshots.
You know... keepsakes.

35mm with a 2.8 lens
and a plane shutter.

Focal-plane shutter.

Werner, that's a focal-plane shutter.

Let me know when you got it.

(door opens)

He's a crazy, mixed-up kid,
that Werner, but I like him.

Checkmate.

How soon's our air pump
going to be ready?

- I'll have it for you tomorrow.
- You're badly behind schedule.

- How's it coming, Danny?
- No good.

- No good?
- Today, three times.

Aah!

Willie, you all right? Pull!

You're gonna have to shore up
the whole bloody tunnel, Roger.

- All 335 feet of it.
- Four times today. Foom!

This way we never get through.
We must have more wood.

It's a lot of timber, Roger.
Can you get it?

We'll get it.
We've gotta get it.

I'll put Hendley on it, and
the new man we got this morning.

OK, Willie.

♪ On the first day of Christmas
my true love sent to me

♪ A partridge in a pear tree

♪ On the second day of Christmas
my true love sent to me

♪ Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree

♪ On the fourth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me

♪ Four calling birds, three French hens

♪ Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree

♪ On the fifth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me

♪ Five gold rings

How's it going with
the rafters up there?

Taking out one in four.

- (creaking)
- Stay with it.

♪ Five gold rings

♪ Four calling birds, three French hens

♪ Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree

♪ On the seventh day of Christmas
my true love sent to me

♪ Seven swans a-swimming,
six geese a-laying

♪ Five gold rings

♪ Four calling birds, three French hens

♪ Two turtle doves
and a partridge in a pear tree

I Five gold rings, four calling birds...

(Cavendish) Bloody singing.

I've never worked so hard
in all my life. Hi, Hilts.

Say, Cavendish...

♪ Three French hens, two turtle doves

♪ And a partridge in a pear...

Allez... hup!

Never mind.

Here's a present
from our friend, Werner.

Splendid.
Simply splendid.

- This should do very nicely.
- (banging on ceiling)

Those are Ashley-Pitt's men.

He requested permission to dispose
of some of his dirt in our attic.

Tom has reached just beyond
that pile of wood, sir.

Harry, of course,
isn't as far as that.

- How much further to the trees?
- We make it 50 feet, sir.

- Dark of the moon is the seventh...
- Eight and ninth.

A day earlier in August.

Morning.

There he goes again.

Why is he buying up all
the potatoes in the camp?

I've been working on that,
but I can't find out.

Hilts and Hendley
lock themselves in every night.

Sometimes Goff's with them.
Other nights he's on guard outside.

Mac, we'll close down Dick and Harry.
Seal them off.

Put the entire effort into Tom,
and press on into the trees.

Right, Roger.

(knocking)

Wow.

Wow.

(Coughing) Wow.

Wow.

Wow.

(Coughing) Wow.

About face!

Forward march!

(playing "Yankee Doodle")

- What is it?
- They're celebrating the revolution.

It's the Fourth of July.

What the devil's this?

Gentlemen, you're
invited for free drinks.

- A little present from the colonials.
- Down the British.

- Quite right, too.
- And a little drink to Tom.

- And to getting home.
- Very well. We accept.

- Up the rebels!
- Down the British!

Gentlemen, follow us.

About face!

(music resumes)

(whistling "Yankee Doodle")

Company... halt!

All right, let's line up down here!

All right, grab a cup!

Line it up! Here we go.

That explains what happened
to the potatoes.

No harm in closing down Tom
for one day, Roger.

I suppose it'll do us all good
to let off a bit of steam.

There's only 14 feet to go, sir,

and you can feel it
throughout the whole camp.

- I think that calls for a drink.
- Hear, hear.

- Drink it up!
- What is this stuff, Hilts?

Moonshine.
American moonshine. Moonshine.

Make my moustache grow. Cheers.

Keep it moving.

Hello, Eric. Don't spill any of that.

- There you go.
- Down with the British.

All right, old cobber. Keep it mo...

- Don't get any on your clothes.
- Cheers!

- Don't spill any of that.
- Before your morning tea?

