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They're here.

They're coming, sir.

Hand me those files on the death of young Williams, will you?

Colonel waldron, you know herr rinder.

Herr doktor from the Swiss red cross.

Oberleutnant Strauss.

Major Von steiner.

Colonel waldron is the senior British officer.

Major Rose, head of the intelligence committee.

Wing commander shurlock, head of their escape committee.

I think you've come to investigate the killing of my officer.

An accident.

I would like the red cross to see the whole camp.

Your sleeping quarters, mess, toilet.

See that you are being treated well...

According to the spirit of the Geneva convention.

Come on.

Please, sir, can I have my ball back?

You are the sportfuihrer?

I'm Colby.

Colby?

That's very familiar.

It's a common name.

They're very enthusiastic.

No bloody good, but very enthusiastic, yeah.

And you play matches?

Yeah, we have a league. Four divisions.

We even play internationals.

- Internationals? - Yes.

England, Ireland, Scotland, wales.

You call that international?

It would be international if you played against Germany.

We'd murder you.

Colby. John Colby.

Yes. West ham united and england.

That's right.

It's a shame the war has ended your career.

Interrupted.

Let's hope so.

The colonel's protest will be a waste of breath, I'm afraid.

Two hearts.

If we don't kick up a stink, we give the blighters permission to do it again.

No bid.

Pass.

Colby, what were you talking to Jerry about?

None of your business.

Two spades.

It is our business.

You were seen in conversation with the enemy, a major Von steiner.

What did he want?

He recognized me.

- As what? Pass. - Pass.

So the major's a football fan?

Elementary, my dear shurlock.

Karl Von steiner played for Germany in 1938.

What did he say to you?

Buzz off.

- In German? - Yeah.

I think I'm getting something.

The ministry of propaganda is working to extremes to divert world attention...

From their losses in north Africa...

And the reported inhumane treatment of the prisoners from east European nations.

Over here.

What's the verdict on Williams?

Regrettable mistake.

The whole bloody war's a regrettable mistake.

- I agree. - Do you?

You can believe me or not. It's nothing to me.

If nations could settle their differences on the football pitch...

Wouldn't that be a challenge?

How would you like...

To play a game against a team from the wehrmacht?

A team from the army base nearby?

What for? To settle the war?

Unfortunately not.

Let's say, for morale.

Yours or ours?

For both.

Life in this place must be very boring.

What sort of team? They any good?

I haven't chosen a team. It's just an idea.

It's not an order. You can't make us play.

No, it's a challenge.

No.

It'd be a washout, complete washout.

Why?

Look at them. They're bloody useless.

I mean, look at those clothes, and those bloody great boots.

They're charging about there like a herd of elephants.

Play football? They can hardly stand up.

Boots can be supplied.

You mean, proper gear? Shirts and shorts?

No.

No bloody good. They couldn't run about for 90 minutes.

They'd be chucking their guts up.

All right, I'm sorry.

Major...

I'd want special conditions, special rations.

The team would have to live together, eat together.

I'd want meat, fresh vegetables, eggs...

Beer.

You talk to your colonel?

No matter what he says, if you could supply us with all that stuff...

You'd have a game of football.

Which reminds me...

If it's confined to officers, I'm not bloody playing.

I want a decent team. I want the lads...

From over there.

Okay?

- We shall see. - All right.

Just a minute.

Right. Escapes.

We've had all the usual requests...

But here's a new one you might like.

Peter Bailey has a plan to pole-vault the south fence.

God, what will they think of next?

Christ, refused.

Any else?

No. Let's have hatch in.

Hatch!

Sorry to keep you waiting.

You're American?

Enlisted Canadian army '38, transferred commandos.

How long have you been with us?

Since dieppe.

How many attempts?

Two on the way, three since then. Time before last, I got as far as stuttgart.

How's this one going?

Well, sir, the whole thing depends on the fact that...

Some of the goons don't patrol when we're having a shower.

Some of them?

Yes. Like hans and Anton.

At least one of them should be outside walking back and forth...

But they know we're inside having a shower.

They come inside, lean against the door, have a smoke if they can bum one.

I think if somebody went missing, they wouldn't report it.

- Why not? - They wouldn't be sure.

They'd think they'd miscounted and leave it until roll call.

And if you could cover for me at roll call, I could be gone for days.

Wait a minute. You're going too fast for me.

How are you gonna get out of the washhouse?

There is a vent in the shower room.

It leads into a storeroom or something.

Yes, I know.

It must have been built as a lavatory to match the one on the German side.

If I can get in there, with something to pick the lock...

And you'd be back in the enclosure where you started.

But I'd be all alone. There's no one there.

