1 00:03:56,503 --> 00:03:58,458 Welcome to Colditz! 2 00:03:59,668 --> 00:04:02,580 Forgive us for not coming down to the station to meet you. 3 00:04:02,711 --> 00:04:04,575 We were unavoidably detained. 4 00:04:04,710 --> 00:04:06,416 I'm Harry Tyler - late Oflag 9A. 5 00:04:06,543 --> 00:04:09,376 Pat Reid. This is McGill. 6 00:04:09,501 --> 00:04:10,992 Black Watch. Glad to know you. 7 00:04:11,127 --> 00:04:13,413 Jimmy Winslow, also late Oflag 9A. 8 00:04:13,543 --> 00:04:14,703 - Hello. - Hello. 9 00:04:14,836 --> 00:04:18,874 We're from Oflag 7C, via the Swiss frontier. 10 00:04:19,002 --> 00:04:21,039 Oh, hard luck. Well, we didn't even get that far. 11 00:04:21,169 --> 00:04:24,285 We woke in a haystack outside Dresden with a pitchfork through our pants! 12 00:04:24,418 --> 00:04:26,079 I'll get a cigarette. 13 00:04:30,877 --> 00:04:33,368 He got shot down over Abbeville the day he got engaged. 14 00:04:33,502 --> 00:04:34,959 T ough luck. 15 00:04:35,086 --> 00:04:37,576 - How long have you been here? - We got here late last night. 16 00:04:37,710 --> 00:04:38,916 What is this place? 17 00:04:39,043 --> 00:04:42,240 Well, I wouldn't know beyond the fact that it's called Colditz. 18 00:04:43,627 --> 00:04:46,414 Funny set-up, isn't it? 19 00:04:46,543 --> 00:04:48,407 What were all those faces at the windows? 20 00:04:48,542 --> 00:04:50,373 Poles, here since the fall of Poland. 21 00:04:50,502 --> 00:04:52,868 Yes, we four are the only British here. 22 00:04:53,002 --> 00:04:55,163 Obviously all the other camps are crowded out. 23 00:04:55,293 --> 00:04:58,660 Oh, come off it, Harry. Crowded out, my foot! 24 00:04:58,793 --> 00:05:01,408 - We're here for something special. - Oh, shut up, Jimmy! 25 00:05:01,542 --> 00:05:03,407 Why should l? 26 00:05:03,542 --> 00:05:06,740 I don't like it. These fellows have got to know sometime. 27 00:05:06,877 --> 00:05:08,242 They might as well know now. 28 00:05:09,584 --> 00:05:11,917 They took us out this morning, the two of us, 29 00:05:12,043 --> 00:05:14,910 and they marched us down the hill and stood us up against a rock, 30 00:05:15,043 --> 00:05:18,035 and they said, "Turn around", and there they were. 31 00:05:18,168 --> 00:05:20,624 All standing in a row, their rifles pointing at our chests, 32 00:05:20,751 --> 00:05:22,242 just like a firing squad. 33 00:05:22,376 --> 00:05:23,662 It was a joke. 34 00:05:23,793 --> 00:05:25,909 Yes, a joke. I nearly split my sides laughing. 35 00:05:26,043 --> 00:05:27,873 We were taken out there for exercise. 36 00:05:28,002 --> 00:05:29,913 That was this morning. What about tomorrow? 37 00:05:30,043 --> 00:05:32,534 What about the morning when the joke isn't funny anymore? 38 00:05:55,293 --> 00:05:57,830 Tyler, Captain, Brigade of Guards. 39 00:06:00,959 --> 00:06:03,952 - Er... Reid. - McGill, Winslow. 40 00:06:17,710 --> 00:06:18,949 Parlez-vous Francais? 41 00:06:19,084 --> 00:06:21,746 Francais? Mais oui! Certainement! Et vous aussi? 42 00:06:22,751 --> 00:06:24,083 Oui, un peu. 43 00:06:31,792 --> 00:06:33,249 Tres petit peu, i ndeed. 44 00:06:34,334 --> 00:06:35,574 Pardon? 45 00:06:35,709 --> 00:06:38,042 Doesn 't somebody rou nd here speak English? 46 00:06:38,167 --> 00:06:39,953 Yes, I speak English! 47 00:06:40,084 --> 00:06:43,077 I have stayed before the war in Nottingham. 48 00:06:43,210 --> 00:06:45,666 Good egg. Know the Black Boy? 49 00:06:45,792 --> 00:06:48,454 Please? No. My aunt, she live in Nottingham. 50 00:06:48,584 --> 00:06:51,951 She marry with a Nottinghamshire man. 51 00:06:52,084 --> 00:06:54,917 The Black Boy? I'm sorry, but I don't know him. 52 00:06:55,043 --> 00:06:58,114 Well, it's er... It's an inn. 53 00:06:58,251 --> 00:07:00,367 Yes, you know, a hotel, cafe. 54 00:07:00,501 --> 00:07:02,662 Ah, a pub! 55 00:07:02,792 --> 00:07:07,365 No, alas. My aunt, she does not crawl the pubs. 56 00:07:07,501 --> 00:07:08,958 How many of you are there? 57 00:07:09,085 --> 00:07:10,995 One hundred twenty one. 58 00:07:11,126 --> 00:07:13,082 Yes, and how many when you came? 59 00:07:13,209 --> 00:07:15,825 - One hundred twenty one. - Well, that's a relief. 60 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,449 - You mean the Germans haven't... - Haven't eaten any of you? 61 00:07:18,584 --> 00:07:20,415 Eaten us? 62 00:07:20,542 --> 00:07:24,409 What is it that you say in Nottingham? No bloody fear! 63 00:07:29,168 --> 00:07:32,034 Er... how did you get in here? 64 00:07:35,293 --> 00:07:38,125 - We walk! - Well... through keyholes? 65 00:07:38,251 --> 00:07:40,833 - What? - Through locked... Iocked doors? 66 00:07:40,959 --> 00:07:43,325 Ah, locked doors, yes. We open them! 67 00:07:43,458 --> 00:07:46,826 We open everything. We open even bottles! 68 00:08:12,709 --> 00:08:13,949 Who is the senior? 69 00:08:16,292 --> 00:08:19,830 You, Hauptmann Tyler, have the longest been here. 70 00:08:19,959 --> 00:08:21,789 There is too much noise. 71 00:08:21,916 --> 00:08:24,329 Oh, I'm sorry, We were laughing. 72 00:08:24,458 --> 00:08:26,871 Ah, laughing? 73 00:08:27,001 --> 00:08:29,333 Oh, I see, you have the British humour. 74 00:08:29,458 --> 00:08:31,791 Well, Englishmen will laugh at anything. 75 00:08:31,917 --> 00:08:33,953 But mostly they laugh at nothing. 76 00:08:34,084 --> 00:08:36,449 Here you will not laugh for long. 77 00:08:36,583 --> 00:08:40,406 Here you will remain until the war is won... by Germany. 78 00:08:40,542 --> 00:08:43,284 There will be no escape, unless you wish to die. 79 00:08:44,375 --> 00:08:46,583 Now you can laugh if you wish. 80 00:09:41,041 --> 00:09:45,160 - All change for Piccadilly! - What's the hurry? 81 00:10:07,500 --> 00:10:09,161 A lovely spot, Richard, old boy. 82 00:10:09,292 --> 00:10:10,906 Reminds me of my early days at Caterham. 83 00:10:12,208 --> 00:10:14,665 Look, don't shout, you self-inflated little man. 84 00:10:14,791 --> 00:10:18,158 Oh, do shut up, Robin. These jokers are not the chaps we've been used to. 85 00:10:19,624 --> 00:10:21,911 Our kit is in the front of the lorry, my dear chap. 86 00:10:22,041 --> 00:10:24,249 You'd better fetch it. It will make life much easier. 87 00:10:29,833 --> 00:10:30,912 Who's that old fool? 88 00:10:31,041 --> 00:10:32,747 I don't know. He's got a nerve. 89 00:10:32,875 --> 00:10:34,831 - Is that the lot, Bates? - Just one more, sir. 90 00:10:34,958 --> 00:10:36,324 He's got a servant, too. 91 00:10:38,499 --> 00:10:41,242 - Colonel Richmond? - Yes, that's me. 92 00:10:41,374 --> 00:10:44,537 The Kommandant wishes to see you. Will you please follow me? 93 00:10:49,083 --> 00:10:52,654 - Now where's he going? - Off to speak to Matron, I imagine. 94 00:10:52,791 --> 00:10:55,077 - What's his regiment, old boy? - I don't know. 95 00:10:55,208 --> 00:10:56,913 - I bet it's NAAFl. - Come. 96 00:10:57,040 --> 00:11:00,453 - There's the kit, you ugly brute. - Good! 97 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,081 Be seated, Colonel Richmond. 98 00:11:17,208 --> 00:11:19,995 I prefer to stand. 99 00:11:20,125 --> 00:11:22,911 Your journey has been trying, all the way from Spangeburg. 100 00:11:23,040 --> 00:11:26,283 I'm afraid trains in any country are not at their best in wartime. 101 00:11:26,415 --> 00:11:28,997 - Cigarette? - No, thanks. 102 00:11:29,124 --> 00:11:31,456 Oh, I see. You do not smoke. 103 00:11:31,582 --> 00:11:33,824 Now, Colonel Richmond, let us talk as man to man. 104 00:11:33,958 --> 00:11:36,290 If you insist. 105 00:11:36,415 --> 00:11:40,454 As you no doubt will have guessed, I'm the Kommandant of Colditz Castle. 106 00:11:40,582 --> 00:11:43,245 Colditz is a prisoner of war camp, recently set up 107 00:11:43,374 --> 00:11:45,286 to accommodate all those prisoners of war 108 00:11:45,415 --> 00:11:48,782 who, like yourself, have been so foolish as to try escaping 109 00:11:48,915 --> 00:11:51,748 from the various Oflags throughout the German Reich. 110 00:11:51,874 --> 00:11:56,368 You have been blacklisted, all of you, as enemies of Germany. 111 00:11:56,499 --> 00:11:58,785 And most of you no doubt would have been shot by now 112 00:11:58,916 --> 00:12:01,702 if Germany did not respect the Geneva Convention. 113 00:12:02,999 --> 00:12:07,289 So, in here you will find Poles, and Dutch, 114 00:12:07,415 --> 00:12:09,531 and French, besides you British, 115 00:12:09,665 --> 00:12:11,327 all of whom have let themselves be bitten 116 00:12:11,457 --> 00:12:14,745 by this imbecile escaping bug. 117 00:12:14,874 --> 00:12:18,366 I was a prisoner of war myself between 1 91 6 and 1 91 8, 118 00:12:18,499 --> 00:12:20,410 so I know what I'm talking of. 119 00:12:20,540 --> 00:12:21,996 Near Edinburgh. 120 00:12:22,124 --> 00:12:24,490 - Do you know Edinburgh? - Not well. 121 00:12:24,624 --> 00:12:27,037 - It is in Scotland. - So I believe. 122 00:12:27,957 --> 00:12:30,414 All right, Colonel Richmond. 123 00:12:30,540 --> 00:12:33,532 As senior among the British, I have sent for you to warn you 124 00:12:33,664 --> 00:12:35,621 that out of Colditz there will be no escaping. 125 00:12:36,915 --> 00:12:38,746 The safety of your officers is in your hands. 126 00:12:38,874 --> 00:12:42,321 The responsibility of those who guard you is in mine. 127 00:12:43,374 --> 00:12:45,115 Let me emphasise it once more - 128 00:12:45,250 --> 00:12:49,197 the sole reward for trying to escape from Colditz will be death! 129 00:12:49,331 --> 00:12:54,031 I will repeat these comments tomorrow morning to all prisoners on parade. 130 00:12:56,707 --> 00:12:58,368 I wish it to be understood 131 00:12:58,499 --> 00:13:00,489 that from this camp there will be no escapes. 132 00:13:06,581 --> 00:13:08,243 You all came to this camp as a punishment, 133 00:13:08,373 --> 00:13:11,662 because you have made attempts, repeated and unsuccessful attempts... 