- Keep it moving.
- Don't get any on your clothes, sir.

American moonshine.
Don't smoke right after you drink it.

No smoking.
No smoking while you're drinking.

Get good and stoned, my friend.

Keep it going. Keep it...

No taxation
without representation.

Keep it going, boys. Keep it...

Keep it going, fellas. Enjoy yourselves.

- Well, let's drink to Tom.
- To Tom.

In the three years, seven months
and two weeks that I've been in the bag,

that's the most extraordinary
stuff I've ever tasted.

- It's shattering.
- Well, I think it's rather good.

Well, with your permission, sir,
I think I'll all on kive.

Call on Ives.

Cheers, Hendley!

You know what that is?

I'll tell you what it isn't.

It isn't Napoleon brandy.

How do you like it, sir?

- Well, it's, uh...
- To the colonies.

Independence.

How are you managing over there without
us? Getting along all right, are you?

We seem to be getting along
all right, shir... sir.

Yes, well, it's, uh...

It's good stuff, Hilts.

Thank you, sir.

Danny! Here's to...

Roger, goons in 105.

- Who?
- Strachwitz.

We have to ignore it.

If we pay attention, the
goons'll know the hut's important.

Here's to going home.

Come on, Danny.
They've searched it a hundred times.

Home!

Anyway, I'm glad we've got you
in the tunnel with us. To Tom, eh?

Och, never mind.

You'll be walking down
Argyle Street in a couple of weeks.

To Tom. You know, Sandy, I'm just
beginning to realize that myself.

Why shouldn't you, man?
We're nearly at the trees, boy.

We're nearly at the trees, eh?

(singing Scottish folk song)

Herr Hauptfeldwebel!
Herr Hauptfeldwebel!

Das ist es also.

Los, holen Sie die Wache!

- Ich hab's doch geahnt.
- (whistle blows)

Oh, my God!
They've found Tom.

It's the tunnel.

Success.

- Ives!
- Halt! Halt!

Halt!

Sir, let me know
the exact information you need.

- I'm going out tonight.
- Right.

Open up, Harry.
We dig. Around the clock.

- Cooler.
- Right.

Well, I didn't think
they'd catch him so soon.

He wasn't caught.

Hilts, welcome home.

(wood creaks)

Danny?

Danny?

Danny?

Are you all right, Danny?

Yes. All right.

All right.
Bring some shovels. I'm all right.

For God's sake,
you've left out a whole eagle.

That's impossible.

Yes.

Four days' work
up the bloody spout!

- I'm sorry, Colin.
- It's all right, Smithy.

It's getting late.
You push off to bed. I'll pack up here.

All right.

- Good night, Colin.
- Good night, Smithy.

I can't see a bloody thing.

Hut ab.

Sehr gut.
In Ordnung. Danke schön.

- Bitte schön.
- Herein.

Heil Hitler.

- Wie heiβen Sie?
- Erich Stressel, aus München.

Warum sind Sie hier?

Ich habe Urlaub bekommen.
Meine Mutter ist krank.

- Your German's very good.
- Thanks, Mac. I've put in a lot of...

Watch it. That's the
easiest way to trip up a suspect.

Don't fall for that old gag.

- I'm sorry, Mac.
- OK. But remember, German always.

Herein.

One, two, three, four, five.

(door opens)

Roger.

No, it's me.

How do you like
the old escape suit?

Fine, fine.

Colin.

How do you like mine?

It looks splendid.

Where are you going?
You'll get yourself shot.

- What's the matter with you?
- I'm going out through that fence.

Danny, we're getting out through
the tunnel. We're almost clear.

Please, Willie, let me alone.

I can't go in that tunnel anymore.

So I'm going out through the wire.

Danny, think. We're getting out,
but not through the wire.

We're getting out through the tunnel.
It's finished.

- I go out now.
- No.

Danny, you go through that wire
and you'll get killed.

Don't do that.

Willie...

Since I was a boy,

I hate... and feared little rooms,

closets, caves.

Danny, you've dug 17 tunnels.
Over 17 tunnels.

Because I must get out.

I hide the fear, and I dig.