And I could get onto the roof...

Go underneath the barbed wire, and drop into the German compound.

Naked?

How are you planning to get out of the German compound naked?

I've got five or six ideas.

Shall we discuss them?

Yes.

Colby insisted on playing the other ranks against the best of the officers.

What's the idea behind that?

Well, I suppose he wants to pick the best team possible.

I don't think he's quite got the point, has he?

Tell him to come and see me, will you?

Cover him, Tony. Let's go.

Good goal. Well done, son.

- What's your name? - Sid harmor.

How'd you like double rations for a month or so, sid?

Whose mother do you want me to strangle?

Welcome aboard.

Okay, I'm ready to sign up.

Sign off, hatch.

- Get on the ball. - Stop him, will.

Come on.

Tackle it.

Nice try.

Thanks, Colby. It's not quite like playing for Manchester...

But it's better than not playing at all.

Welcome aboard.

- What about me? - Get out there.

- What about me? - Get out there and play.

The map of marburg is from an old guidebook, but it's reliable, I should hope.

There's a fast train to Cologne at 5:33 every Saturday.

Now under the map you'll see they've done a sketch of the stadium...

With exits, perspectives, and changing rooms.

Colonel, what are you talking about?

I'm talking about your escape, Colby.

My escape?

Yes, of course. The whole team, if possible.

What about the lorry that's taking you to the match?

You could loosen the floorboards on the way in...

And drop out on the way back.

You stick to scrounging, pyrie, and I'll stick to football.

It's your duty, Colby, as an officer.

It could be an excellent opportunity.

It's certainly worth considering, old boy.

I am not interested in getting them killed.

Are you afraid to try?

Your escaping is just some bloody upper-crust game.

They've done their job, and they just want to be left alone until it's over.

Now that will be all, Colby.

Thank you.

How long have you been a propaganda officer, major?

Five months.

And this was your idea?

I did not consider it important, hardly worth your notice, general.

I am surprised the english have agreed.

Perhaps for you the war is over...

For others it is not.

For the prisoners it certainly is, and after all general...

Later on we'll all have to live in the same Europe.

I think this whole matter is not so important.

It is brilliant... brilliant.

Something important can be made of it.

Yes. Indeed.

Do you know something about football?

I once played for Germany, herr lorenz.

And you won?

No, but we were improving...

We might have won the world cup.

The fact is that in all these years...

We have never beaten england.

Is that so?

Go on, hatch. Go through 'em.

- Good tackle, Terry. - Come on, Terry.

Good goal!

Did you see that? Am I good, or am I good?

- What's your name? - You know my name.

- What's your name? - Terry. Terry Brady.

How'd you like to come and live with the officers?

Only if you've got a chaperone, mate.

Welcome aboard, Terry.

- Kick it. - Get it back!

Out here, Brady.

- Shoot! - Go, Selby.

Where'd you learn to do that?

When I was a boy...

In Trinidad...

On the streets, with the oranges.

How'd you like to play football against the Germans?

Why not?

Unload him, Johnny.

Hey, foul there.

Stupid, bloody yank. What the hell do you think this is?

- Bloody hell. - Well, what'd I do?

- You know bloody well. - No, you tell me. What'd I do?

You can't tackle like that in soccer! I've been telling you that for a year!

I was just going for the ball.

You use that bloody American style again here, and you'll be barred.

You play english, I play American.

We don't play the bloody American game. Get off.

Hey, what kind of game is this? For old ladies and fairies?

I quit.

Okay.

One, two, three...

Four, five, six, seven...

Eight, nine, turn.

One, two...

Three, four, five...

Hatch, the committee has considered your plan.

You may see the tailor and the forger.

And the locksmith. I've got to see the locksmith.

Yes, but see the tailor first. That takes time.

Seven, eight, nine, turn.

Thanks.

Hey, Colby.

Colby, I've been looking for you.

You know that football team of yours?

You know what you can do with the team?

Do you know where you can put it?

'Cause I don't want to be on that football team.

As a matter of fact, you couldn't pay me to be on that football team, Colby.

You got it, Colby?

I don't need you or your football team anymore.

You got it? I don't need this aggravation, Colby.

Captain Colby. How are you?

Sit down, please.

Robert, this might be a bit.

Why don't you tell me what this is all about?

Our football match has been taken a little out of our hands.

It has been decided that a German national team will play...

A combined team from the prisoners of war of the occupied territories...

August 15th, at colombes stadium in Paris.

Paris?

That's crazy.

You come in, Mueller.

This is hauptmann rainer Mueller.

Coach for our national team. Captain John Colby.

We've met.

A long time ago.

Yeah, in London.