134 00:13:13,832 --> 00:13:17,450 ...to escape from other camps for prisoners of war. 135 00:13:17,582 --> 00:13:21,279 It might interest you to know 136 00:13:21,414 --> 00:13:25,283 that in the 1 91 4-1 91 8 war 137 00:13:25,414 --> 00:13:29,283 in which I also had the honour to serve my country 138 00:13:30,957 --> 00:13:33,039 This castle has been used as a prisoner of war camp. 139 00:13:35,707 --> 00:13:40,121 From here there were no escapes! 140 00:13:40,249 --> 00:13:42,786 There will be no escapes in this war either. 141 00:13:48,331 --> 00:13:51,290 Hauptmann Priem and his security force are constantly amongst you 142 00:13:51,414 --> 00:13:52,699 and on the watch. 143 00:13:52,831 --> 00:13:54,242 I warn you, 144 00:13:54,373 --> 00:13:57,332 he has had much experience in other camps. 145 00:14:02,249 --> 00:14:04,113 Attempting to escape is forbidden. 146 00:14:14,915 --> 00:14:18,657 Any officer attempting to escape will be shot. 147 00:14:44,081 --> 00:14:45,787 - What's your name? - Reid, sir. 148 00:14:45,914 --> 00:14:48,621 - Reid? Ah, yes. And yours? - McGill, sir. 149 00:14:48,749 --> 00:14:51,706 You're both old boys, I think. Tell me, what's it like in here? 150 00:14:51,831 --> 00:14:53,696 I don't know, sir. We only came in last night. 151 00:14:53,831 --> 00:14:56,038 We were picked up on the Swiss frontier. 152 00:14:56,164 --> 00:14:58,746 Pity. Still, it's goodbye to all that now, isn't it? 153 00:14:59,623 --> 00:15:02,580 - Goodbye to all that, sir? - You heard what the Kommandant said. 154 00:15:02,706 --> 00:15:05,038 He said escaping is verboten, didn't he? 155 00:15:08,831 --> 00:15:11,117 Silly old woman. Ought to be repatriated. 156 00:15:11,248 --> 00:15:12,829 Who'd want him? 157 00:15:12,956 --> 00:15:15,446 I'll bet he lives in a bath chair in Cheltenham. 158 00:15:15,580 --> 00:15:17,366 "He said escaping was verboten, didn't he?" 159 00:15:19,373 --> 00:15:21,704 I don't know what verboten means, do you? 160 00:15:21,831 --> 00:15:23,867 I haven't a clue. 161 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:57,076 Hey. Emperor Franz Joseph, ja? 162 00:15:57,206 --> 00:15:59,037 Yes... ja, ja. 163 00:16:08,289 --> 00:16:12,157 'The British, the French at 1 1 : 1 5, 164 00:16:12,290 --> 00:16:15,201 'the Dutch at 1 1 :30 165 00:16:15,330 --> 00:16:18,038 'the Poles at 1 1 :45. 166 00:16:18,164 --> 00:16:19,495 'Attention! 167 00:16:19,623 --> 00:16:22,285 'The following officer will attend a medical inspection 168 00:16:22,413 --> 00:16:26,611 'reporting here at 1 4:50...' 169 00:16:38,372 --> 00:16:41,160 You see that manhole cover over there, half left? 170 00:16:41,289 --> 00:16:42,698 Yes. It's bolted down. 171 00:16:42,831 --> 00:16:44,662 Because Jerry doesn't want us to lift it up. 172 00:16:46,205 --> 00:16:47,445 And I'll tell you why. 173 00:16:47,580 --> 00:16:50,778 The funny thing about that dame was that she always threw you out about six. 174 00:16:50,914 --> 00:16:53,404 Taxis don't exactly grow on trees in that district, do they? 175 00:16:53,538 --> 00:16:55,154 No. 176 00:16:58,872 --> 00:17:00,453 I bet you under that manhole 177 00:17:00,580 --> 00:17:02,696 there might be some juicy drains leading somewhere. 178 00:17:02,831 --> 00:17:04,491 What, outside the castle? Not a hope. 179 00:17:04,623 --> 00:17:06,533 Still, it's worth a snoop, isn't it? 180 00:17:06,663 --> 00:17:10,485 - OK, Pat, I'm with you. - Hmm, not now. Tonight, eh? 181 00:17:19,455 --> 00:17:21,321 Sack. 182 00:17:26,413 --> 00:17:29,030 'The German dentist will be available 183 00:17:29,164 --> 00:17:32,860 'to give treatment on Wednesday the 1 7th. 184 00:17:32,997 --> 00:17:35,910 'Any officer requiring treatment 185 00:17:36,039 --> 00:17:41,078 'will hand his name to the adjutant of each contingent.' 186 00:18:04,163 --> 00:18:07,655 All right, all right! Give me time. It's dark in here! 187 00:18:07,788 --> 00:18:10,120 OK, room for one more. 188 00:18:10,247 --> 00:18:12,533 Come on, come on, give it here. 189 00:18:14,663 --> 00:18:16,870 What are you doing, Lieutenant McGill? 190 00:18:16,997 --> 00:18:19,033 Playing squirrels? 191 00:18:27,205 --> 00:18:28,741 What's up, Mac? 192 00:18:28,872 --> 00:18:30,783 Calls himself a stooge! 193 00:18:30,913 --> 00:18:33,279 Showed him up like a ruddy butler! 194 00:18:35,330 --> 00:18:37,411 That's worth ten days in solitary, I should think. 195 00:18:37,537 --> 00:18:39,449 Oh, he won't go to solitary. 196 00:18:39,580 --> 00:18:42,571 There's five to a cell, and a month's waiting list, I hear. 197 00:18:42,704 --> 00:18:45,321 If we get caught tonight, we'll have to take our turn in the queue. 198 00:18:45,454 --> 00:18:48,491 - Unless we have a good stooge. - Hmm. 199 00:18:48,621 --> 00:18:50,532 What about old Jeeves here? 200 00:19:09,871 --> 00:19:13,490 Off you go. You've got four minutes before they come back. 201 00:20:02,912 --> 00:20:05,655 Blasted frogs! 202 00:20:10,997 --> 00:20:12,952 May I help you? 203 00:20:13,079 --> 00:20:15,161 - My name's Reid. - Capitaine La Tour, enchante. 204 00:20:15,288 --> 00:20:18,450 How do you do? Where can I find Captain Chambert? 205 00:20:18,579 --> 00:20:21,776 He is up before the Kommandant this morning, so I understand. 206 00:20:21,912 --> 00:20:23,949 - Serves him right. - Pardon? 207 00:20:24,080 --> 00:20:26,661 I said, "Serves him right." Silly basket! 208 00:20:26,787 --> 00:20:29,073 Kicking the roof down last night. He ruined everything. 209 00:20:29,205 --> 00:20:31,070 What did he ruin but your sleep? 210 00:20:31,205 --> 00:20:33,866 Look, we had something on last night. 211 00:20:33,996 --> 00:20:35,861 Your precious Captain Chambert wrecked that 212 00:20:35,996 --> 00:20:38,113 and damn nearly got himself killed into the bargain. 213 00:20:38,247 --> 00:20:39,827 I see. I'm sorry. 214 00:20:39,954 --> 00:20:41,694 But why do you blame le Capitaine Chambert? 215 00:20:41,829 --> 00:20:44,037 Well, he never told us what he was up to. 216 00:20:44,163 --> 00:20:47,484 - Did you tell him? - No, but ours wasn't just a crazy idea. 217 00:20:47,621 --> 00:20:51,114 - That is a matter of opinion. - Well, that's my opinion. 218 00:20:51,246 --> 00:20:54,909 - And I hope you've nothing on tonight. - Perhaps. Who knows? 219 00:20:55,037 --> 00:20:58,733 That is our affair, in my opinion. 220 00:20:58,871 --> 00:21:01,613 There are others in the camp besides the British, Captain Reid. 221 00:21:01,746 --> 00:21:03,657 You're telling me! 222 00:21:08,121 --> 00:21:10,736 Come in. 223 00:21:12,246 --> 00:21:14,578 - Good morning, sir. - Yes, Reid? 224 00:21:14,704 --> 00:21:16,241 I'm fed up, sir. 225 00:21:16,371 --> 00:21:18,111 Yes, so am l. 226 00:21:19,162 --> 00:21:21,778 I collected these fellows yesterday on exercise. 227 00:21:22,787 --> 00:21:25,278 I'm not quite sure if they're going to live. 228 00:21:27,162 --> 00:21:28,823 You know we had something on last night? 229 00:21:28,954 --> 00:21:30,990 Yes, I did hear something going on. 230 00:21:31,121 --> 00:21:33,203 Well, these blasted Frenchmen messed it up. 231 00:21:33,328 --> 00:21:35,285 Indeed? How did they manage to do that? 232 00:21:35,412 --> 00:21:38,653 - They had someone on the roof, sir. - What was he doing there? 233 00:21:39,661 --> 00:21:41,653 Escaping, sir... or trying to. 234 00:21:43,620 --> 00:21:45,360 Oh... and what are you fed up about? 235 00:21:45,495 --> 00:21:47,703 Well, why couldn't he have warned us he was trying...? 236 00:21:47,829 --> 00:21:50,320 - Did you warn him? - What of, sir? 237 00:21:50,453 --> 00:21:52,535 Well, did you warn him you'd got something on? 238 00:21:52,661 --> 00:21:55,369 Well, of course not, sir. Tell a lot of gabby Frenchmen...? 239 00:21:55,496 --> 00:21:58,817 Then you mustn't blame the French if they think that way, too. 240 00:21:58,954 --> 00:22:02,196 Perhaps they need a stimulant. I know I do. 241 00:22:05,411 --> 00:22:07,118 Yes, sir. 242 00:22:15,079 --> 00:22:16,614 Well, Pat? 243 00:22:17,495 --> 00:22:19,360 He says we should have warned them. 244 00:22:19,495 --> 00:22:21,360 Anybody would think he was a ruddy foreigner. 245 00:22:21,496 --> 00:22:22,985 Well, as far as I'm concerned he is. 246 00:22:23,120 --> 00:22:25,702 Just stood there watering a pair of seedy looking daisies. 247 00:22:25,829 --> 00:22:29,446 - What do you mean, daisies? - Look, Mac, Richmond's a wash-out. 248 00:22:29,578 --> 00:22:31,115 We'll have to do without him. 249 00:22:31,246 --> 00:22:32,952 Let's get the tunnel finished. 250 00:22:33,996 --> 00:22:35,485 That's a good idea. 251 00:22:35,620 --> 00:22:38,158 We'll try and get it finished by the end of the month. 252 00:22:43,620 --> 00:22:45,157 OK. 253 00:22:51,121 --> 00:22:52,907 All clear, Pat. 254 00:22:55,620 --> 00:22:58,532 - Right, chaps, all clear. - It's all right for some. 255 00:22:58,661 --> 00:23:01,733 - Aren't you happy in your work? - Don't worry, it's your turn next. 256 00:23:01,870 --> 00:23:04,907 What's the matter? You've only been down there a fortnight. 257 00:23:11,162 --> 00:23:13,118 Thanks, boy. 258 00:23:17,246 --> 00:23:20,532 If you were ordering dinner at the Savoy, now, tonight, 259 00:23:20,660 --> 00:23:21,946 what would you kick off with? 260 00:23:22,078 --> 00:23:24,034 - Who's paying? - I am. 261 00:23:25,037 --> 00:23:27,027 Smoked salmon 262 00:23:27,161 --> 00:23:29,197 and a little caviar. 263 00:23:29,327 --> 00:23:31,285 Egg mayonnaise. 264 00:23:39,702 --> 00:23:40,909 Get 'em out of there quick! 265 00:23:41,036 --> 00:23:42,947 Give us a hand! You all right, Dick? 266 00:23:43,078 --> 00:23:45,364 Right. Give us a hand. 267 00:23:45,495 --> 00:23:47,201 Up you come! 268 00:23:50,953 --> 00:23:54,741 - Jimmy! Jim! - Get out of it! 269 00:23:54,870 --> 00:23:57,907 Here, give us a hand here. You all right, Jimmy? 270 00:23:58,036 --> 00:23:59,992 Up you come. 271 00:24:04,995 --> 00:24:06,575 You British are saboteurs! 