1 00:03:56,767 --> 00:03:58,723 Welcome to Colditz! 2 00:03:59,933 --> 00:04:02,845 Forgive us for not coming down to the station to meet you. 3 00:04:02,975 --> 00:04:04,840 We were unavoidably detained. 4 00:04:04,975 --> 00:04:06,681 I`m Harry Tyler - late Oflag 9A. 5 00:04:06,808 --> 00:04:09,641 Pat Reid. This is McGill. 6 00:04:09,767 --> 00:04:11,257 Black Watch. Glad to know you. 7 00:04:11,392 --> 00:04:13,678 Jimmy Winslow, also late Oflag 9A. 8 00:04:13,808 --> 00:04:14,968 - Hello. - Hello. 9 00:04:15,100 --> 00:04:19,139 We`re from Oflag 7C, via the Swiss frontier. 10 00:04:19,267 --> 00:04:21,303 Oh, hard luck. Well, we didn`t even get that far. 11 00:04:21,433 --> 00:04:24,550 We woke in a haystack outside Dresden with a pitchfork through our pants! 12 00:04:24,683 --> 00:04:26,344 I`ll get a cigarette. 13 00:04:31,142 --> 00:04:33,633 He got shot down over Abbeville the day he got engaged. 14 00:04:33,767 --> 00:04:35,223 T ough luck. 15 00:04:35,350 --> 00:04:37,841 - How long have you been here? - We got here late last night. 16 00:04:37,975 --> 00:04:39,181 What is this place? 17 00:04:39,308 --> 00:04:42,505 Well, I wouldn`t know beyond the fact that it`s called Colditz. 18 00:04:43,892 --> 00:04:46,679 Funny set-up, isn`t it? 19 00:04:46,808 --> 00:04:48,673 What were all those faces at the windows? 20 00:04:48,808 --> 00:04:50,639 Poles, here since the fall of Poland. 21 00:04:50,767 --> 00:04:53,133 Yes, we four are the only British here. 22 00:04:53,267 --> 00:04:55,428 Obviously all the other camps are crowded out. 23 00:04:55,558 --> 00:04:58,925 Oh, come off it, Harry. Crowded out, my foot! 24 00:04:59,058 --> 00:05:01,674 - We`re here for something special. - Oh, shut up, Jimmy! 25 00:05:01,808 --> 00:05:03,673 Why should l? 26 00:05:03,808 --> 00:05:07,005 I don`t like it. These fellows have got to know sometime. 27 00:05:07,142 --> 00:05:08,507 They might as well know now. 28 00:05:09,850 --> 00:05:12,182 They took us out this morning, the two of us, 29 00:05:12,308 --> 00:05:15,175 and they marched us down the hill and stood us up against a rock, 30 00:05:15,308 --> 00:05:18,300 and they said, "Turn around", and there they were. 31 00:05:18,433 --> 00:05:20,890 All standing in a row, their rifles pointing at our chests, 32 00:05:21,017 --> 00:05:22,507 just like a firing squad. 33 00:05:22,642 --> 00:05:23,927 It was a joke. 34 00:05:24,058 --> 00:05:26,174 Yes, a joke. I nearly split my sides laughing. 35 00:05:26,308 --> 00:05:28,139 We were taken out there for exercise. 36 00:05:28,267 --> 00:05:30,178 That was this morning. What about tomorrow? 37 00:05:30,308 --> 00:05:32,799 What about the morning when the joke isn`t funny anymore? 38 00:05:32,933 --> 00:05:34,298 (Door handle turns) 39 00:05:47,433 --> 00:05:49,515 (Speaking Polish) 40 00:05:55,558 --> 00:05:58,095 Tyler, Captain, Brigade of Guards. 41 00:05:58,225 --> 00:05:59,590 (Speaking Polish) 42 00:06:01,225 --> 00:06:04,217 - Er... Reid. - McGill, Winslow. 43 00:06:05,225 --> 00:06:07,090 (Speaking Polish) 44 00:06:17,975 --> 00:06:19,215 Parlez-vous Francais? 45 00:06:19,350 --> 00:06:22,012 Francais? Mais oui! Certainement! Et vous aussi? 46 00:06:23,017 --> 00:06:24,348 Oui, un peu. 47 00:06:24,475 --> 00:06:26,761 (Speaks fluent F rench) 48 00:06:32,058 --> 00:06:33,514 Tres petit peu, i ndeed. 49 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:35,840 Pardon? 