You were center-half.

Hauptmann Mueller will assist me, manage our team.

Make sure you have everything you need.

Paris.

What if I refuse?

I think you will recognize some of those names.

No, thank you.

Yeah.

There are some good players on here.

British, French.

Dutch.

Even a Norwegian.

What about the poles and the Czechs?

I mean, off the top of my head I could think of...

Half a dozen east European players who would have to be on that squad.

Isn't that so, Mueller?

I'm sorry. I cannot let you have any eastern Europeans.

Why not?

It's impossible. Officially, they do not exist.

Germany does not recognize them as prisoners of war.

They're in labor camps.

Well, maybe not officially, but they do exist as players...

Don't they?

I don't know whether these east European players are alive or dead...

But you can find that out.

As an officer and a gentleman...

You are obliged to give me a marginal chance of winning.

Make your list, captain.

I'll see what I can do.

Collaboration pays.

I don't consider it collaboration.

And you are to be exhibited in Paris like performing fleas?

I don't think London is going to take very kindly to this, you know.

You've informed London?

There's no need.

The German propaganda machine will take care of that.

Get that, hatch.

A customer, good.

- Captain lawry, how are you? - I'm very well.

Now if you'll just get dressed.

That's it. Over there.

Will you chaps be so kind as to stand guard...

While I deal with our American friend here?

Stay where you are, Billy. Just listen.

Here we are.

Have you shaved?

Good enough?

Fair enough.

You know, it's really rather gratifying.

I mean, in spite of the relatively good conditions here...

Compared to other camps, that is...

Everyone still wants to escape.

Getting dressed? Good.

Don't want to dilly-dally.

Now I can't promise you a studio portrait, but it'll do.

You didn't make the lens as well, did you?

No. I'm a genius, not a magician.

Sit down.

All right. Now, don't smile.

We want that criminal look associated with passport photographs.

Just solemn, depressed. The jacket up. That's lovely.

Hold that.

Wait. One more for luck?

No. Film's too valuable. Sorry. This'll do.

Here we are.

Now, dupin's the name you want, is it?

Yeah. Marcel dupin, electrician.

I need an address in Lyon and papers to show I'm a conscripted worker.

Yes. Why does monsieur dupin want to go home?

Compassionate leave, death in the family.

- Can you do it? - Yes, it's quite simple.

Quite simple. Might even manage a letter on your bereavement.

Let's see.

What have we got?

French police...

Enter Germany, health officer, military district...

They keep changing. That's very inconsiderate of them.

Very. How long will it take?

Well, you must realize, it's my busy time.

Everybody wants to escape in the good weather.

Just be patient.

- All right? - Be patient. Yeah. Thanks.

What the hell's that?

Who the hell are those guys?

I've had it. Look. They switched the guards on me.

Those goons are patrolling the outside of the washhouse like they should.

- Yes, I know. - What do you mean, you know?

I know.

Hans and Anton have been switched to watch over the football team.

Colby's football team?

Those are my guards. I needed them. In two or three weeks, I was out of here.

Well, that's bad luck. Just between ourselves, hatch...

I never thought it was a very good plan, anyway.

Here we are.

Luis, this is Arthur.

- Hello, Arthur. - Sid, Terry.

- Luis Fernandez. - Terry.

Here's your beds over here.

I'll have the top one.

- Help yourself. First come, first served. - I'll take the bottom one.

In case I sleepwalk.

- Not bad, is it? - It's like the savoy hotel.

How would you know?

And no bleeding chambermaids.

- Is this one? - Hi, guys.

- What do you think you're doing? - I decided to join the team.

Tell me everything.

Well, being on this team is a one-way ticket out of here, right?

You're not on this team.

Yeah, sure I am.

- I'm the trainer. - The what?

The trainer.

Colby, you forgot to put in for a trainer. Maybe I can't play your kind of football...

But in my kind, you know everything there is to know...

About bruises, sprains, and Charley horses.

So if you'll just get on to your Von steiner...

To get me some bandages, some lineaments, some oils, some tapes...

We're in business.

I don't want a trainer.

Colby, I'm a ballplayer.

I don't want to be left out of something like this.

Pull the other one.

I just want to be around the guys.

Bullshit.

Don't do this to me.

- I don't need a con man. - Easy, Colby.

- You and your team wrecked my escape. - How?

I was ready. I was waiting for my papers.

I was going through the washhouse, but only if those two goons were on duty.

Now those two goons have been transferred to you.

So the only way out of here is by being on that team.

No.

- Why not? - I won't be responsible for your death.

You'll get yourself shot.

That's my choice, isn't it?

So what is it, yes or no?