272 00:24:06,702 --> 00:24:09,570 We are one day away from freedom, and what do you do? 273 00:24:09,703 --> 00:24:11,409 - You blow us up! - Keep it quiet in there! 274 00:24:12,494 --> 00:24:16,362 - Cover up quick. Here come the goons. - Never mind about that. We've had it. 275 00:24:16,495 --> 00:24:19,816 Get out of it, boy! 276 00:24:24,078 --> 00:24:25,692 Gentlemen! 277 00:24:29,369 --> 00:24:32,282 This... This fat fool fell in on me! 278 00:24:32,410 --> 00:24:35,699 - Tunnelling over us! - Tunnelling over you! I like that! 279 00:24:35,828 --> 00:24:37,533 We have been there for two weeks. 280 00:24:37,660 --> 00:24:40,198 Weeks? We've been here for months. 281 00:24:40,327 --> 00:24:43,491 Nein! Two tunnels! 282 00:24:48,036 --> 00:24:50,447 You will forgive me, gentlemen, if I express myself strongly, 283 00:24:50,577 --> 00:24:53,649 but everything in this castle is in a darned awful mess. 284 00:24:53,785 --> 00:24:56,619 And what depresses and surprises me most of all 285 00:24:56,745 --> 00:24:59,030 is the appalling lack of co-operation between us 286 00:24:59,161 --> 00:25:01,322 on this most important subject of escape. 287 00:25:01,452 --> 00:25:04,740 There is no liaison. That is where we're at fault. 288 00:25:04,869 --> 00:25:07,282 That is why I have called this meeting tonight, 289 00:25:07,410 --> 00:25:11,232 to make a proposition to you, which I hope you will agree to. 290 00:25:11,369 --> 00:25:14,112 I propose that each of us four senior officers 291 00:25:14,245 --> 00:25:16,326 appoint one of our officers to be escape officer. 292 00:25:16,451 --> 00:25:19,615 His duties will be to consider any ideas and suggestions 293 00:25:19,744 --> 00:25:21,781 regarding any proposed escapes, 294 00:25:21,911 --> 00:25:24,697 and to liaise with his fellow escape officers 295 00:25:24,827 --> 00:25:27,660 with a view to avoiding any interference, 296 00:25:27,785 --> 00:25:29,490 intentional or unintentional, 297 00:25:29,619 --> 00:25:32,031 with any particular plan. 298 00:25:32,161 --> 00:25:34,868 In order to achieve this eminent and desirable state of affairs, 299 00:25:34,995 --> 00:25:38,236 it will be necessary to have a continuous and frank exchange of information. 300 00:25:38,369 --> 00:25:39,825 Anything less will be useless. 301 00:25:39,952 --> 00:25:43,364 That is why I asked each of you to bring one of your officers to this meeting. 302 00:25:43,494 --> 00:25:46,031 That is why l, myself, have brought along Captain Reid. 303 00:25:46,161 --> 00:25:48,072 - Now, Reid, do you accept the post? - Yes, sir. 304 00:25:48,203 --> 00:25:50,659 It's going to be hard work, hard going all the way. 305 00:25:50,785 --> 00:25:52,776 Hard knocks. No thanks from anyone. 306 00:25:52,910 --> 00:25:55,902 No guarantee of anything, but constant and repeated failures. 307 00:25:56,035 --> 00:25:58,993 Well, gentlemen, do you agree? 308 00:25:59,119 --> 00:26:00,780 Good. 309 00:26:00,911 --> 00:26:03,242 We agree, sir. 310 00:26:03,368 --> 00:26:05,360 Splendid. And you, sir? 311 00:26:07,577 --> 00:26:08,656 I do not agree. 312 00:26:10,869 --> 00:26:13,030 Oh. Indeed? Why? 313 00:26:13,161 --> 00:26:16,823 If one of us thinks of a plan to escape, it is in our head alone. 314 00:26:16,952 --> 00:26:20,490 Later, perhaps, we choose one, two, three companions whom we trust. 315 00:26:20,619 --> 00:26:23,326 Now it is now in those two, three, four heads - no more. 316 00:26:23,451 --> 00:26:25,864 But with your plan there are too many heads. 317 00:26:25,994 --> 00:26:28,030 First, we have to tell our escaping officer... 318 00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,867 I am prepared to trust the officer you appoint 319 00:26:30,994 --> 00:26:35,112 to keep his mouth shut as unquestioningly as I trust Pat Reid. 320 00:26:35,244 --> 00:26:36,279 Mais, mon Colonel. 321 00:26:36,409 --> 00:26:38,526 One of my officers, he thinks of an escape, 322 00:26:38,660 --> 00:26:41,526 a plan so admirable, so ingenious, so perfect... 323 00:26:41,659 --> 00:26:43,776 If he did, I'd say "Good luck" to him. 324 00:26:43,910 --> 00:26:46,981 But with your proposition... presto, the plan is no longer French. 325 00:26:47,119 --> 00:26:49,826 It is Dutch, and Polish, and British too. 326 00:26:49,952 --> 00:26:51,488 What happens then? 327 00:26:51,619 --> 00:26:54,156 The Dutch, the British, and the Poles, they take this plan, 328 00:26:54,285 --> 00:26:57,607 - so admirable, so ingenious, so... - And steal it from the French? 329 00:26:57,744 --> 00:27:00,610 Ah, non, I did not say they steal it, but perhaps they borrow it, 330 00:27:00,743 --> 00:27:03,076 as one borrows une allumette, a match. 331 00:27:03,202 --> 00:27:04,783 It is no use after it is struck. 332 00:27:04,910 --> 00:27:06,865 I think so too. 333 00:27:06,993 --> 00:27:10,031 All right. I'm sorry, Pat. There's only one thing for it. 334 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:11,570 Would you all agree to this? 335 00:27:11,702 --> 00:27:15,614 That no escaping officer be permitted to escape during his term of office? 336 00:27:15,743 --> 00:27:17,655 Ah, no, it is not possible. 337 00:27:17,785 --> 00:27:19,775 Who would take the post? 338 00:27:19,909 --> 00:27:21,649 Pat, you have my full permission to resign. 339 00:27:21,784 --> 00:27:24,572 - I'll keep it, sir. - Well, gentlemen... 340 00:27:34,784 --> 00:27:36,399 Morning. 341 00:27:40,244 --> 00:27:42,235 Give me the usual, Dickie, will you? 342 00:27:44,409 --> 00:27:46,821 - Thanks. - When's the chocolate coming in? 343 00:27:48,409 --> 00:27:49,741 Just a moment. 344 00:27:49,869 --> 00:27:52,826 I understand the French and the Poles have agreed to your plan. 345 00:27:52,951 --> 00:27:54,816 That's right. 346 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:58,821 Well, Pat, please don't laugh. 347 00:27:58,951 --> 00:28:00,907 I've been made the Dutch escaping officer. 348 00:28:02,202 --> 00:28:03,441 Ha-ha! 349 00:28:03,576 --> 00:28:06,284 That's great. That's great! 350 00:28:06,409 --> 00:28:09,526 When we've got all 1 50 of them out, we'll go out ourselves, eh? 351 00:28:09,659 --> 00:28:11,364 Be seeing you. 352 00:28:11,492 --> 00:28:14,075 I hope the war will last that long! 353 00:28:18,284 --> 00:28:19,990 Come in. 354 00:28:22,409 --> 00:28:24,320 Good morning, Colonel. 355 00:28:27,034 --> 00:28:29,366 Oh, I'm sorry. Good morning, Pat. 356 00:28:29,493 --> 00:28:31,279 Bad news? 357 00:28:31,408 --> 00:28:33,900 My daughter's guinea-pig. It died. 358 00:28:34,034 --> 00:28:36,446 - Shame. - Oh, do you think so? 359 00:28:36,575 --> 00:28:39,283 My wife takes a different view. She says... 360 00:28:39,409 --> 00:28:41,365 Let me see, where is it? 361 00:28:41,493 --> 00:28:46,157 "Sarah's Pop", my daughter's most undisciplined, "has died at last." 362 00:28:46,284 --> 00:28:48,491 "Thank goodness." 363 00:28:48,618 --> 00:28:50,608 There's something rather ruthless about women. 364 00:28:50,743 --> 00:28:52,153 Poor old Pop. 365 00:28:52,284 --> 00:28:54,445 He came from Harrods one snowy Christmas Eve. 366 00:28:54,576 --> 00:28:57,238 And now he's gone to... Well, who knows? 367 00:28:57,367 --> 00:29:00,815 Now, about the canteen tunnel... It's been lying dormant far too long. 368 00:29:00,951 --> 00:29:03,192 That sentry's slap on the place we were coming up to. 369 00:29:03,325 --> 00:29:05,112 - We've abandoned it. - Yes, I know. 370 00:29:05,243 --> 00:29:07,359 It would be nice if we could get that sentry shifted. 371 00:29:07,493 --> 00:29:10,030 We'd better ask the Kommandant. He might do it for Christmas. 372 00:29:10,159 --> 00:29:11,945 Assuming we could get the sentry shifted, 373 00:29:12,076 --> 00:29:15,069 would I right in thinking the tunnel could be opened up again? 374 00:29:15,202 --> 00:29:17,317 Well, it could, sir. 375 00:29:17,450 --> 00:29:19,533 How much longer would it take you to finish it? 376 00:29:19,659 --> 00:29:21,819 Oh, another 1 2 hours without snags. 377 00:29:21,950 --> 00:29:24,532 Then I suggest you start to work on it right away. 378 00:29:24,659 --> 00:29:27,731 What about the sentry? Not a hope in hell of shifting him. 379 00:29:27,868 --> 00:29:31,190 There's always hope, I hope, even in hell. 380 00:29:34,159 --> 00:29:35,739 Well, I'll be...! 381 00:29:36,658 --> 00:29:37,739 Franz Joseph! 382 00:29:37,868 --> 00:29:41,110 I could be, when your make-up boys start work on me. 383 00:29:42,033 --> 00:29:44,399 - It seems a pity, doesn't it? - What's that, sir? 384 00:29:44,533 --> 00:29:46,525 That we can't keep this in the family. 385 00:29:46,659 --> 00:29:49,071 Well, there's got to be liaison between the allies, sir. 386 00:29:49,201 --> 00:29:50,565 Yes, I know. 387 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:52,783 Who was the idiot who brought that up? 388 00:29:54,158 --> 00:29:55,819 Here he comes. Dead on time, bless him. 389 00:30:07,575 --> 00:30:10,067 Voice production good. Strength five. 390 00:30:13,992 --> 00:30:16,483 - We'll need a copy of that dialogue. - I've got one, sir. 391 00:30:16,617 --> 00:30:19,155 Good. I'll have to understand it, even if the sentry doesn't. 392 00:30:25,909 --> 00:30:27,648 How about that walk, sir? Can you manage it? 393 00:30:27,783 --> 00:30:30,399 - Are you trying to be funny? - No, sir. 394 00:30:30,533 --> 00:30:34,105 Gentlemen, this plan cannot succeed unless that sentry's moved. 395 00:30:34,242 --> 00:30:36,528 And we've got an idea for moving him. It's this. 396 00:30:38,784 --> 00:30:40,990 Meet Colonel Richmond, alias... 397 00:30:41,117 --> 00:30:42,857 Franz Joseph! 398 00:30:45,743 --> 00:30:47,403 Danke. 399 00:30:49,325 --> 00:30:51,863 Now, gentlemen, the plan is this. 400 00:30:51,993 --> 00:30:55,985 Colonel Richmond, together with one of our own men, disguised as a goon, 401 00:30:56,118 --> 00:30:58,279 will get out of the dentist's room window, 402 00:30:58,408 --> 00:31:00,774 march round the corner and relieve the sentry. 