But tomorrow night in the tunnel
with all those men,

I'm afraid maybe this time
I will lose my head,

and ruin the escape
for everybody.

So I go now.

(dogs barking)

Danny, I'll see you
through the tunnel.

I'll look after you.
I'll stick with you all the way.

All right.

(knock on door)

- Good evening.
- Hello, Roger.

Well, how do you think we look?

Guten Abend, mein Herr.
Wie geht es Ihnen?

It's as bad as all that?

Colin, I want first of all
to say that without you,

we would not have been ready.

That's all right. I had lots of help.
Lots of very good help.

What's the matter, Roger?

You can't go.

- What do you mean?
- I can't allow it.

Why?

You can't see your hand
in front of your face.

You'd be caught
before you got 10 yards.

That's ridiculous.

That's ridiculous. Never heard
anything so absurd in my life.

I can see perfectly.
I can see perfectly!

I can see...
that pin down there.

- Does that satisfy you?
- What pin? Where?

Colin, do you see the foot of the door?

Yes, of course.

Put the pin down there, will you?

All right.

All right. Come on.
Come on. Sit down.

Sit down. It was a good try.

I hate these last-minute letdowns,
but I've only just been told.

It's too risky for you.

Don't you think
that's Colin's decision?

- No, I don't.
- Come on, Roger.

We all know the score here.
Well, at least... most of us do.

Your idea of this escape
is to start another front,

to foul up the Germans behind
the lines. All right, that's fine.

But once we get past that wire and have
them looking all over Germany for us,

that mission is accomplished.

Afterwards, we have
some ideas of our own.

You mean getting home?

- Back to your family?
- That's right.

Do you really believe
I haven't thought about that, too?

I'm sure you have.

I know Colin has.

And, Roger, I have, too.

We think we can make it all the way.

Not Colin. He'd be an appalling hazard
to the escape. That must be my decision.

Let's talk about hazard.
Let's talk about you.

You're the biggest hazard we have.
The Gestapo has you marked.

No one has said
you can't go.

That's true.

I have thought about
the Gestapo.

But if you're asking me how far
a commanding officer is allowed to go,

or dare go, or should be
permitted to play God,

I can't answer you.

But I can tell you

a blind man is an unnecessary hazard
to himself and the whole plan,

and must therefore be
eliminated from the operation.

Colin's not a blind man as long
as he's with me, and he's going with me.

It's all right with you, Colin?

Oh, yes. Quite.

Very well. I'll arrange for your escape
numbers to be altered accordingly.

Good night, gentlemen.

Actually...

he's quite right.

He's completely right.

I really shouldn't go at all.

My eyes have been getting
worse and worse lately.

I think they call it
progressive myopia.

I can see things up here. Close to.
I can see to work, but, uh...

- you're just a blur.
- I know.

Oh, hell. We'll make it in great shape.

Colin, do you have any tea?

- Yes, of course.
- Then let's have some.

Splendid.

(footsteps)

Raus.

- Hi, Hilts.
- Hey, Mac.

When?

Tonight. We thought
they'd never let you out.

Me, too. Let's get at it.

- Bartlett's waiting for you.
- I'll be there.

What time?

Only eight minutes now, Danny.

You OK?

Cavendish.

Griff, down there.

Goff, there.

Smith, Foles, third on the right.

Blythe, Hendley, third on the left.

There are the lights.

Right on the tick, Danny.

Look down the tunnel, Danny.
It's lovely.

It's just like Blackpool
at the height of the season.

You ever been to Blackpool, Danny?

Yes. No.

I don't know.

It's time, Roger.

Bartlett, MacDonald, Ashley-Pitt.

It's all clear, sir.

All set, Roger.

Roger.

Good luck.

They're coming down
the shaft now, Danny.

And then they'll be coming
right up the tunnel.

Willie...
I can't wait. I must get out.

Danny! Danny! Danny! Danny!

What is it, Danny? What's the matter?
Danny! Come here!

Roger? Danny and I'll go later.
We'll take another place.

Danny, tell me what this is,
and tell me quickly!