Okay.

Tony.

- Nice to see you. - Great to see you. How are you?

- Hello. Hatch, the trainer. - Hi, trainer.

- Doug clure? - Yeah.

- What's going on? - I'll tell you in a minute.

- Hatch, the trainer. - Rémy, Jean-Paul.

Colby's my name.

- Michel fileu. - Hello.

Hatch, the trainer. Welcome to my holiday camp.

Hello. How are you? Hello.

- Erik ball, right? - Yes.

Colby.

- Hatch, the trainer. - Hello.

- Hello. How are you? - I am pieter Van Beck.

- Come inside. - Hatch, the trainer.

Have something to eat, and I'll explain.

The extra food is part of the deal.

We still respond to roll call, three times a day...

But apart from that, we make our own rules.

There is no rank here. This is a football team.

I am the captain and the manager.

Any questions?

Well, I don't know how you did it...

But cheers anyway.

It's been a long time, and none of us feels like...

Or looks like world-class players.

It's gonna be difficult getting into shape with those bloody boots...

So let's hope the German major gives us the proper gear.

Well, we gotta start somewhere, so let's start with basics, shall we?

Slow, easy, stretching it fully. Okay?

We won't be needing that for a while.

Pick them up. Put them down.

Left, right.

Left, right, left.

Pick them up. Put them down. Good.

Good.

Good, Colby. Come on, guys. Pick them up, put them down.

Good.

They're in all different sizes, so make sure everything fits.

Everything fits, and I want you all to know...

That if you're having any trouble with, say, appendicitis or heart attacks...

That's okay. There's no problem. I can handle that.

But listen, I don't want any blisters.

No blisters allowed.

So if there's anything wrong with any of you guys...

Tell me now, not later, okay?

Little inconveniences, say like anal bleeding, tuberculosis...

Growing tumors, little inconveniences like that. All right?

Shut up, hatch.

I'm just trying to get some team spirit going here. Right, guys?

- Right. - Yes.

Make sure everything fits.

Yeah, everything fits. Everything fits.

I'll keep this myself.

Look at this lot.

- Lovely color. - Yeah, aren't they lovely?

- Beautiful, aren't they? - They're beautiful.

Take no notice, lads. They're only jealous.

- Who's the pretty boy there? - Up yours.

If you can get up here, don't try and run through.

Don't try and be a hero and get a goal yourself.

That center I want up there, and I want you to pass, always pass.

Let the ball do the running for you. Don't try and run with it.

You're in no condition to run for 90 minutes, I tell you.

This especially applies to wingers.

If you can't cross, don't run it through. Try and get a corner.

A set-piece works in our favor.

- Which means that, as they... - Give me this.

Colby, after giving me ball here, I do this...

Goal! Easy.

That's the right spirit, Luis.

Keep it up. Before you know it, you'll have me thinking it's easy.

Colby, old chap, waldron would like a word.

I'll be right back, lads.

Forward. Stop it. U-turn.

How did they get here?

I insisted on having them.

You insisted?

They're all great players.

They were.

You are a naive fool, Colby.

Insisting on great players.

Von steiner has sent you five skeletons, guarantees that you'll turn up in Paris...

- For his propaganda victory. - Colonel...

The Germans are doing their job very well.

London knows. We heard it on the news.

It's in all the papers.

They're calling it another German lie.

London is saying that no British officer would ever be involved in such a game.

London is saying, colonel?

What about those poor bastards there?

Do we send them back to the labor camps?

That's a very good question, Colby.

Colby, they can't go in there like that...

Full of lice.

We should take them around back, scrub them...

Take off what they're wearing and burn it.

You guys wanna get some water? Has anybody got any soap?

Yeah, I have. I got ddt, as well.

All right.

Come on, guys. Get some water.

Craven. Roger.

I'm responsible for them being here...

And I am responsible for them being sent back, if we don't play.

Well...

I can't do that.

But I can't tell any of you to disobey his high command.

So each of you will have to make his own decision.

We play.

What else can we do?

Yes, we'll play.

- Yeah? - Yeah.

- Everybody? - Yeah, come on, let's play.

- We're playing. - Of course, we'll play.

Gather around. Work up the front. Come on now. Looking good.

We've got a good bunch out there. These guys are coming along real fine.

I think the Germans are gonna have to go some to beat them.

- You're an optimist. - Well, what are you?

That's not bad, hatch.

What's not bad?

Using your hands.

You've got feet. I've got hands.

Give me that.

- Get in there. - Sure thing, general.

Luis.

Fire a few at him.

Got to do better than that.

Come on, you guys. Let's fire them in here.

There we go. Here we go. Come on. Put it in here.