403 00:31:00,908 --> 00:31:03,695 He will be told he's wanted in the guard house - 404 00:31:03,825 --> 00:31:05,907 bad news from home, or words to that effect. 405 00:31:06,033 --> 00:31:09,651 I, myself, will be in the tunnel, at the exit, with the turf cut, 406 00:31:09,783 --> 00:31:12,364 ready to open up the moment I get the signal the sentry's gone. 407 00:31:12,491 --> 00:31:16,815 When everybody's out, I shall replace the turf on my patent trap door, 408 00:31:16,950 --> 00:31:19,908 come back through the tunnel, replace the manhole, 409 00:31:20,033 --> 00:31:21,864 and then, er... 410 00:31:21,992 --> 00:31:23,607 then return to my quarters, damn it! 411 00:31:23,742 --> 00:31:26,859 Now, gentlemen, the members of the escape team - 412 00:31:26,992 --> 00:31:30,359 Twelve is the maximum for safety in the time at our disposal. 413 00:31:30,492 --> 00:31:35,486 We propose three British, three Dutch, three Poles and three French. 414 00:31:35,617 --> 00:31:38,154 The escape will be set for Friday 1 0th. 415 00:31:38,283 --> 00:31:40,990 The British will provide Franz Joseph and the sentry. 416 00:31:41,117 --> 00:31:43,859 I promise you there will be a perfect likeness on the night. 417 00:33:31,699 --> 00:33:34,360 What do you think this is? A maternity home? 418 00:33:34,490 --> 00:33:36,857 What do you expect with all my escape kit on underneath? 419 00:33:36,991 --> 00:33:40,109 - Do you want me to carry a suitcase? - You could have done better than that. 420 00:33:40,242 --> 00:33:42,356 If anyone comes too close, they'll nab the lot of you. 421 00:33:42,491 --> 00:33:44,356 Oh, shut up! 422 00:34:11,366 --> 00:34:12,821 Parade, attention! 423 00:34:12,949 --> 00:34:14,438 Dismiss! 424 00:34:47,824 --> 00:34:50,566 - Come on, Pat, get a move on! - Shhh! 425 00:34:54,032 --> 00:34:55,897 Coming this way. 426 00:34:56,824 --> 00:35:00,486 Fifteen yards, ten, crossing the courtyard. 427 00:35:03,866 --> 00:35:05,821 British dorm. 428 00:35:07,157 --> 00:35:08,647 Coming this way. 429 00:35:08,782 --> 00:35:10,488 Ten yards. 430 00:35:11,406 --> 00:35:13,318 Five. 431 00:35:13,448 --> 00:35:15,030 Hold it. 432 00:35:30,740 --> 00:35:32,277 Well done, Pat. 433 00:35:34,074 --> 00:35:36,359 There's nothing we can do now, except wait. 434 00:35:57,906 --> 00:36:00,739 - What's happening? - It's Priem! 435 00:36:00,866 --> 00:36:01,901 Quiet! 436 00:36:13,074 --> 00:36:14,814 Going towards his office. 437 00:36:14,949 --> 00:36:16,188 Right! 438 00:36:20,241 --> 00:36:24,313 - Priem's gone into his office. - Oh, doesn't that twit ever go to sleep? 439 00:36:26,740 --> 00:36:29,446 There we are. You look marvellous, absolutely wonderful. 440 00:36:29,573 --> 00:36:32,030 - You'd fool anybody, even me. - Shut up! 441 00:36:33,031 --> 00:36:34,272 Right, gentlemen, stand by! 442 00:36:36,031 --> 00:36:37,271 Five seconds. 443 00:36:39,365 --> 00:36:40,947 Now! 444 00:37:36,073 --> 00:37:37,734 Good God! It's going to work! 445 00:37:51,656 --> 00:37:52,690 Right! 446 00:37:53,947 --> 00:37:58,361 Right! 447 00:38:01,865 --> 00:38:03,570 Right! 448 00:38:14,990 --> 00:38:16,525 OK. 449 00:38:50,780 --> 00:38:52,441 Get back! 450 00:39:32,363 --> 00:39:34,696 It must be clearly understood... 451 00:39:36,030 --> 00:39:39,852 ...that here in Colditz these ridiculous attempts will not be tolerated. 452 00:39:42,321 --> 00:39:45,280 All of you will undergo one month of solitary confinement. 453 00:39:45,404 --> 00:39:47,771 Dismiss! You, Colonel Richmond, will remain. 454 00:39:56,072 --> 00:39:58,734 - Do you think Harry's bought it? - Maybe. 455 00:40:06,822 --> 00:40:09,563 You call yourself a British officer? 456 00:40:09,696 --> 00:40:13,189 In Germany we would not tolerate an officer like you. 457 00:40:13,321 --> 00:40:15,528 You are not fit to hold your rank. 458 00:40:16,571 --> 00:40:20,019 Not only do you fail to keep control over your juniors - 459 00:40:20,155 --> 00:40:21,815 that I expect - 460 00:40:21,946 --> 00:40:25,019 but now you organise this criminal attempt 461 00:40:25,155 --> 00:40:27,396 and play the leading part yourself. 462 00:40:27,529 --> 00:40:29,066 Have you no shame? 463 00:40:29,197 --> 00:40:31,108 Have you no conscience? 464 00:40:31,239 --> 00:40:34,150 No regrets about the officer who has been shot? 465 00:40:34,280 --> 00:40:35,860 Have you no heart? 466 00:40:35,989 --> 00:40:38,150 Telefon, Herr Kommandant. 467 00:41:28,404 --> 00:41:32,602 - Yes, he knows his job all right. - He knows too much, if you ask me. 468 00:41:32,738 --> 00:41:35,810 How could the Kommandant have found out about the tunnel? 469 00:41:35,946 --> 00:41:37,153 Hearsay. 470 00:41:37,280 --> 00:41:39,439 Wrong! Someone informed. 471 00:41:39,571 --> 00:41:41,857 - You mean a spy? - What the hell else would I mean? 472 00:41:41,988 --> 00:41:44,525 If there is an informer in this camp, he is not French. 473 00:41:44,654 --> 00:41:46,235 Nor is he Polish. 474 00:41:46,362 --> 00:41:48,854 - What do you suggest he is, then? - Shut up, Mac. 475 00:41:48,988 --> 00:41:51,649 Aren't you forgetting a lot of people in this camp talk too much? 476 00:41:51,779 --> 00:41:55,101 - Yes, but listen, Pat, it's all... - And that goes for you too! 477 00:41:55,239 --> 00:41:57,820 You're still in check, old chap. 478 00:42:04,072 --> 00:42:06,813 - Good morning, Herr Colonel. - Yes, what do you want? 479 00:42:08,571 --> 00:42:11,768 Herr Hauptmann Tyler... is out of danger. 480 00:42:12,821 --> 00:42:16,518 He has pain, but it is little. 481 00:42:16,654 --> 00:42:18,986 - Thank you. - It has been a pleasure. 482 00:42:20,779 --> 00:42:22,236 Thank you, Hauptmann Priem. 483 00:42:22,363 --> 00:42:26,686 But your friend Franz Joseph - that was a very funny idea. 484 00:42:28,238 --> 00:42:30,320 Good morning, Colonel. 485 00:42:31,946 --> 00:42:33,526 I'm through with tunnels 486 00:42:33,654 --> 00:42:35,360 dug by kind permission of the Kommandant! 487 00:42:35,488 --> 00:42:36,523 Oui, d'accord. 488 00:42:36,654 --> 00:42:38,689 I'm also through with being an escaping officer. 489 00:42:38,821 --> 00:42:40,652 - Can't take it, eh? - He's right. 490 00:42:40,779 --> 00:42:42,565 I do not want any more co-operation. 491 00:42:42,696 --> 00:42:45,437 Anyone may be an informer. You, or you, or you! 492 00:42:45,570 --> 00:42:48,358 Say that again, I'll knock your block off! 493 00:42:48,488 --> 00:42:51,729 Life's going to be great! 494 00:43:00,821 --> 00:43:01,981 Attention! 495 00:43:04,904 --> 00:43:08,317 The Captain wishes to know how the officers got into the canteen. 496 00:43:09,945 --> 00:43:12,028 Don't quote me but it wouldn't surprise me 497 00:43:12,154 --> 00:43:13,610 if they came through the door. 498 00:43:16,445 --> 00:43:17,935 The Captain says the door was locked. 499 00:43:19,279 --> 00:43:21,565 Have you ever read "Alice In Wonderland"? 500 00:43:27,362 --> 00:43:30,104 The Captain asks why you ask him that. 501 00:43:30,238 --> 00:43:33,479 Because Alice got through small doors and keyholes 502 00:43:33,612 --> 00:43:36,354 by eating something which made her smaller. 503 00:43:53,946 --> 00:43:56,937 Come on! 504 00:44:01,778 --> 00:44:04,645 Scrag him, Peter. Come on! Oh, wake up! 505 00:44:05,904 --> 00:44:08,144 - Oh, hello, sir! - Hello, Harry. How's the wound? 506 00:44:08,278 --> 00:44:10,644 - Oh, much better, thank you, sir. - Grand. 507 00:44:10,778 --> 00:44:13,020 - How was solitary? - Great fun. 508 00:44:13,154 --> 00:44:16,566 I feel as if I've just come back to college after measles in the sanatorium. 509 00:44:16,695 --> 00:44:19,187 - Don't the other boys look horrible? - There's a new intake. 510 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:20,810 Yes, so I see. A good lot? 511 00:44:20,945 --> 00:44:23,152 They seem all right. They've all tried at least twice. 512 00:44:23,279 --> 00:44:26,770 Well, I'll have to catch up on my work. What's going on? 513 00:44:26,903 --> 00:44:29,019 Well, the Poles have tried another tunnel. 514 00:44:29,153 --> 00:44:31,860 Silly fellows. The informer get them? 515 00:44:31,988 --> 00:44:34,694 - Either he or the sound detectors. - Sound detectors? 516 00:44:34,820 --> 00:44:38,985 What with spies and sound detectors, seems escaping really is verboten. 517 00:44:39,113 --> 00:44:41,397 Oh, sir, that's defeatist talk. 518 00:44:56,319 --> 00:44:58,436 Are you thinking what I'm thinking, Pat? 519 00:44:58,570 --> 00:45:01,027 - Yes, sir. Do you think it's on? - It's worth a try. 520 00:45:01,153 --> 00:45:02,893 Find Jimmy. He's the smallest. 521 00:45:03,028 --> 00:45:04,939 Harry, you lay on those crazy guardsmen. 522 00:45:05,071 --> 00:45:07,026 - Jump to it! - Right, sir! 523 00:45:16,987 --> 00:45:19,319 Dick, get La Tour quick. We've got a blitz on. 524 00:45:19,444 --> 00:45:20,433 Right. 525 00:45:23,945 --> 00:45:25,480 Jimmy, jump to it. You're going out. 526 00:45:25,611 --> 00:45:27,647 - Where to? - Switzerland, you clot! 527 00:45:27,778 --> 00:45:30,019 Give Harry a nod. He's in the courtyard. 528 00:45:30,153 --> 00:45:32,359 Get an escape pack ready. 529 00:45:32,486 --> 00:45:35,194 Switzerland. I'm on my way. 530 00:45:36,403 --> 00:45:37,518 How? 531 00:45:37,653 --> 00:45:39,483 You'll find out. Right, Peter. 532 00:45:53,195 --> 00:45:55,902 Left, right, left, right, left... 533 00:46:02,570 --> 00:46:04,901 Battalion, turn! 534 00:46:05,861 --> 00:46:08,352 - Battalion number... - Two! 535 00:46:08,486 --> 00:46:10,943 - And you are number... - Two! 536 00:46:15,778 --> 00:46:17,938 Get an estimate for your haircut. 537 00:46:23,111 --> 00:46:25,443 Move to the left. In threes! 538 00:46:25,569 --> 00:46:28,527 Left turn. 539 00:46:28,653 --> 00:46:30,267 By the right. 540 00:46:30,402 --> 00:46:33,019 Slow march! 541 00:46:37,111 --> 00:46:39,648 Left, right, left, right... 