50 00:06:35,975 --> 00:06:38,307 Doesn `t somebody rou nd here speak English? 51 00:06:38,433 --> 00:06:40,219 (Polish accent) Yes, I speak English! 52 00:06:40,350 --> 00:06:43,342 I have stayed before the war in Nottingham. 53 00:06:43,475 --> 00:06:45,932 Good egg. Know the Black Boy? 54 00:06:46,058 --> 00:06:48,720 Please? No. My aunt, she live in Nottingham. 55 00:06:48,850 --> 00:06:52,217 She marry with a Nottinghamshire man. 56 00:06:52,350 --> 00:06:55,183 The Black Boy? I`m sorry, but I don`t know him. 57 00:06:55,308 --> 00:06:58,380 Well, it`s er... It`s an inn. 58 00:06:58,517 --> 00:07:00,633 Yes, you know, a hotel, cafe. 59 00:07:00,767 --> 00:07:02,928 Ah, a pub! 60 00:07:03,058 --> 00:07:07,631 (Chuckles) No, alas. My aunt, she does not crawl the pubs. 61 00:07:07,767 --> 00:07:09,223 How many of you are there? 62 00:07:09,350 --> 00:07:11,261 One hundred twenty one. 63 00:07:11,392 --> 00:07:13,348 Yes, and how many when you came? 64 00:07:13,475 --> 00:07:16,091 - One hundred twenty one. - Well, that`s a relief. 65 00:07:16,225 --> 00:07:18,716 - You mean the Germans haven`t... - Haven`t eaten any of you? 66 00:07:18,850 --> 00:07:20,681 Eaten us? (Chuckles) 67 00:07:20,808 --> 00:07:24,676 What is it that you say in Nottingham? No bloody fear! 68 00:07:24,808 --> 00:07:26,673 (Speaking Polish) 69 00:07:29,433 --> 00:07:32,300 Er... how did you get in here? 70 00:07:32,433 --> 00:07:35,425 (Chuckles, speaks Polish) 71 00:07:35,558 --> 00:07:38,391 - We walk! - Well... through keyholes? 72 00:07:38,517 --> 00:07:41,099 - What? - Through locked... Iocked doors? 73 00:07:41,225 --> 00:07:43,591 Ah, locked doors, yes. We open them! 74 00:07:43,725 --> 00:07:47,092 We open everything. We open even bottles! 75 00:07:47,975 --> 00:07:49,636 (Exclaims in Polish) 76 00:07:55,808 --> 00:07:57,844 (Man outside speaks German) 77 00:08:00,058 --> 00:08:02,219 (Speaks Polish) 78 00:08:12,975 --> 00:08:14,215 Who is the senior? 79 00:08:16,558 --> 00:08:20,096 You, Hauptmann Tyler, have the longest been here. 80 00:08:20,225 --> 00:08:22,056 There is too much noise. 81 00:08:22,183 --> 00:08:24,595 Oh, l`m sorry, We were laughing. 82 00:08:24,725 --> 00:08:27,137 Ah, laughing? 83 00:08:27,267 --> 00:08:29,599 Oh, I see, you have the British humour. 84 00:08:29,725 --> 00:08:32,057 Well, Englishmen will laugh at anything. 85 00:08:32,183 --> 00:08:34,219 But mostly they laugh at nothing. 86 00:08:34,350 --> 00:08:36,716 Here you will not laugh for long. 87 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:40,672 Here you will remain until the war is won... by Germany. 88 00:08:40,808 --> 00:08:43,550 There will be no escape, unless you wish to die. 89 00:08:44,642 --> 00:08:46,849 Now you can laugh if you wish. 90 00:09:14,267 --> 00:09:16,633 (Bell rings, guard shouts in German) 91 00:09:30,892 --> 00:09:32,803 (Guard shouts in German) 92 00:09:39,142 --> 00:09:41,178 (People shouting in German) 93 00:09:41,308 --> 00:09:45,426 - All change for Piccadilly! - What`s the hurry? 94 00:09:58,433 --> 00:10:00,344 (Speaks German) 95 00:10:06,350 --> 00:10:07,635 (Speaks German) 96 00:10:07,767 --> 00:10:09,428 A lovely spot, Richard, old boy. 97 00:10:09,558 --> 00:10:11,173 Reminds me of my early days at Caterham. 