Give me some balls, Charley.

- You're gonna get serious now? - Okay, lads.

Okay, guys, come on. Fire them in here. Let's go. All right?

Let's go. Come on. Don't be afraid of me.

Yeah. What? Faster.

Right down the middle. Come on there.

Can you do it with your mouth shut, hatch?

The mouth and the hands work together as a team.

Come on.

- Get your body behind it. - Come on now.

Not like that, like that. Hands behind it, pull it into the chest.

Don't worry about it.

Come on, hatch. I want to see it now.

Let's go. Come on, right down the middle.

I thought you were my friend.

I am your friend.

You know, hatch, to be honest with you...

You don't kick well, you don't dribble well...

But you could be a good goalkeeper.

- Keep trying. - Thanks a lot.

He's right. You're not bad.

Ca va, monsieur dupin?

Yeah, I'm good. Do you have my papers?

Yes, I kept my word. It was ready, but the colonel's taken it.

- He wants to see you. - The colonel?

- The colonel took my passport? - Yes, he did.

Thanks.

How's the French coming along?

- Comme ci comme ¢a. - Well, you don't need much.

I am going to a funeral. Fine.

Je vais a un enterrement, something like that.

Well, the papers are good.

Hatch...

Remember to take your identity tag when you go.

We don't want you shot as a spy, do we?

No. I don't want to be shot as anything.

Au revoir.

He's on his way, sir.

Good.

Enter.

Hatch.

- Hello. - Sit down.

- Cup of tea? - Yes, please.

Tea?

Beautiful.

God knows what the fellow will do in civilian life.

Make his own pound notes and share certificates, I shouldn't think.

Are you ready?

- Pretty near. - Anything else we can do for you?

No. I just want to thank you all for helping out.

Well, don't thank us, old boy. It's a team effort.

What pyrie means is that nowadays the Germans are up to all their tricks.

It's almost impossible to escape without help.

Helping one another is the most important part of the whole thing.

How would you like to do something to help us, hatch?

Provided, of course, that you get out.

Which way were you planning to go?

To Lyon, near the Swiss border.

Switzerland?

I suppose you hadn't thought of going via Paris, had you?

No. Paris? No, sir.

I think you'd find it easier.

They wouldn't expect you to go that way.

But I'm still in occupied territory. Where do I go from there?

We could supply you with contacts, names, and safe houses.

You'd be well looked after.

No, thanks. But I want to thank you all for your concern.

But I'm really not planning on seeing Paris until after the war.

Why, colonel?

We want you to contact the resistance for us.

What?

And arrange the escape of the football team.

Colby's escape?

All of them. The whole team.

This match is a propaganda stunt for the Germans.

It's a wonderful opportunity for us.

But why send me?

The French may have thought of all this themselves.

Indeed they may, but then again, they may not.

We have to get word to them somehow.

What do you want me to do?

Find out if an escape is feasible.

- Ask them to try it. - If they won't?

They won't.

But they'd help you to get to Spain or Switzerland.

I suppose I could do that.

Wonderful.

- Thank you. - I'll go over the details with you tonight.

He'll have to know you're going, but not why.

I really don't believe this.

What?

This frigging game is wrecking my life.

Sir.

Good luck.

Here we go again. All in the shower. Come on guys.

- Nice and warm. - Keep moving.

Red cross.

- Good? - Good.

- Put a towel on. - Give us a bit of soap, there.

- Not like that. - Unbelievable.

All the best, hatch.

Hope he makes it.

- Stay close to it. - Easy. Take it easy.

Lights out.

Lights out.

Mister...

The answer is no.

That's what I figured.

We do not know where they would stay in Paris...

And I do not want a battle in the streets.

The Germans will have a whole battalion, at least, at the colombes stadium.

What'd he say?

There were sewers there, sewers going into the seine.

It's covered over now.

Who knows.

We will have a look. Okay? Bonsoir.

What am I supposed to do?

You will stay with Renee, please.

The house is safe. Okay? Goodbye.

Thanks. No. Merci.

Look, lady, I just said thanks. No offense.

We are both on the same side, aren't we?

Please.

Well, I just wanted to talk.

It's been a long time since I've talked to a woman.

Do you understand what I'm saying? Parlez-vous english?

I understand you very well.

Good. Then why don't you sit down, and we'll talk.

Hatch. My friends call me hatch.

No.

You don't want to be my friend?

I didn't want to hear your name.

And now that I do, I don't want to hear anything else about you.

The less I know, the better it is for you.

And for you?

And for me, too.

My being here has put you and your friends in a tough spot.

- Is that why you're mad? - I'm not mad.