542 00:46:41,486 --> 00:46:43,522 About... 543 00:46:44,652 --> 00:46:46,268 ...turn. 544 00:46:46,402 --> 00:46:49,018 Up... up... up... 545 00:46:49,152 --> 00:46:50,391 Hold your head up. 546 00:46:54,736 --> 00:46:56,522 About... 547 00:46:59,278 --> 00:47:00,437 ...turn! 548 00:47:00,569 --> 00:47:02,524 Up... up... up... 549 00:47:14,569 --> 00:47:16,479 - What do they say? - Don't worry. 550 00:47:25,902 --> 00:47:28,688 - What are they saying? - Nothing, nothing. They will do it. 551 00:47:32,944 --> 00:47:34,433 Why can't they make up their minds? 552 00:47:34,568 --> 00:47:37,151 - Look, will they or won't they? - They will do it. 553 00:47:43,611 --> 00:47:45,602 For the love of Mike, what's happening? 554 00:47:48,194 --> 00:47:50,651 Right! 555 00:48:00,986 --> 00:48:02,772 Let Harry know we're coming. 556 00:48:13,985 --> 00:48:16,227 Quiet! Silence! 557 00:48:20,401 --> 00:48:22,313 Shh! 558 00:48:27,236 --> 00:48:28,271 Shh, quiet! 559 00:48:28,401 --> 00:48:31,439 And... up... up... up... 560 00:48:31,569 --> 00:48:34,231 - Put it down. Put it down! - By the right... slow march. 561 00:48:34,360 --> 00:48:36,727 Left... right... Ieft... 562 00:48:36,861 --> 00:48:39,021 right... Ieft... 563 00:48:40,860 --> 00:48:43,397 Right... turn. 564 00:48:45,276 --> 00:48:48,723 Left... right... Ieft... right... 565 00:48:48,861 --> 00:48:50,521 Mark... time! 566 00:48:50,652 --> 00:48:53,563 Left... right... Ieft... right... 567 00:48:55,360 --> 00:48:56,942 Get your knees up! 568 00:48:57,069 --> 00:49:00,765 Up... up... up... up... up... 569 00:49:00,901 --> 00:49:03,894 Higher! Come on, get 'em up, now! 570 00:49:04,027 --> 00:49:07,439 Left... right... Ieft... right... Ieft... 571 00:49:07,568 --> 00:49:09,184 Lift your knees up. 572 00:49:09,318 --> 00:49:10,934 Left... Ieft... 573 00:49:13,693 --> 00:49:16,891 Battalion present, sir. Would you like to carry on? 574 00:49:17,027 --> 00:49:19,813 - Thank you, Captain Tyler. - Thank you, sir. 575 00:49:30,818 --> 00:49:33,730 They're the guards. No soldier in the world can drill like the guards. 576 00:49:35,735 --> 00:49:38,226 Battalion... halt! 577 00:49:39,110 --> 00:49:41,147 Turn to the left and fall out in quick time! 578 00:49:41,277 --> 00:49:42,938 Dismiss! 579 00:50:13,401 --> 00:50:16,234 I'm astounded it came off. I never thought it would. 580 00:50:17,651 --> 00:50:20,017 It would be nice if Jimmy wasn't missed for a couple of days. 581 00:50:20,151 --> 00:50:21,891 - That's been taken care of, sir. - Good. 582 00:50:22,027 --> 00:50:24,642 Do you feel strong enough to sample one of Captain Tyler's drinks? 583 00:50:24,776 --> 00:50:26,641 - Not half, sir! - Good. 584 00:51:13,568 --> 00:51:14,647 Special announcement. 585 00:51:22,151 --> 00:51:26,348 Special privileges will be granted to any prisoner volunteering to work 586 00:51:26,485 --> 00:51:28,725 for the internal economy of the German Reich. 587 00:51:39,151 --> 00:51:41,391 Parade... dismiss! 588 00:52:47,192 --> 00:52:48,807 Yesterday an attempt at escape was made 589 00:52:48,942 --> 00:52:51,775 by a Dutch officer while on exercise. 590 00:52:56,025 --> 00:52:57,856 This attempt was prevented 591 00:52:57,984 --> 00:53:00,225 by the vigilance of those who are your guards. 592 00:53:05,316 --> 00:53:07,398 And, due to their forbearance, 593 00:53:07,525 --> 00:53:09,811 the attempt did not result in tragedy. 594 00:53:14,817 --> 00:53:17,558 But I warn you, that may not always be the case. 595 00:53:21,775 --> 00:53:24,892 In order to discourage any further foolish efforts of this nature... 596 00:53:28,859 --> 00:53:32,181 ... I have decided to withdraw certain privileges from you. 597 00:53:41,234 --> 00:53:43,724 Special announcement. 598 00:53:47,775 --> 00:53:51,267 Special privileges will be granted to any prisoner volunteering to work 599 00:53:51,399 --> 00:53:53,812 for the internal economy of the German Reich. 600 00:53:58,942 --> 00:54:01,058 Un moment! 601 00:54:17,524 --> 00:54:20,391 He says he'd rather work for 20 Germans than one Frenchman. 602 00:54:26,109 --> 00:54:28,474 Occupation? 603 00:54:30,192 --> 00:54:32,648 - What did he say? - He says he's an undertaker. 604 00:55:01,398 --> 00:55:03,765 Parade... dismiss! 605 00:55:06,565 --> 00:55:08,773 - Did you see the Kommandant laugh? - Yes, I did. 606 00:55:08,899 --> 00:55:10,810 Bad for my morale. 607 00:55:15,608 --> 00:55:18,645 Colonel, could I have a word with you? 608 00:55:18,774 --> 00:55:20,559 Good morning, Vandy. Certainly. 609 00:55:20,691 --> 00:55:23,023 - Shall we become less conspicuous? - Mm-hmm. 610 00:55:24,399 --> 00:55:26,981 One would have thought La Tour had had enough of solitary by now. 611 00:55:27,108 --> 00:55:28,347 La Tour is French. 612 00:55:28,482 --> 00:55:31,395 That's no reason for behaving like a lunatic. 613 00:55:31,524 --> 00:55:33,434 Colonel, any news of Jimmy? 614 00:55:33,565 --> 00:55:36,353 - Nothing yet, thank God. - Thank God. 615 00:55:36,483 --> 00:55:39,804 Every day without news raises my morale. 616 00:55:40,816 --> 00:55:43,888 - I have some other news. - Good news, I hope. 617 00:55:44,024 --> 00:55:46,685 - The informer is caught. - What? 618 00:55:47,607 --> 00:55:50,099 - Who? - I cannot yet find out. 619 00:55:50,233 --> 00:55:52,189 I only know he's a Pole. 620 00:55:52,315 --> 00:55:55,604 It was not the dogs that gave away my friend yesterday. It was he. 621 00:55:55,733 --> 00:55:58,474 He gave a signal to the guards just as we were marching back. 622 00:55:58,607 --> 00:55:59,596 The dirty spy! 623 00:56:00,899 --> 00:56:04,595 Colonel, your country's not occupied by the Germans like Poland and Holland. 624 00:56:04,732 --> 00:56:06,098 What difference does that make? 625 00:56:06,233 --> 00:56:09,521 In Poland and Holland we have families. The Germans are well aware of the fact. 626 00:56:09,649 --> 00:56:11,604 And so? 627 00:56:11,732 --> 00:56:14,691 It seems this Polish officer was in Leipzig hospital, ill, 628 00:56:14,816 --> 00:56:16,772 just before he came here. 629 00:56:16,899 --> 00:56:18,513 The Germans were very kind. 630 00:56:18,648 --> 00:56:22,187 They arranged for a visit from his wife and family. 631 00:56:22,315 --> 00:56:25,022 When he got better, they sent him here. 632 00:56:25,149 --> 00:56:27,856 Work for us or we liquidate your family? 633 00:56:27,983 --> 00:56:30,849 That's it. The Germans were very kind. 634 00:56:30,982 --> 00:56:33,019 Was that the Kommandant's idea? 635 00:56:33,149 --> 00:56:35,606 No, the Gestapo. 636 00:56:35,733 --> 00:56:38,190 They are the kindest of the lot. 637 00:56:38,315 --> 00:56:40,351 Well, thank God for the English Channel. 638 00:56:40,482 --> 00:56:43,929 - Sorry, Vandy. - That's all right. 639 00:56:44,065 --> 00:56:47,263 Do not pass this on. It's none of our business. 640 00:56:47,398 --> 00:56:50,231 The Poles court-martial him tonight. 641 00:57:41,233 --> 00:57:43,814 Anyway, I deny all knowledge of this affair. 642 00:57:43,940 --> 00:57:45,521 Nevertheless, it is a fact. 643 00:57:45,648 --> 00:57:49,846 Maybe so or not. In any case I can do nothing about it. 644 00:57:49,982 --> 00:57:52,064 The prisoners' lives are your responsibility. 645 00:57:52,191 --> 00:57:53,521 Certainly. 646 00:57:53,648 --> 00:57:55,353 Then we think it better, Herr Kommandant, 647 00:57:55,481 --> 00:57:57,473 that you have the prisoner transferred at once. 648 00:57:57,607 --> 00:58:01,020 Impossible! You cannot come in here dictating orders to me. 649 00:58:01,148 --> 00:58:03,230 You realise the prisoner of whom we speak 650 00:58:03,356 --> 00:58:05,393 has been condemned to death? 651 00:58:06,690 --> 00:58:08,931 Condemned to death? By whom? 652 00:58:09,065 --> 00:58:10,771 His own people. 653 00:58:10,898 --> 00:58:13,311 The sentence will be carried out tonight. 654 00:58:22,690 --> 00:58:25,602 Lieutenant Karski will be transferred forthwith. 655 00:58:27,814 --> 00:58:29,395 Thank you, sir. 656 00:58:35,898 --> 00:58:37,638 The old man was really quite amiable. 657 00:58:37,773 --> 00:58:40,844 All the same, I wouldn't spread it around, Pat. 658 00:58:40,982 --> 00:58:43,518 Now you're on such intimate terms with the Kommandant, sir, 659 00:58:43,648 --> 00:58:45,764 do you think you could arrange a transfer for me? 660 00:58:45,898 --> 00:58:48,388 - Where to? - England, sir. 661 00:58:48,522 --> 00:58:50,104 I suppose it could be arranged. 662 00:58:50,232 --> 00:58:52,643 There are one or two I'd rather get rid of first, though. 663 00:58:52,772 --> 00:58:55,810 For instance that gentleman who plays the mouth organ outside my window. 664 00:58:55,940 --> 00:58:57,271 I've no objection... 665 00:59:22,148 --> 00:59:25,219 Of all the things I didn't want to see. 666 00:59:25,356 --> 00:59:27,973 Fourteen days on the run. 667 00:59:28,107 --> 00:59:29,722 He must have damn nearly made it. 668 00:59:48,232 --> 00:59:51,064 - Sorry to see you back, Jimmy. - Yeah! 669 00:59:51,189 --> 00:59:53,601 - It was bad luck. - Bad luck nothing! 670 00:59:53,731 --> 00:59:57,054 It's all right getting out of here if you can. That's a piece of cake. 671 00:59:57,190 --> 00:59:58,929 Once the alarm's sounded it's not so funny. 672 00:59:59,064 --> 01:00:01,555 Home guards under every bush, patrols on every road. 673 01:00:01,689 --> 01:00:03,350 Your only hope's a train. 674 01:00:03,481 --> 01:00:06,598 When you get within striking distance of the frontier it's not funny either. 675 01:00:06,731 --> 01:00:09,564 Check points on every station, damned inquisitive sentries. 676 01:00:09,689 --> 01:00:12,146 The whole thing's useless, if you ask me. 677 01:00:12,272 --> 01:00:14,888 Oh, well, now you've told me, now I know. 678 01:00:16,606 --> 01:00:18,221 What are you in solitary for? 679 01:00:18,355 --> 01:00:20,688 Goon-baiting. I upset the Kommandant. 680 01:00:20,814 --> 01:00:23,226 Well, that's a waste of time too. It gets you nowhere. 