98 00:10:11,308 --> 00:10:12,343 (Shouts in German) 99 00:10:12,475 --> 00:10:14,932 Look, don`t shout, you self-inflated little man. 100 00:10:15,058 --> 00:10:18,425 Oh, do shut up, Robin. These jokers are not the chaps we`ve been used to. 101 00:10:18,558 --> 00:10:19,764 (Speaks German) 102 00:10:19,892 --> 00:10:22,178 Our kit is in the front of the lorry, my dear chap. 103 00:10:22,308 --> 00:10:24,515 You`d better fetch it. It will make life much easier. 104 00:10:24,642 --> 00:10:26,303 (Speaks German) 105 00:10:30,100 --> 00:10:31,180 Who`s that old fool? 106 00:10:31,308 --> 00:10:33,014 I don`t know. He`s got a nerve. 107 00:10:33,142 --> 00:10:35,098 - Is that the lot, Bates? - Just one more, sir. 108 00:10:35,225 --> 00:10:36,590 He`s got a servant, too. 109 00:10:38,767 --> 00:10:41,509 - Colonel Richmond? - Yes, that`s me. 110 00:10:41,642 --> 00:10:44,805 The Kommandant wishes to see you. Will you please follow me? 111 00:10:49,350 --> 00:10:52,922 - Now where`s he going? - Off to speak to Matron, I imagine. 112 00:10:53,058 --> 00:10:55,344 - What`s his regiment, old boy? - I don`t know. 113 00:10:55,475 --> 00:10:57,181 - I bet it`s NAAFl. - Come. 114 00:10:57,308 --> 00:11:00,721 - There`s the kit, you ugly brute. - Good! 115 00:11:06,475 --> 00:11:07,931 (Knock on door) 116 00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:11,803 (Speaking German) 117 00:11:15,267 --> 00:11:17,349 Be seated, Colonel Richmond. 118 00:11:17,475 --> 00:11:20,262 I prefer to stand. 119 00:11:20,392 --> 00:11:23,179 Your journey has been trying, all the way from Spangeburg. 120 00:11:23,308 --> 00:11:26,550 I`m afraid trains in any country are not at their best in wartime. 121 00:11:26,683 --> 00:11:29,265 - Cigarette? - No, thanks. 122 00:11:29,392 --> 00:11:31,724 Oh, I see. You do not smoke. 123 00:11:31,850 --> 00:11:34,091 Now, Colonel Richmond, let us talk as man to man. 124 00:11:34,225 --> 00:11:36,557 If you insist. 125 00:11:36,683 --> 00:11:40,722 As you no doubt will have guessed, l`m the Kommandant of Colditz Castle. 126 00:11:40,850 --> 00:11:43,512 Colditz is a prisoner of war camp, recently set up 127 00:11:43,642 --> 00:11:45,553 to accommodate all those prisoners of war 128 00:11:45,683 --> 00:11:49,050 who, like yourself, have been so foolish as to try escaping 129 00:11:49,183 --> 00:11:52,016 from the various Oflags throughout the German Reich. 130 00:11:52,142 --> 00:11:56,636 You have been blacklisted, all of you, as enemies of Germany. 131 00:11:56,767 --> 00:11:59,053 And most of you no doubt would have been shot by now 132 00:11:59,183 --> 00:12:01,970 if Germany did not respect the Geneva Convention. 133 00:12:02,100 --> 00:12:03,135 (Guard shouts in German) 134 00:12:03,267 --> 00:12:07,556 So, in here you will find Poles, and Dutch, 135 00:12:07,683 --> 00:12:09,799 and French, besides you British, 136 00:12:09,933 --> 00:12:11,594 all of whom have let themselves be bitten 137 00:12:11,725 --> 00:12:15,013 by this imbecile escaping bug. 138 00:12:15,142 --> 00:12:18,634 I was a prisoner of war myself between 1 91 6 and 1 91 8, 139 00:12:18,767 --> 00:12:20,678 so I know what l`m talking of. 140 00:12:20,808 --> 00:12:22,264 Near Edinburgh. 141 00:12:22,392 --> 00:12:24,758 - Do you know Edinburgh? - Not well. 142 00:12:24,892 --> 00:12:27,304 - It is in Scotland. - So I believe. 143 00:12:28,225 --> 00:12:30,682 All right, Colonel Richmond. 