But being in a tough spot, as you call it, is where I choose to be.

How do you feel about me being here?

How do I feel?

I feel responsible, hopeful.

When I get word that someone I sheltered is safe, then I'm happy.

I can forget them.

But when I hear that they've been caught or killed...

Then I remember everything.

I remember their face, their voices...

What they said about their parents, their child, their pets...

And I mourn for them.

I don't want to mourn for you.

Well, you're safe with me, Renee.

How?

Well, I'm an orphan, a bastard.

I have no parents, no money. I'm not married.

No children. I don't even have a pet.

And anything I might say in my sleep to the contrary can't be held against me.

Do you live here alone?

No.

Are you married?

He got killed, the first week of the war.

Sorry.

Who do you live with?

Now with francois.

Is that your boyfriend?

It's late. I'll have him move out of his room so you can sleep there.

Wait.

You don't have to get francois up.

I don't want to cause any trouble. I can sleep here on the couch.

My son, francois.

- Easy, Jerry. - Careful.

Shit.

The American's escape has put me in a very bad position...

With the kommandant and the high command.

Hatch's escape had nothing to do with my team.

That was his own idea.

Your men covered for him.

What would you expect them to do?

What would you do?

I want your word, Colby, that there'll be no attempt to escape from the team.

Scout's honor.

The idea of the match was a friendly.

That was the idea.

I want your word.

I can't give it to you.

You will all be very closely guarded.

All right.

And down the sewer here we discovered a foundation pipe of the stadium.

Sounds good to me.

But...

We must make sure which one it is.

We have to find the original plans.

We think the best chance to escape...

Will be from the visitors' dressing room.

Maybe they'll be left alone at halftime.

Maybe...

But we can run into a concrete wall. Anything can happen.

You will have to go back.

What?

To the camp...

To tell them.

The team.

They must know that we'll be there.

It took me a year to get out of there.

We need a contact.

Colby must know, and also your colonel.

That's not my problem.

You believe that?

Look, I don't know what to believe.

I don't. I mean...

What am I supposed to do? Break back into the camp?

No. You get captured.

Get captured?

All right, suppose I get captured...

And then they send me to the wrong prisoner camp. What about that?

- No. - What about that?

The Germans will take you to the same place again...

To show the other prisoners that you are not a success.

You got all the answers, don't you?

Yes.

Mister, you will leave tomorrow.

- Tomorrow? - Yes, tomorrow.

This frigging soccer game.

I'll leave you my papers.

They're pretty good.

I'm sure somebody will be able to use them.

All right?

Well, he's back.

Thank you.

- Well done. - Well done, old boy.

Come on.

March!

So our hatch knows his mythology.

What does it mean?

Mercury.

Messenger of the gods.

No flies on rosey.

News?

How do we find out what it is?

Good question.

We sent him to Paris on your behalf.

Yours and the team's.

Colonel, I don't know what you're talking about.

We sent him to Paris to arrange your escape.

- Hatch did that for you? - No.

- For you. - Well, we could argue about that.

Why didn't you tell me?

No point, really, unless he managed to arrange something.

He appears to have been successful.

The snag is he can't tell us.

He's gonna be in the cooler till after the match.

Then you'll just have to get him out of there, won't you?

Excuse me.

I have a training session.

Just a minute. Colby...

I know you wanted to play for the sake of those eastern Europeans.

I admire you for it.

But you and I both know that you risk a court martial for this after the war.

What have you accomplished?

Given them a couple of weeks of life.

And what is going to happen to them after your match is over?

For the same reason that you wanted to play, you must escape...

If you can.

What can I do?

I can't get him out of there.

Now hatch is officially your trainer, isn't he?

Von steiner and the camp kommandant won't buy that one.

I have to think of something else.

All letters must be posted by midday's end.

Crazy yank.

All letters must be posted by midday's end.

You, colonel waldron and major Rose...

Will travel to Paris along with other senior officers from various camps...

To represent your countries.

I won't do it.

You have no choice.

Then I'll travel...

But I won't represent anything.

You will be seen.

The team...

Will be ready to travel at midday on Thursday.

Further arrangements will be announced later.

One of my men is in the punishment block...

In solitary.

I can give you a trainer. You don't need him.

Hatch is my goalkeeper.

The American? No.

Tony Lewis is your goalkeeper.

He's broken his arm.

When did this happen?

This morning.

Put someone else in goal.

Hatch is my best man.

I thought the idea was to give us a chance.

This is the idea.

If the camp doctor verifies this broken arm...

You may have the American.

Thank you.

Well, Tony?

Try and make it a clean break, will you?

I'll try.

I won't even get to see the game, will I?