This tunnel is mine as much
as anybody. I dug it. I built it.

I was buried many times.
I go when I want.

Let me out. Let me out.

Take him out, Willie.
Take him out.

Danny? What is it?

Danny, what's going on?

It's all right, Sedgwick.
It's all right. We're going later.

Danny, it's all right.
It's all right.

We can take another place in the line.
It's all right.

All right, Colin. Down you go.

Sit down. Feel the top rung of
the ladder with your right foot. Got it?

Down you go.

Danny cut out, huh?

Willie took him up top.
Hilts, I, uh...

- Remember, keep your head down.
- Right.

Right.

Psst. Bartlett.

All right?

Hold onto yourself.
You're 20 feet short.

What do you mean?

Twenty feet short of the woods.
The hole is in the open.

The guard is between
us and the lights.

How could that happen?

What the hell difference does it make?
It's happened.

- Roger...
- Damn it, Mac! I'm trying to think!

We could postpone it.

All the documents are dated today.
It's now or never.

One chance. When the guard
goes to the far end,

you might be able to move out.

I think I can make it to the woods,
set up a signal when you're clear.

What about the towers?

They're gonna be watching
the compound, not the woods.

Mac, pass the word.
Send down 30 feet of rope.

(whispering) Send down 30 feet of rope!

Send down 30 feet of rope.

Send down 30 feet of rope!

- What?
- Thirty feet of rope!

- What do they want that for?
- How should I know? Get the rope.

- How's it going? Have you heard?
- Some kind of foul-up, I think, sir.

Haven't they moved
into the tunnel yet?

I don't think so, sir.

He's over there.

Right. You go first, Eric.

I'm staying here
till we get moving.

- See you in Piccadilly.
- Scott's Bar.

Right.

Thank you.

- Good luck.
- Right.

We're moving.

Danny, they're moving through
the tunnel now. They're getting out.

When Warsaw fell, you escaped and
came to England because you're a flier.

You came because you wanted to
fly with us and fight the Germans.

We can get out now.
We can get back to England.

If you don't
go through that tunnel,

everything you've done will
have been for nothing, nothing!

- Blythe's behind, Mac.
- Right.

- In here, Colin.
- Come on.

Sit down.

You're up, Sedgwick.
I'll take over.

- What have you got in here? A piano?
- That's very funny, mate.

- You won't get this thing through.
- I'll cope.

- Was that Sedgwick with his trunk?
- Who else?

I wish he was home
with his kangaroos.

- We're 20 feet short.
- How the hell...?

Hilts is on the other end
of that rope in the woods.

As soon as you feel a couple of tugs,
off you go, but keep Colin low.

- Good luck, Colin.
- Thanks, Mac.

(Siren)

What's that?

- It's an air raid.
- Oh, God! No!

The goons'll pull the switches.
We'll lose the lights in the tunnel.

Come on, Colin. We can get out
when the lights go down.

(explosions)

Willie.

Willie!

It's an air raid.
Searchlights are out. Come on!

Get 'em out.

- (Danny) It's gonna give!
- (Willie) Danny.

Danny. Danny, it's all right.
Danny, it's the lights.

(Danny moans)

Light the lamps down there!

(Willie) There's been an air raid
and they've cut the lights.

Danny, it's all right.
Listen to me!

Danny, look.

Come on, fellas. Move! Move!
We can get dozens out in this darkness.

What the hell's going on?

- You go.
- No. Danny.

Go.

- What is this, Willie?
- Danny.

- Is he stuck in there?
- He's all right.

Get him out fast.

Psst. Come on.

Come on, Danny, move.

Up you go-.

Give me your bag.

(Siren)

We're on the rope!

You and I had better get out,

or we won't have
a chance of any of the trains.

It's moving. We'll just have to pass
the instructions from man to man.

- Right.
- I'll be right behind you.

Ist da jemand?

- Hast du etwas gehört'?
- Nein.

Come on, come on.

Come on.

- Hey!
- Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

Don't shoot!

Get off! We're coming back!

(shouting in German)

(gunfire)

Oh, boy. There's a hell of a lot
of shooting going on up there.