681 01:00:23,355 --> 01:00:26,018 Perhaps not. Or again, perhaps. 682 01:00:45,939 --> 01:00:47,395 Halt! 683 01:01:07,772 --> 01:01:09,352 Run! Run, man, run! 684 01:01:09,480 --> 01:01:11,221 Run, don't stop. 685 01:01:11,355 --> 01:01:14,063 Oh, run. Run, you crazy mad Frenchman, run! 686 01:01:14,190 --> 01:01:15,849 Don't stop! Run! 687 01:01:21,938 --> 01:01:23,804 He's done it! You did it! You did it! 688 01:01:26,481 --> 01:01:28,312 We've do something with the British, Pat. 689 01:01:28,438 --> 01:01:30,976 Morale's gone to hell, and no wonder. 690 01:01:31,106 --> 01:01:33,597 Jimmy Winslow coming back with his tail between his legs 691 01:01:33,731 --> 01:01:36,222 and that blasted Frenchman making Colditz look as lethal 692 01:01:36,355 --> 01:01:38,813 as a baby's play pen. 693 01:01:38,939 --> 01:01:41,225 Do you realise we're the laughing stock of the camp? 694 01:01:41,355 --> 01:01:43,596 The Germans are saying that life in England's so awful 695 01:01:43,730 --> 01:01:45,596 we prefer to stay on in Germany. 696 01:01:45,731 --> 01:01:47,140 We need ideas. 697 01:01:47,272 --> 01:01:51,220 It isn't good enough to stuff one wretched little fellow into a palliasse 698 01:01:51,355 --> 01:01:53,312 as a prelude to a month's solitary confinement. 699 01:01:53,439 --> 01:01:55,645 We get ideas all right. We get a dozen every day. 700 01:01:55,771 --> 01:01:58,387 The trouble is they just aren't the right ones. 701 01:01:58,521 --> 01:02:00,557 It strikes me that an escaping officer's main job 702 01:02:00,688 --> 01:02:02,394 is turning down crazy schemes 703 01:02:02,521 --> 01:02:04,352 cooked up by fellows halfway round the bend. 704 01:02:04,480 --> 01:02:06,846 Who the devil's that? Come in. 705 01:02:10,231 --> 01:02:12,267 - Sorry, sir. - Come in. 706 01:02:12,396 --> 01:02:14,512 - What can I do for you? - I wanted a word with you. 707 01:02:14,646 --> 01:02:17,718 - But if you're busy, it'll keep. - That's all right. 708 01:02:17,856 --> 01:02:20,187 - See you later, Pat. - Right, sir. 709 01:02:26,395 --> 01:02:28,136 You haven't got an escape on, have you, sir? 710 01:02:28,272 --> 01:02:32,935 No, I wish we had. Well, what's the trouble? 711 01:02:33,063 --> 01:02:35,395 - I've got a wonderful idea, sir. - I see. 712 01:02:35,521 --> 01:02:38,059 - What about? - For an escape. Can't fail. 713 01:02:38,980 --> 01:02:41,187 None of them can until they do. 714 01:02:41,313 --> 01:02:42,678 - Have you told Pat? - No, sir. 715 01:02:42,813 --> 01:02:43,848 Why not? 716 01:02:43,981 --> 01:02:46,596 Well, that's what I came to see you about, sir. 717 01:02:46,730 --> 01:02:48,095 I want to take Pat with me. 718 01:02:48,231 --> 01:02:50,893 As long as he's escaping officer I can't. 719 01:02:51,022 --> 01:02:52,476 I see. 720 01:02:52,605 --> 01:02:55,062 - And you want to know if I'll relieve him? - Yes, sir. 721 01:02:56,106 --> 01:02:58,516 Well, why not? 722 01:02:58,645 --> 01:03:01,934 Damn it, it's not escape officers we're short of, it's ideas. 723 01:03:02,063 --> 01:03:05,509 Now, run along and tell Pat all about it. If he approves, I'll let him go. 724 01:03:05,646 --> 01:03:07,261 Thank you, sir. 725 01:03:07,396 --> 01:03:11,264 And if you've got room for another one, we'll look for a new SBO. 726 01:03:11,395 --> 01:03:14,012 No? All right, I'll stay behind. 727 01:03:14,146 --> 01:03:17,717 I'm far too old if it's acrobatics... if it is acrobatics. 728 01:03:18,604 --> 01:03:21,187 If it isn't, it doesn't stand a hope. 729 01:03:27,480 --> 01:03:29,641 - Seen Pat Reid anywhere? - He's round the back. 730 01:03:29,771 --> 01:03:31,227 Thanks. 731 01:03:43,687 --> 01:03:46,225 Pat, I've got a wonderful idea. 732 01:03:46,354 --> 01:03:48,141 Well, I guessed that much. 733 01:03:48,271 --> 01:03:50,477 Don't bother to tell me. I'm only the escape officer. 734 01:03:50,604 --> 01:03:54,347 I only went to see the old man to ask if I could take you with me. 735 01:03:54,480 --> 01:03:56,095 - Some hope. - Well, he said yes. 736 01:03:56,231 --> 01:03:57,970 Just what I thought he'd say... 737 01:03:58,105 --> 01:04:00,390 - What? - Provided you approved. 738 01:04:01,480 --> 01:04:03,686 Did he now? Right... 739 01:04:03,812 --> 01:04:06,349 - Grab that pot and paint a cloud on that. - What sort of a cloud? 740 01:04:06,479 --> 01:04:09,187 A thunder cloud. It's Ascot week. All right, spill the beans. 741 01:04:09,313 --> 01:04:11,644 We go out dressed as two German officers. 742 01:04:13,063 --> 01:04:16,054 - Kesselring and Rommel? - Oh, don't be an arse. 743 01:04:16,188 --> 01:04:17,677 What do we do then? Grow wings? 744 01:04:17,812 --> 01:04:20,270 No, we go out through the gates, old man. 745 01:04:20,395 --> 01:04:22,351 You're out of your mind! 746 01:04:22,479 --> 01:04:26,472 Every half-wit in this camp has cooked that gimmick up. 747 01:04:26,605 --> 01:04:28,811 Some of them have even tried it. 748 01:04:28,937 --> 01:04:31,679 And every single one of them has been given first prize 749 01:04:31,812 --> 01:04:34,520 for it being the most senseless, stupid, idiotic scheme 750 01:04:34,646 --> 01:04:36,681 that ever came out of a backward chicken's skull. 751 01:04:36,812 --> 01:04:39,428 - Let me get a word in edgeways... - Oh, raising my hopes 752 01:04:39,562 --> 01:04:41,224 and coming out with that dead haddock! 753 01:04:41,354 --> 01:04:44,767 - My idea's different. It's simple. - Hmm, it's in character. 754 01:04:44,896 --> 01:04:47,103 Listen, Pat. I know the idea's got a beard. 755 01:04:47,230 --> 01:04:49,811 I know it's been tried here and in other camps and failed. 756 01:04:49,937 --> 01:04:51,178 But I know why. 757 01:04:51,312 --> 01:04:53,144 The chaps dressed as German officers 758 01:04:53,271 --> 01:04:55,602 have come from places that make them look suspicious. 759 01:04:55,729 --> 01:04:57,469 It's not faulty uniforms. 760 01:04:57,604 --> 01:05:00,267 It's not language difficulties that's got them caught before. 761 01:05:00,395 --> 01:05:03,762 It's coming on the Jerry sentries from the wrong direction. 762 01:05:03,895 --> 01:05:05,635 One's got to come from somewhere normal, 763 01:05:05,770 --> 01:05:07,977 somewhere where a German officer would come from. 764 01:05:08,104 --> 01:05:12,552 - Why not try their mess? - That's it. That's my idea. 765 01:05:12,687 --> 01:05:17,010 - I'll show you what I mean. - Are you feeling all right? 766 01:05:23,395 --> 01:05:26,308 It will have to be done at night. The uniforms will stand up to it better. 767 01:05:26,437 --> 01:05:28,723 And just after the sentry's come on duty. 768 01:05:28,854 --> 01:05:32,346 Then he won't know how many Herrenvolk are in there swilling Pilsner. 769 01:05:32,479 --> 01:05:34,469 Best time will be about nine o'clock. 770 01:05:34,604 --> 01:05:36,970 When they're going back to their billets in the village. 771 01:05:37,104 --> 01:05:38,765 That's it. 772 01:05:38,896 --> 01:05:40,260 Ruddy regimental type! 773 01:05:41,394 --> 01:05:43,386 Well, Pat, what about it? 774 01:05:47,645 --> 01:05:49,806 Well, I'll buy that end of it. 775 01:05:49,937 --> 01:05:53,428 But just one minor detail. How do we get there? 776 01:05:53,561 --> 01:05:56,019 - Easy. From here. - From here? 777 01:05:56,145 --> 01:06:00,138 Listen Pat. The German mess is on the first floor here. 778 01:06:00,270 --> 01:06:03,103 The floor above that is used as officers' quarters. 779 01:06:03,229 --> 01:06:05,719 The floor above that isn't used at all. 780 01:06:05,853 --> 01:06:08,390 And the floor above that is the theatre, this theatre. 781 01:06:08,520 --> 01:06:10,761 That means that from the disused store room under here 782 01:06:10,895 --> 01:06:14,262 there's bound to be a staircase leading past the mess 783 01:06:14,394 --> 01:06:18,637 right down to that slice of strength through joy standing over there. 784 01:06:18,769 --> 01:06:22,558 Pat, do you realise that if we could look under this stage three floors down 785 01:06:22,687 --> 01:06:26,349 we'd see a lot of little Jerry subalterns, all reading "La Vie Parisienne"? 786 01:06:26,478 --> 01:06:28,310 Well, Pat? 787 01:06:42,562 --> 01:06:44,393 All clear. 788 01:06:47,644 --> 01:06:48,805 Right. All clear. 789 01:06:48,937 --> 01:06:50,927 That's the third Dick's knocked off this month. 790 01:06:51,061 --> 01:06:52,471 Right, Mac. 791 01:06:53,686 --> 01:06:55,143 Down you go, Pat. 792 01:06:59,603 --> 01:07:01,890 Robin, we'll take you and Richard next. 793 01:07:03,936 --> 01:07:05,472 My wife's gone to the West lndies. 794 01:07:05,603 --> 01:07:07,140 Your wife's gone to the West lndies? 795 01:07:07,270 --> 01:07:09,010 - That's right. - Jamaica? 796 01:07:10,644 --> 01:07:12,680 No, she went of her own accord. 797 01:07:13,686 --> 01:07:15,268 Oh, I'm all for the old classics. 798 01:07:15,394 --> 01:07:17,385 Thank heaven I shan't be here to hear the rest of it. 799 01:07:18,311 --> 01:07:20,849 Look out! Priem and his ferrets! 800 01:07:20,979 --> 01:07:23,685 - I wouldn't count on that. - We'd better go from the beginning. 801 01:07:23,811 --> 01:07:26,019 - All right, you start. - You'll hear us, Mac. 802 01:07:34,937 --> 01:07:37,268 - My wife's gone to the West lndies. - Really? 803 01:07:37,394 --> 01:07:39,885 - Your wife's gone to the West lndies? - That's right. 804 01:07:40,020 --> 01:07:41,509 Er... 805 01:07:41,644 --> 01:07:43,009 Jamaica? 806 01:07:43,144 --> 01:07:45,136 No, she went of her own accord. 807 01:07:45,270 --> 01:07:47,056 Do you think that's funny, Hauptmann Priem? 808 01:07:47,187 --> 01:07:49,643 - Germans have no sense of humour. - You're lucky. 809 01:07:49,769 --> 01:07:51,851 You are acting in the concert, Lieutenant? 810 01:07:51,978 --> 01:07:53,593 - No. - Ach, no. 811 01:07:53,728 --> 01:07:57,516 I have been thinking it would be hard to find a role to fit you. 812 01:07:57,644 --> 01:07:58,804 Have you now? 813 01:07:58,936 --> 01:08:01,178 What part are you playing in these activities? 