Sit on the bed.

Put your arm between those two.

Okay.

- Are you going to put those signs up? - Yes sir.

Which team is the home team?

Germany is the home team, don't you agree, Von steiner?

Politically? Historically?

I'd rather not make that decision.

Was this room for the home team, or the visitors?

The visitors.

Then the prisoners should be in here. We'll take the other.

I will need soldiers outside the windows and at the door.

- Is the other room like this one? - Yes sir.

Good.

Colby, I don't know how to play this game, so...

Where do I stand for the corner kick?

What?

I said, I'm not very good at the game. Where do I stand for a corner kick?

Go to sleep, hatch.

Too many people in one place.

For security, this is madness.

It's all madness.

We will win?

We should. We are very strong, but...

Players can get injured...

The referee can make mistakes...

Oh, this referee is very good.

He will make no mistakes.

We can't do that. I have given my word.

Karl, we cannot afford to take a chance. We must win.

- You all right, Arthur? - Yes, a blister.

You'll walk.

Yes, I've had a blister before.

Colby?

What?

Where do I stand for a corner kick?

The far post, facing the ball.

Thanks. For a while, I thought you were keeping it a secret.

So a hearty welcome to all our listeners in england.

There are just a few minutes to go before the kickoff of this historic match.

This great crowd of about 50,000 really has something to look forward to...

During the next 90 minutes.

To insure fair play and good sportsmanship...

The German organizers have picked a neutral to referee the match.

And he is now ready...

- For the toss of the coin. - Heads.

The winner will have his choice of kicking off or defending.

But will most probably choose to play towards the east goal...

With the wind in his favor.

And the allies will kick off this great event.

Well, I tell you, years from now, men will say of this game;

"did it happen?"

Well, I tell you in the listening audience, today, it is happening.

We're all witness to an occasion long to be remembered.

Not just propaganda, as some would say...

But as a magnificent sporting spectacle.

Hatch.

Hatch. Halftime.

All right. Thanks.

What'd he say?

All right, it's on for halftime.

Here's to victory.

Come on. Look alive.

Let's go. Let's play ball.

Play hard.

Let's play hard.

Harmor kicks off for the allies...

And the game has begun.

You'd have a job getting...

22 better players than are out there on the pitch right now.

The allies are playing it very cool.

They make a pass to the...

And balls of Denmark makes it deep and shoots.

Very close.

The ball is back in play by schmidt, Germany's legendary goalkeeper.

Reinhart to Becker...

To baumann, number 4...

Forward now to Brandt...

Back to Albrecht, number 11.

Albrecht out to the left.

He beats number 4.

- Watch him. - Watch my back. Watch my back.

Watch it, hatch.

- Here's your corner kick, hatch. - Yeah.

- The guy drove me out. - Get back on that far post.

To the right.

Watch him back there. Watch him.

Watch him. Watch him there.

Come on, lads, eye on the ball. Come on.

- Pick him up now. Pick him up. - Come on, guys.

- Heads up. - I got it.

And it's a goal.

Germany 1, the allies nil.

And listen to that applause.

The crowd is going wild.

Take it easy. You're as tight as a drum.

- Just give me till halftime, Colby. - Don't let them pull you off your line.

That's a foul!

Watch him.

Come on. Stick with it. That's it.

That's it. Come on.

Referee, look at this.

Get it out.

Watch him back there. Watch him.

Might as well play the ball. Let's go.

Germany 2, allies nil.

Come on, hatch. Don't worry about it.

Come out, hatch. Step on it!

Don't lose your temper. It's okay.

Everyone, out. Go! Out!

Come on, guys. Here.

- Come on, keep going. - Come on, beat him to it.

Come on. Nice shot.

Come on.

Penalty area.

The referee will probably call a penalty kick. And he does.

This is the fella here. This is the one.

I'll calm my team down, if they'll calm down!

The referee trying to settle them down, and the call will remain.

And it'll be a penalty kick, one-on-one.

Hatch, the goalkeeper...

He'll have to be on his line, that's 12 yards away.

He's not allowed to move until the ball has been struck.

Yes, indeed. Germany's great baumann will take the kick.

Goal! He sends the ball past hatch.

And it's 3 to 0 in favor of Germany.

The allies kick off again. It's Rey.

Rey to Fernandez. Fernandez back to Rey.

And we have seen some very good football.

Very fortunate for us, indeed, considering that...

There are no international games being played now.

Baumann makes a beautiful tackle.

Dispossesses him, and the Germans are again on the attack.

Come on. Close him down.

Watch your back.

I'll get it.

It's good.

Goal for the Germans.

4-0.

Stay on the bloody line, I told you!