Think they've been shooting them
as they came out?

We would've heard
the shots before.

- Pull!
- Wait for me.

Out.

Out.

Die Aufstellung,
Herr Hauptmann.

- Sechsundsiebzig.
- Jawohl.

- How many did he say?
- Seventy-six.

Seventy-six.

- Seventy-six.
- Seventy-six.

- Dismissed.
- Ten hut!

Half the guys who missed
their trains are piled up here.

Ashley-Pitt, Roger, MacDonald, Nimmo.

Makes quite a group.

- What do we do?
- Wait for the train.

(train approaches)

(whistle blows)

(clears throat)

Merci.

Können Sie mich mitnehmen?

Aber gerne. Steigen Sie ein.

Danke schön.

Ihre Pässe, bitte.

Tallyho.

- Vous êtes Français?
- Oui.

Moi, aussi.

- Merci bien.
- Merci.

Tallyho.

- Sie reisen für eine Firma?
- Ja.

Für mein...

Fur mein Geschäft.

- Danke.
- Danke.

- Are the police on the train?
- The Gestapo are with them. Let's jump.

All right.

I'll tell you when.

I'd prefer you just
to give me a firm push.

- Are you all right?
- Yes, I'm fine.

That's quite exciting.

- It isn't stopping.
- No, we're all right.

Switzerland.

Hey!

Wo willst du hin?
Komm mal her.

Wo willst du denn hin?
Zeig mal deinen Ausweis.

- (shouting in German)
- (gunfire)

(whistle blows)

Bartlett.

(woman screaming)

Alles auf den Boden.

- Where were you going, Cavendish?
- I, uh... I hadn't quite decided.

What information were you
to collect on the way?

None.

What sabotage directions
did you receive?

What have you done with your papers?

- Papers?
- Forged papers and identity cards.

Don't be so stupid.
What did you do with them?

All I did was escape from a prison camp.

You'd do the same if you'd been
locked up for three years.

I wanted to get home.

I don't think
you'll see your wife again.

You've got the wrong man.
I'm not even married.

You're wearing
civilian clothes.

You're a spy.
Spies are being shot.

This is my uniform.
I had to recut it when I lost weight.

I dyed it with boot polish
to cover some oil smears

I picked up when I was shot down.

And you lost your insignia
over the years?

That's right.

Bringen Sie ihn
zu den anderen.

- Look...
- That's all, Cavendish.

Hello, boys.

Hello.

- Hello, Haynes.
- Hello, Cavendish.

I wish I could say I was happy
to see you again.

- Just picked up?
- Yes, this morning.

(Hendley) There's a trainer
out there I can fly.

- (Blythe) Any sentries?
- Yeah, it's gonna be a problem.

Colin, when I say go,
crank this clockwise.

When the engine catches,
don't move,

or you'll get a
mouth full of propeller.

Go!

Next stop, Switzerland!

- The Alps.
- Splendid.

Over this range, then 20 more
minutes and we've got it made.

(engine sputtering)

- What is it? Petrol?
- I don't know. We're losing power.

Go that way! I'll follow.

Hendley?

Colin!

Stop! Don't shoot! Please!

Colin... I'm sorry
I fouled things up.

That's all right.

Thank you for...

getting me... out.

(gunfire)

Los, aufstehen.

Hände hoch.

Bonjour, messieurs.
Comment ça va? Ça va bien?

Bonjour.

Comme d'habitude,
trois Pernod, n'est-ce pas?

Trois Pernod, Papa.

(telephone rings)

Café Suzette.

Oui.

- Et voilá, messieurs, les trois Pernod.
- Merci.

Deux...

Et trois. Et voilá de l'eau.

- Bon appétit, messieurs.
- Merci.

Monsieur.
Téléphone pour vous.

- Téléphone pour moi?
- Oui, monsieur, téléphone.

Par ici.

Voila', téléphone.

Merci.

Hello?

Hello?

Resistance.

Resistance?

You are English?

I'm Australian.

- Dites-moi...
- You can speak English. I understand.