814 01:08:01,311 --> 01:08:04,758 - Oh, I'm prompter, scene shifter. - Ah, that I understand. 815 01:08:05,853 --> 01:08:08,720 It's a fine stage, well built. 816 01:08:08,853 --> 01:08:10,093 Most solid. 817 01:08:10,228 --> 01:08:13,425 This is our first scene. Ascot Racecourse. 818 01:08:13,561 --> 01:08:15,267 - You know, horses and all that. - Mm-hmm. 819 01:08:15,393 --> 01:08:19,683 And after that we move to Paris, to a salon in the Montmartre district, 820 01:08:19,811 --> 01:08:22,302 Iots of floozies and Mademoiselle from Armentieres. 821 01:08:29,978 --> 01:08:31,434 Oh, it's filthy down there. 822 01:08:31,561 --> 01:08:35,099 - Your uniform will get in an awful mess. - You are so thoughtful. 823 01:08:35,228 --> 01:08:38,971 If it is filthy, I will have it cleaned for you. 824 01:09:13,477 --> 01:09:16,265 You are right, there is much dirt. 825 01:09:16,393 --> 01:09:18,760 - Good morning, gentlemen. - Good morning. 826 01:09:31,603 --> 01:09:32,637 Right! 827 01:10:13,852 --> 01:10:16,185 For Pete's sake, come on out. I've just had kittens. 828 01:10:18,351 --> 01:10:21,060 - What's the matter? - Priem's been here. 829 01:10:26,560 --> 01:10:28,425 Tough customer. 830 01:10:28,560 --> 01:10:31,017 - How are things going, Pat? - First class, sir. 831 01:10:31,143 --> 01:10:33,179 Good. When do you hope to be ready? 832 01:10:33,310 --> 01:10:36,552 - Three days' time. Night of the concert. - Is that planned or a coincidence? 833 01:10:36,686 --> 01:10:38,926 We thought the racket in the theatre might cover us. 834 01:10:39,060 --> 01:10:40,516 Good idea. 835 01:10:42,518 --> 01:10:45,476 - How are the uniforms? - The best we've ever made, sir. 836 01:10:45,602 --> 01:10:48,185 The trouble is, when Mac tried his own, it couldn't take it. 837 01:10:48,310 --> 01:10:51,017 - I'm not surprised. - But we're having it let out. 838 01:10:51,143 --> 01:10:53,134 Can't blame the tailors. He's outsize. 839 01:10:53,269 --> 01:10:55,634 You're telling me! Look at him now. 840 01:10:58,602 --> 01:11:01,514 Who was it said our ancestors were apes? 841 01:11:12,185 --> 01:11:13,846 Come on, let's get on with the game. 842 01:11:13,977 --> 01:11:16,683 Why does he have to draw attention to himself? 843 01:11:16,810 --> 01:11:18,801 I'd like to see him when he's finished playing. 844 01:11:18,935 --> 01:11:20,926 Send him up, will you, please, Pat? 845 01:11:27,893 --> 01:11:30,726 Come on, Mac, let him have it! 846 01:11:30,852 --> 01:11:32,968 Come in! 847 01:11:34,102 --> 01:11:35,637 Oh, come in, Mac. 848 01:11:35,767 --> 01:11:38,601 I've just been going over the details with Pat Reid. 849 01:11:38,727 --> 01:11:41,140 It seems that everything is coming along splendidly. 850 01:11:41,269 --> 01:11:43,259 Yes, sir. 851 01:11:43,392 --> 01:11:47,011 - Uniforms... How are they getting on? - Oh, all right, sir. 852 01:11:47,143 --> 01:11:50,339 There was a bit of a flap yesterday. The Jerrys confiscated my cap. 853 01:11:50,476 --> 01:11:53,310 - It was the only thing that fitted. - I see. 854 01:11:55,060 --> 01:11:56,925 Much trouble with the rest of the uniform? 855 01:11:57,060 --> 01:11:58,220 Oh, no, sir. 856 01:11:58,351 --> 01:12:00,468 Lots of letting out. You know, that sort of thing. 857 01:12:00,602 --> 01:12:03,559 You're going out with Pat, Jimmy and the Dutchman. 858 01:12:03,684 --> 01:12:05,221 What's his name? Lutyens, isn't it? 859 01:12:05,351 --> 01:12:08,264 Yes, sir, we're going to be chatting about his girlfriend in Hamburg. 860 01:12:08,392 --> 01:12:10,258 We've got it all rehearsed. 861 01:12:10,392 --> 01:12:12,224 - You're going to be chatting? - No, sir. 862 01:12:12,351 --> 01:12:14,558 Lutyens is. We're going to be nodding and listening. 863 01:12:14,684 --> 01:12:16,515 I see. 864 01:12:16,642 --> 01:12:19,760 Look, Mac, you're not popular in here, you know. 865 01:12:19,893 --> 01:12:21,348 Or don't you know? 866 01:12:21,476 --> 01:12:23,558 You can't expect me to get along with everybody. 867 01:12:23,684 --> 01:12:25,767 No, no. I mean among the Germans. 868 01:12:25,893 --> 01:12:27,803 Oh, the Germans. No, of course not. 869 01:12:27,934 --> 01:12:30,471 I hate their guts, and they hate mine. 870 01:12:30,601 --> 01:12:33,764 - Yes, that's the trouble. - I'll get by, sir. 871 01:12:33,892 --> 01:12:36,930 You say you'll get by. I say you won't. 872 01:12:38,185 --> 01:12:40,516 I'd even go so far as this. 873 01:12:40,642 --> 01:12:43,475 You won't even get by the sentry at the bottom of the steps. 874 01:12:43,601 --> 01:12:46,673 There isn't a German officer in Colditz near your height. 875 01:12:46,809 --> 01:12:48,640 The other fellows seem quite happy. 876 01:12:48,767 --> 01:12:51,134 - How do you know? - If they weren't they'd have said so. 877 01:12:51,268 --> 01:12:53,474 No, Mac, they wouldn't. 878 01:12:53,601 --> 01:12:56,014 It's your idea, and they're your guests. 879 01:12:56,143 --> 01:12:58,805 It's up to them to make the best of it, whatever the shortcomings, 880 01:12:58,935 --> 01:13:01,267 because you thought of it. 881 01:13:01,392 --> 01:13:05,716 I'm an interfering old fool, Mac, but what I see is this. 882 01:13:05,851 --> 01:13:09,719 It's a damn good idea doomed to failure 883 01:13:09,851 --> 01:13:13,799 because the chap who thought of it has grown up too high. I'm sorry, Mac. 884 01:13:13,934 --> 01:13:16,550 What you're telling me is to stand down. 885 01:13:16,684 --> 01:13:19,517 I'm not telling you. I'm asking you to think about it. 886 01:13:19,642 --> 01:13:21,098 I'm damned if I'll stand down! 887 01:13:21,226 --> 01:13:23,717 If one of the sentries recognises me, it's too bad for him. 888 01:13:23,852 --> 01:13:27,639 And you. And anyone escaping with you. 889 01:13:27,767 --> 01:13:30,225 Don't forget that, Mac. 890 01:13:30,351 --> 01:13:34,139 It would be a pity if a good idea like this was messed up at the first attempt 891 01:13:34,267 --> 01:13:36,133 and other people couldn't use it afterwards. 892 01:13:36,268 --> 01:13:40,135 Oh, to hell with afterwards! It's my idea. 893 01:13:40,267 --> 01:13:44,431 Yes, it's your idea, but I think mine's a better one. 894 01:13:54,059 --> 01:13:56,050 Glad you joined? 895 01:13:57,641 --> 01:14:00,304 - What's the matter? - Hmm? What? 896 01:14:00,434 --> 01:14:02,800 Oh, nothing, Pat. 897 01:14:02,934 --> 01:14:05,300 It's going to work, you clot. 898 01:14:05,433 --> 01:14:08,096 - I feel it in my bones. - Good. 899 01:14:08,226 --> 01:14:09,932 Grand. 900 01:14:13,433 --> 01:14:16,016 - What's the matter, Mac? - Oh, confound it! Nothing. 901 01:14:16,143 --> 01:14:18,884 Can't a fellow get some rest? 902 01:14:19,017 --> 01:14:23,966 Oh, sorry, Pat. It's this bed. It's too short, or I'm too long. 903 01:14:24,101 --> 01:14:27,298 Come on, chaps, pipe down. Let's get some sleep. 904 01:15:00,642 --> 01:15:02,303 Hello, Mac. 905 01:15:03,600 --> 01:15:06,138 - What's the matter with him? - Colditz blues, I should think. 906 01:15:06,267 --> 01:15:07,381 Oh, that. 907 01:15:07,517 --> 01:15:09,757 I shall get them too, if we don't win this game. 908 01:15:09,891 --> 01:15:12,678 - Come on, lads. - Come on, Pat, pass it! 909 01:15:22,058 --> 01:15:23,844 Halt! Halt! 910 01:15:26,642 --> 01:15:28,802 - Don't move! - Stay where you are! 911 01:15:29,808 --> 01:15:32,016 - Stay where you are! - Don't move, Mac, stay there. 912 01:16:06,059 --> 01:16:07,639 It's unbelievable. 913 01:16:08,600 --> 01:16:12,219 I had to stand there and watch it. Three days... 914 01:16:12,350 --> 01:16:14,431 - Leave it, Bert. - Right, sir. 915 01:16:16,100 --> 01:16:17,636 Three days before the take-off. 916 01:16:17,766 --> 01:16:19,927 Everything set, then he had to kill himself. 917 01:16:20,058 --> 01:16:23,050 It's too damned silly to be true. I simply can't believe it. 918 01:16:23,183 --> 01:16:25,015 So he never told you? 919 01:16:25,142 --> 01:16:26,802 Told me what? 920 01:16:26,933 --> 01:16:28,924 That he was standing down. 921 01:16:29,058 --> 01:16:31,515 Mac standing down? I don't believe it. 922 01:16:31,641 --> 01:16:33,677 It's true, Pat. He wasn't going with you. 923 01:16:35,141 --> 01:16:37,224 He never said so. 924 01:16:37,350 --> 01:16:39,932 We were talking in the dormitory last night. 925 01:16:40,058 --> 01:16:41,764 He'd have told me! 926 01:16:41,891 --> 01:16:43,427 Pat, he wasn't going with you. 927 01:16:43,558 --> 01:16:45,924 He was giving up his place. You've got my word for it. 928 01:16:46,058 --> 01:16:48,299 But how can you expect me...? 929 01:16:48,432 --> 01:16:50,265 I mean, sir, Mac! 930 01:16:50,391 --> 01:16:52,472 He'd never have thought of standing down. 931 01:16:52,599 --> 01:16:55,091 He didn't think of it. I did. 932 01:16:56,808 --> 01:16:57,797 What? 933 01:16:59,100 --> 01:17:01,967 As you know, I had him in here after stoolball yesterday. 934 01:17:02,100 --> 01:17:03,931 We had a talk. 935 01:17:04,058 --> 01:17:05,923 I did the talking mostly. 936 01:17:06,058 --> 01:17:08,219 I was very unpleasant to him. 937 01:17:08,349 --> 01:17:10,307 I told him straight that he was too big 938 01:17:10,433 --> 01:17:12,423 and every sentry in the camp was gunning for him, 939 01:17:12,557 --> 01:17:15,630 that he hadn't a hope of getting past the guards, and he agreed. 940 01:17:15,766 --> 01:17:18,132 I recommended him to think of standing down. 941 01:17:18,266 --> 01:17:20,177 There the discussion ended. 942 01:17:20,307 --> 01:17:21,718 And his life as well. 943 01:17:22,725 --> 01:17:24,680 The fact that he was dead hadn't escaped me, Pat. 944 01:17:24,807 --> 01:17:26,422 That sentry didn't kill him. 945 01:17:26,557 --> 01:17:29,344 Watch your tongue. Remember who you're talking to or get out. 946 01:17:30,391 --> 01:17:32,882 We knew he was too big, but it was his idea. 947 01:17:33,016 --> 01:17:34,505 We were prepared to take the risk. 948 01:17:34,641 --> 01:17:37,007 I wasn't though, you muddle-headed idiot. 