I missed.

I said, stay on the line and narrow the angle down.

When they come in, narrow the angle.

Get up.

Watch it, hatch.

We'll play 10 men. I'll go forward, you cover left back.

This isn't going to be easy.

We've taken enough, mates. Let's get them.

The allies are playing with 10 men.

Interesting, because Colby has chosen to give this advantage to the Germans.

In the middle.

Keep going. There you go. Come on.

My ball!

Referee, look at...

Keep playing, lads.

4-1 and less than a minute to go to the halftime.

This kind of action takes me back to the world cup of '38...

Played right here in colombes stadium in Paris.

The end of 45 minutes of play.

And it's been a brilliant first half.

I don't know about you, but I can say for myself...

Well done, lads.

Well, hatch, we got you to halftime.

Let's see.

Fantastic, Terry. At least we put up a...

- We scored a goal. - Yeah?

- Who scored? - Terry scored a goal.

Fantastic. What's the score?

4-1 but at least we scored a goal, one goal.

We're doing good. It's gonna be all right.

- You must beat them in the second. - You're right.

Way to go, guys.

- We must beat them. - Come on.

What's happening?

All right, we're getting out of here.

How?

Our escape has been arranged all the way to the seine river.

Once we get on the other side, we're gonna blow the tunnel.

There's a boat waiting for us, and in one hour we'll be in the country.

All right?

You take the lead. I'll bring up the rear.

Okay. Get Luis and pieter.

- I don't want to go. - Just shut up and get in there.

We can beat them.

Bring pieter over.

Hatch, we've still got a chance.

- Chance, my ass. Move. - Come on, lads.

Yeah, but, hatch, don't you see?

You guys crazy or something? You have no chance.

Don't you understand? No chance.

- Get pieter ready next. - They were lucky.

- Them and the bloody ref. - I can't believe you guys.

You're a bunch of goddamn maniacs.

- Hey. - Easy.

Come on, let's go.

- Let's get the hell outta here. - Come on. Hurry.

I don't want to go. Let's go back. We can win this.

- Who said that? - I did.

It's not like we're being slaughtered, skipper.

What do you mean, we can win?

- Wait a minute. - Colby, we're losing time.

You mean, you'd go back and play the second half?

Let's move. We only got a few minutes.

Yes, but we could win this.

You can't win with me in the goal!

Of course, we can. He's not a bad goalie, is he?

What's the matter with you? You want to go back to prison?

- Come back, we need you. - That's right.

You guys do as you want, but I'm leaving.

- You're quitting. - I ain't going back to prison.

- You've got to come back. If you... - Forget it, Colby.

- I waited too long to get out. - If you don't come back, we can't go.

Hatch, if you go, we've all got to go with you.

- Hatch. - We can't go back without the goalie.

- It's you, hatch. - Hatch.

Please, hatch.

That game means a lot to us.

You know that.

You must go back.

- Hatch, let's go. - Please.

We can win.

- Come on. - Hatch...

If we run now, we lose more than a game.

Please, hatch.

- Good luck. - Good luck.

Come on, lads. Let's get at them.

- Shoot! - Takes it and shoots.

The allies are playing above themselves.

Throwing everything into a desperate attack.

Very quickly the allies have come back with a goal.

And it's 4-2.

Go on, rush him!

Right, tackle.

Fifteen minutes remaining of this incredible game...

And you won't see many better than this.

A marvelous game.

We anticipated it, and so far, it's a sizzler.

The Germans are in top form.

Get lost!

- Get me in there. - Break fast.

The goal has been disallowed. No goal.

The goal has been disallowed.

What do you mean, no goal?

It's in there.

That's a bloody lie!

Well, that's a bloody lie! Come on. No bloody way.

This game has had all the drama.

An equalizing goal now not allowed...

So the allies are still behind 3 goals to 4.

I want to play.

- You can't play like that. - I feel good. I feel better.

- I must play. - Ref, he's coming back on.

Okay.

Into the football festival and only four minutes remaining.

- All right, let's go. - Four very crucial minutes.

The Germans are powerful and very strong.

Strike it wide.

So we're ready to pick up where we left off in the action.

Very good, keep going.

And schmidt, one of the best goalkeepers in the world...

Showing us again that he's not lost any of his skills.

About a minute remaining.

Schmidt left foots it down the field.

The Germans have a lovely ball.

It's baumann. Baumann is...

Brought down in the penalty area.

The referee responds and rightfully so.

A deliberate foul by Rey as the clock runs out.

And the penalty collects.

And at the very end of the game, they've resorted to fouling.

What a sad way to end this game.

This is not fair.

Come on, hatch. Come on.