144 00:12:30,808 --> 00:12:33,800 As senior among the British, I have sent for you to warn you 145 00:12:33,933 --> 00:12:35,889 that out of Colditz there will be no escaping. 146 00:12:37,183 --> 00:12:39,014 The safety of your officers is in your hands. 147 00:12:39,142 --> 00:12:42,589 The responsibility of those who guard you is in mine. 148 00:12:43,642 --> 00:12:45,382 Let me emphasise it once more - 149 00:12:45,517 --> 00:12:49,465 the sole reward for trying to escape from Colditz will be death! 150 00:12:49,600 --> 00:12:54,299 I will repeat these comments tomorrow morning to all prisoners on parade. 151 00:12:54,433 --> 00:12:56,845 (Kommandant speaks German) 152 00:12:56,975 --> 00:12:58,636 (lnterpreter) I wish it to be understood 153 00:12:58,767 --> 00:13:00,758 that from this camp there will be no escapes. 154 00:13:00,892 --> 00:13:03,053 (Speaks German) 155 00:13:06,850 --> 00:13:08,511 You all came to this camp as a punishment, 156 00:13:08,642 --> 00:13:11,930 because you have made attempts, repeated and unsuccessful attempts... 157 00:13:12,058 --> 00:13:13,969 (Speaks German) 158 00:13:14,100 --> 00:13:17,718 ...to escape from other camps for prisoners of war. 159 00:13:17,850 --> 00:13:21,547 It might interest you to know 160 00:13:21,683 --> 00:13:25,551 that in the 1 91 4-1 91 8 war 161 00:13:25,683 --> 00:13:29,551 in which I also had the honour to serve my country 162 00:13:29,683 --> 00:13:31,093 (Speaks German) 163 00:13:31,225 --> 00:13:33,307 This castle has been used as a prisoner of war camp. 164 00:13:33,433 --> 00:13:35,845 (lnterpreter translates into French) 165 00:13:35,975 --> 00:13:40,389 From here there were no escapes! 166 00:13:40,517 --> 00:13:43,054 There will be no escapes in this war either. 167 00:13:43,183 --> 00:13:45,720 (Speaks German) 168 00:13:48,600 --> 00:13:51,558 Hauptmann Priem and his security force are constantly amongst you 169 00:13:51,683 --> 00:13:52,968 and on the watch. 170 00:13:53,100 --> 00:13:54,510 I warn you, 171 00:13:54,642 --> 00:13:57,600 he has had much experience in other camps. 172 00:13:57,725 --> 00:13:59,215 (Speaks German) 173 00:14:02,517 --> 00:14:04,382 Attempting to escape is forbidden. 174 00:14:05,350 --> 00:14:07,841 (lnterpreters translate into various languages) 175 00:14:12,183 --> 00:14:15,050 (Speaks German) 176 00:14:15,183 --> 00:14:18,926 Any officer attempting to escape will be shot. 177 00:14:24,475 --> 00:14:27,308 (Speaking German) 178 00:14:44,350 --> 00:14:46,056 - What`s your name? - Reid, sir. 179 00:14:46,183 --> 00:14:48,890 - Reid? Ah, yes. And yours? - McGill, sir. 180 00:14:49,017 --> 00:14:51,975 You`re both old boys, I think. Tell me, what`s it like in here? 181 00:14:52,100 --> 00:14:53,965 I don`t know, sir. We only came in last night. 182 00:14:54,100 --> 00:14:56,307 We were picked up on the Swiss frontier. 183 00:14:56,433 --> 00:14:59,015 Pity. Still, it`s goodbye to all that now, isn`t it? 184 00:14:59,892 --> 00:15:02,850 - Goodbye to all that, sir? - You heard what the Kommandant said. 185 00:15:02,975 --> 00:15:05,307 He said escaping is verboten, didn`t he? 186 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:11,386 Silly old woman. Ought to be repatriated. 187 00:15:11,517 --> 00:15:13,098 Who`d want him? 188 00:15:13,225 --> 00:15:15,716 I`ll bet he lives in a bath chair in Cheltenham. 