Bloody good.
I'm a British officer.

I've just escaped from a
prisoner-of-war camp in Germany.

I'm trying to make my way into Spain.
You understand me?

- Oui.
- Can you help me?

' (Siren)
" Huh?

- I know someone who can.
- Bloody good.

Geheime Staatspolizei.
Ihren Ausweis, bitte.

- Ah, Français?
- Jawohl.

- Commerçant?
- Mais oui. Parlez-vous français?

- Un peu.
- Votre accent est trés bon.

Je l'ai étudié dans l'école supérieure.

Trés bien. Passez.

Au revoir, monsieur. Au revoir.

- Good luck.
- Thank you.

Halt!

(blows whistle)

Zwei vom Lager sind getürmt. Engländer.

Los!

Alles einsteigen.

Einsteigen.

Halt! Halt!

Stehen bleiben! Hände hoch!

- Was soll das?
- You are English.

Engländer?

Sie drohen mir mit einer Pistole?

- Nehmen Sie die weg.
- Ach, Sie sind Deutscher?

- Selbstverständlich.
- Schon gut. Entschuldigung.

(man) Herr Bartlett?

- Ich heiβe Frölich.
- Your German is good.

And I hear also your French.

Your arms... up!

Ausgezeichnet!

Ah!

Herr Bartlett...

and Herr MacDonald.

We are together again.

You are going to wish
you had never put us to so much trouble.

- What's troubling you, Roger?
- I'm just a little surprised.

I expected either a long stay
or a very short trip.

Yes.

I have to admit,
I'm a little worried, though.

I hope to God I haven't
blotted 70-odd ledgers.

Och, no, no.

We're all over 21,
footloose and fancy-free.

We'd never have got as far
as we did without you, Roger.

For what it's worth,
I think you did a damn good job.

- I think we all do.
- Yes.

Was ist los? Wo sind wir?

All right. You can get out now.
Stretch your legs for five minutes.

It will take hours
before you reach the camp.

You know, Mac, all this,
the organization, tunneling,

Tom and Harry,
kept me alive.

And even though we...

I've never been happier.

- You know, Mac...
- (click)

Eleven of your men
are being returned today.

- Oh, who?
- I do not have that information.

I...

I am directed by a higher authority
to inform you that...

50 of your officers
were shot while escaping.

Shot?

Their... personal effects
will be returned.

How many of them were wounded?

Here are the names... of the dead.

How many of the 50 were wounded?

None.
They, the higher authority...

only directs me to inform you that...

that 50 men were...

I see.

Addison, John.

Alladale, Peter.

Bancroft, Edward.

Bartlett, Roger.

Cavendish, Dennis.

Eldridge, David.

Felton, William.

Fanshaw, Arthur.

- Ici?
- Oui, monsieur. (Test ici.

Alors, au revoir.

- Merci beaucoup, monsieur.
- Pas de quoi. Au revoir.

- Au revoir.
- Bonne chance.

I am your guide, sefior.

For Spain?

España.

- Glad to see you're all safe.
- Thank you, sir.

- How many have been brought back?
- You're the first.

- Do you know how many got away?
- Not yet.

What happened to Blythe?

He didn't make it, sir.

Roger was right about that.

I'm afraid Roger didn't make it, either.

I've just posted the list.
They shot... 50.

The Gestapo murdered them.

Fifty?
MacDonald, Ashley-Pitt?

- Yes.
- Danny and Willie?

No, they're not on the list.

- Haynes?
- Yes. I'm sorry.

Roger's idea was to get back at
the enemy the hardest way he could.

Mess up the works.

From what we've heard here,
I think he did exactly that.

Do you think
it was worth the price?

That depends on
your point of view, Hendley.

Yes, sir.

Achtung!

Achtung!

He is not to be saluted.
He's no longer in command.

The job just didn't
work out, huh?

- You were lucky, Hilts.
- Lucky? Because I didn't...

How many?

Fifty.

It looks, after all, as if
you will see Berlin before I do.

Sir.

Hey, Hilts!

(ball thumps against wall)

(thump)

(thump)

(thump)

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