949 01:17:37,141 --> 01:17:39,506 Why can't you understand I'm not an individual like you, 950 01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:41,302 free to act according to my own desires. 951 01:17:41,432 --> 01:17:43,424 I'm a senior British officer. 952 01:17:43,558 --> 01:17:46,140 I wish I wasn't, but I am. 953 01:17:46,266 --> 01:17:49,554 As such my unfortunate responsibility is to see that British officers in here 954 01:17:49,683 --> 01:17:52,845 don't act like fools and lose their lives by doing so. 955 01:17:52,975 --> 01:17:56,513 By taking Mac with you we might have lost half a dozen lives, not one. 956 01:17:56,640 --> 01:17:58,222 The man who thought of it. 957 01:17:58,349 --> 01:18:01,672 Do you think I did it for a lark? Do you think I like the job? 958 01:18:01,808 --> 01:18:04,299 Do you think I wanted Mac to pack it in? 959 01:18:04,432 --> 01:18:07,424 I did it just because this plan cannot afford to fail. 960 01:18:07,557 --> 01:18:09,422 Less than ever now that he's dead. 961 01:18:09,557 --> 01:18:12,140 Morale was low enough before. It's at rock bottom now. 962 01:18:12,266 --> 01:18:16,884 But if this plan can work, then we can use it time and time again. 963 01:18:17,015 --> 01:18:20,258 It's got to work and you're the man who's got to make it work. 964 01:18:20,390 --> 01:18:23,587 Me? If you think I'm having anything to do with it... 965 01:18:23,724 --> 01:18:25,464 You're going, Pat. 966 01:18:25,599 --> 01:18:28,091 And you're taking Harry Taylor out with you in place of Mac. 967 01:18:28,225 --> 01:18:29,930 I'm not going. 968 01:18:30,057 --> 01:18:33,050 Cold feet? Afraid the guards are getting trigger happy? 969 01:18:33,183 --> 01:18:35,048 - No! - What then? 970 01:18:36,389 --> 01:18:37,800 It's Mac. 971 01:18:37,932 --> 01:18:40,891 Yes, Mac. Hold on to him, his plan. 972 01:18:41,016 --> 01:18:43,802 It's a damn good plan. A foolproof plan. 973 01:18:43,932 --> 01:18:46,049 A plan he indirectly gave his life for. 974 01:18:46,183 --> 01:18:48,048 And a plan you're going to scrap. 975 01:18:50,182 --> 01:18:52,093 Do it for him. 976 01:18:52,225 --> 01:18:54,556 And do one thing for me, succeed. 977 01:18:55,890 --> 01:18:58,381 Then what I did is justified. 978 01:18:58,515 --> 01:19:00,302 But if you fail... 979 01:19:02,182 --> 01:19:03,718 Don't fail. 980 01:19:31,599 --> 01:19:33,634 Right, come on. Keep together. 981 01:19:33,764 --> 01:19:35,676 Try not to look like an escaping party. 982 01:20:08,057 --> 01:20:09,718 All clear. 983 01:20:27,806 --> 01:20:29,968 Can you see Priem anywhere? 984 01:20:30,099 --> 01:20:31,713 No. 985 01:20:36,348 --> 01:20:38,964 I don't trust that man, except when I can see him. 986 01:20:41,681 --> 01:20:43,013 Here's the Kommandant. 987 01:20:43,140 --> 01:20:44,845 Your seat's down the front. 988 01:20:52,056 --> 01:20:54,218 - Programme, sir? - Thank you. 989 01:20:54,348 --> 01:20:56,214 Chocolates in the interval for Madam? 990 01:20:56,348 --> 01:20:58,634 - Danke. - Your hat, sir. 991 01:21:13,764 --> 01:21:17,086 You will interpret for me when the humour is profound? 992 01:21:25,056 --> 01:21:29,005 ♪ I belong to Colditz, dear old Colditz Schloss 993 01:21:29,140 --> 01:21:33,132 ♪ There's nothing the matter with Colditz if someone's discovered lost 994 01:21:33,265 --> 01:21:35,801 ♪ It's only a dirty old prison camp 995 01:21:35,932 --> 01:21:39,469 ♪ As the Kommandant knows quite well 996 01:21:39,598 --> 01:21:43,590 ♪ If I get to the coast I will post you a letter 997 01:21:43,723 --> 01:21:45,964 ♪ And Colditz can go to hell 998 01:21:46,098 --> 01:21:50,386 ♪ La-la, la-la-la-la 999 01:21:50,513 --> 01:21:52,721 ♪ I belong to Colditz 1000 01:21:52,848 --> 01:21:54,759 ♪ Dear old Colditz Schloss 1001 01:21:54,889 --> 01:21:58,837 ♪ There's nothing the matter with Colditz if someone's discovered lost 1002 01:21:58,973 --> 01:22:01,510 ♪ It's only a dirty old prison camp 1003 01:22:01,639 --> 01:22:04,881 ♪ As the Kommandant knows quite well 1004 01:22:05,014 --> 01:22:09,257 ♪ If I got to the coast, I will post you a letter 1005 01:22:09,388 --> 01:22:11,630 ♪ And Colditz can go to hell 1006 01:22:11,764 --> 01:22:16,178 ♪ La-la, la-la-la-la 1007 01:22:16,305 --> 01:22:18,421 ♪ I belong to Colditz 1008 01:22:18,556 --> 01:22:20,263 ♪ Dear old Oflag One 1009 01:22:20,389 --> 01:22:22,129 ♪ There's nothing the matter with Colditz 1010 01:22:22,264 --> 01:22:24,504 ♪ If you make a clean home run 1011 01:22:24,639 --> 01:22:27,176 ♪ It's only a dirty old prison camp 1012 01:22:27,306 --> 01:22:30,048 ♪ As the Kommandant here can see 1013 01:22:30,931 --> 01:22:32,842 ♪ But a little disorder 1014 01:22:32,973 --> 01:22:35,305 ♪ Then over the border 1015 01:22:35,430 --> 01:22:37,843 ♪ And Colditz belongs to me 1016 01:23:02,722 --> 01:23:05,429 We don't want to see you back here. 1017 01:23:05,556 --> 01:23:07,546 Get home in one piece! 1018 01:23:07,680 --> 01:23:09,217 Goodbye. 1019 01:23:31,430 --> 01:23:33,136 Right. 1020 01:25:03,804 --> 01:25:05,887 Come on. 1021 01:25:47,555 --> 01:25:50,626 This is it, Lutyens. Your girl from Hamburg, quick. 1022 01:26:25,263 --> 01:26:28,129 ♪ Underneath the arches 1023 01:26:29,096 --> 01:26:32,009 ♪ I dream my dreams away 1024 01:26:33,429 --> 01:26:36,796 ♪ Underneath the arches 1025 01:26:36,929 --> 01:26:39,797 ♪ On cobblestones I lay... 1026 01:26:41,345 --> 01:26:43,462 Do you know how to make a Venetian blind? 1027 01:26:43,596 --> 01:26:45,883 I haven't the remotest idea. How do you make a Venetian blind? 1028 01:26:46,013 --> 01:26:47,127 - Simple. - Really? 1029 01:26:47,262 --> 01:26:48,593 Poke his eyes out. 1030 01:26:48,721 --> 01:26:51,007 ♪ Happy when the daylight 1031 01:26:51,138 --> 01:26:52,673 ♪ Comes creeping 1032 01:26:53,971 --> 01:26:56,258 ♪ Heralding the dawn 1033 01:26:56,387 --> 01:26:58,094 ♪ Sleeping when it's raining... 1034 01:26:58,222 --> 01:26:59,802 - What's that on your shoulder? - This? 1035 01:26:59,929 --> 01:27:01,294 - Yes. - It's a Greek urn. 1036 01:27:01,428 --> 01:27:02,509 What's a Greek urn? 1037 01:27:02,637 --> 01:27:04,719 Oh, I don't know. About 30 bob a week, I think. 1038 01:27:04,846 --> 01:27:09,419 ♪ Trains rattling by above 1039 01:27:11,429 --> 01:27:12,713 ♪ Pavement is my pillow... 1040 01:27:12,846 --> 01:27:15,553 - My wife's gone to the West lndies. - The West lndies? 1041 01:27:15,679 --> 01:27:16,964 - That's right. - Jamaica? 1042 01:27:17,096 --> 01:27:18,881 No, she went of her own accord. 1043 01:27:19,012 --> 01:27:21,298 ♪ Underneath the arches 1044 01:27:21,428 --> 01:27:24,671 ♪ I dream my dreams away ♪ 1045 01:28:08,428 --> 01:28:11,420 If he comes in here I'll brain him! 1046 01:28:12,845 --> 01:28:14,131 Look out! Duck down! 1047 01:31:08,594 --> 01:31:09,710 Naughty! 1048 01:31:19,094 --> 01:31:21,837 Come on, Agatha, old girl. Bed for you! 1049 01:31:42,220 --> 01:31:44,801 All British in the courtyard for appel! 1050 01:31:44,927 --> 01:31:46,213 Oh, not again. 1051 01:31:46,344 --> 01:31:49,632 All British in the courtyard immediately for appel. 1052 01:32:17,301 --> 01:32:21,125 Unless there is immediate silence I will give the order to open fire! 1053 01:32:22,676 --> 01:32:25,965 I warn you, I will give the order to open fire. 1054 01:32:34,970 --> 01:32:37,425 I warn you, I will give the order to open fire. 1055 01:32:37,551 --> 01:32:39,338 Fire! 1056 01:32:44,802 --> 01:32:46,918 Who gave the order to open fire? 1057 01:32:49,844 --> 01:32:51,209 Don't do that, Harry. 1058 01:32:51,343 --> 01:32:53,130 It only aggravates the Germans. 1059 01:32:53,261 --> 01:32:54,545 I'm sorry, sir. 1060 01:33:04,260 --> 01:33:07,673 I beg your pardon? 1061 01:33:07,802 --> 01:33:10,214 The interpreter, please. 1062 01:33:10,343 --> 01:33:11,378 Interpreter. 1063 01:33:26,177 --> 01:33:29,543 Quiet down there. I'm trying to get some sleep. 1064 01:33:36,052 --> 01:33:38,794 What extraordinary behaviour! 1065 01:34:06,383 --> 01:34:10,582 Colonel, call your men to order or there will be bloodshed. 1066 01:34:18,343 --> 01:34:20,379 If you please, Colonel. 1067 01:34:24,426 --> 01:34:26,132 Parade! 1068 01:34:36,260 --> 01:34:39,296 Parade, attention! 1069 01:34:41,551 --> 01:34:45,248 Be so kind as to ask your men to return to their quarters immediately. 1070 01:34:50,426 --> 01:34:52,041 Parade. 1071 01:34:52,176 --> 01:34:54,132 Stand at ease. 1072 01:34:57,343 --> 01:35:00,585 Before I call on you to return to your quarters, 1073 01:35:00,718 --> 01:35:02,959 I have a piece of news for you, gentlemen. 1074 01:35:03,094 --> 01:35:04,833 A postcard from two aunts of mine. 1075 01:35:05,926 --> 01:35:08,338 I had intended to keep it until the morning, 1076 01:35:08,468 --> 01:35:10,753 but now that we find ourselves gathered together, 1077 01:35:10,884 --> 01:35:14,126 this seems as good an opportunity as any to give it to you. 1078 01:35:15,176 --> 01:35:16,882 "Dearest Guy, 1079 01:35:17,010 --> 01:35:20,206 "we are both very well and enjoying the refreshing Swiss air. 1080 01:35:20,342 --> 01:35:22,129 "How we wish you could be with us. 1081 01:35:22,260 --> 01:35:25,217 "Your loving aunts, Gert and Daisy." 1082 01:35:25,342 --> 01:35:28,585 They are perhaps better known to you as Pat Reid and Jimmy Winslow. 1083 01:35:38,218 --> 01:35:39,833 Parade. 1084 01:35:40,843 --> 01:35:43,424 They have made our first home run. 1085 01:35:43,550 --> 01:35:46,133 I have a feeling that it won't be the last. 1086 01:35:46,259 --> 01:35:49,172 Good night and thank you. 1087 01:35:49,301 --> 01:35:51,132 Carry on, please, Lieutenant Cartwright. 1088 01:35:53,509 --> 01:35:55,215 Good night, sir. 1089 01:36:04,968 --> 01:36:06,674 Parade. 1090 01:36:06,801 --> 01:36:09,633 Attention! 1091 01:36:09,758 --> 01:36:11,920 Dismiss.