189 00:15:15,850 --> 00:15:17,636 "He said escaping was verboten, didn`t he?" 190 00:15:19,642 --> 00:15:21,974 I don`t know what verboten means, do you? 191 00:15:22,100 --> 00:15:24,136 I haven`t a clue. 192 00:15:34,267 --> 00:15:36,474 (Guards speaking German) 193 00:15:54,308 --> 00:15:57,345 Hey. Emperor Franz Joseph, ja? 194 00:15:57,475 --> 00:15:59,306 Yes... Ja, ja. 195 00:16:08,558 --> 00:16:12,426 (Tannoy) `The British, the French at 1 1 : 1 5, 196 00:16:12,558 --> 00:16:15,470 `the Dutch at 1 1 :30 197 00:16:15,600 --> 00:16:18,307 `the Poles at 1 1 :45. 198 00:16:18,433 --> 00:16:19,764 `Attention! 199 00:16:19,892 --> 00:16:22,554 `The following officer will attend a medical inspection 200 00:16:22,683 --> 00:16:26,881 `reporting here at 1 4:50...` 201 00:16:33,308 --> 00:16:35,594 (Tannoy announcement continues) 202 00:16:38,642 --> 00:16:41,429 You see that manhole cover over there, half left? 203 00:16:41,558 --> 00:16:42,968 Yes. It`s bolted down. 204 00:16:43,100 --> 00:16:44,931 Because Jerry doesn`t want us to lift it up. 205 00:16:46,475 --> 00:16:47,715 And l`ll tell you why. 206 00:16:47,850 --> 00:16:51,047 The funny thing about that dame was that she always threw you out about six. 207 00:16:51,183 --> 00:16:53,674 Taxis don`t exactly grow on trees in that district, do they? 208 00:16:53,808 --> 00:16:55,423 No. (Chuckles) 209 00:16:59,142 --> 00:17:00,723 I bet you under that manhole 210 00:17:00,850 --> 00:17:02,966 there might be some juicy drains leading somewhere. 211 00:17:03,100 --> 00:17:04,761 What, outside the castle? Not a hope. 212 00:17:04,892 --> 00:17:06,803 Still, it`s worth a snoop, isn`t it? 213 00:17:06,933 --> 00:17:10,755 - OK, Pat, l`m with you. - Hmm, not now. Tonight, eh? 214 00:17:12,308 --> 00:17:14,594 (Tannoy, in German) 215 00:17:19,725 --> 00:17:21,590 Sack. 216 00:17:26,683 --> 00:17:29,299 (Tannoy) `The German dentist will be available 217 00:17:29,433 --> 00:17:33,130 `to give treatment on Wednesday the 1 7th. 218 00:17:33,267 --> 00:17:36,179 `Any officer requiring treatment 219 00:17:36,308 --> 00:17:41,348 `will hand his name to the adjutant of each contingent.` 220 00:17:42,892 --> 00:17:44,974 (Announcement is repeated in German) 221 00:17:54,433 --> 00:17:56,219 (Speaks German) 222 00:18:04,433 --> 00:18:07,925 All right, all right! Give me time. It`s dark in here! 223 00:18:08,058 --> 00:18:10,390 OK, room for one more. 224 00:18:10,517 --> 00:18:12,803 Come on, come on, give it here. 225 00:18:14,933 --> 00:18:17,140 What are you doing, Lieutenant McGill? 226 00:18:17,267 --> 00:18:19,303 Playing squirrels? 227 00:18:19,433 --> 00:18:20,548 (Chuckles) 228 00:18:23,100 --> 00:18:25,136 (Speaks German) 229 00:18:27,475 --> 00:18:29,011 What`s up, Mac? 230 00:18:29,142 --> 00:18:31,053 Calls himself a stooge! 231 00:18:31,183 --> 00:18:33,549 Showed him up like a ruddy butler! 232 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:37,682 That`s worth ten days in solitary, I should think. 233 00:18:37,808 --> 00:18:39,719 Oh, he won`t go to solitary. 234 00:18:39,850 --> 00:18:42,842 There`s five to a cell, and a month`s waiting list, I hear. 235 00:18:42,975 --> 00:18:45,591 If we get caught tonight, we`ll have to take our turn in the queue. 236 00:18:45,725 --> 00:18:48,762 - Unless we have a good stooge. - Hmm. 237 00:18:48,892 --> 00:18:50,803 What about old Jeeves here? 238 00:18:50,933 --> 00:18:52,469 (Laughs) 239 00:19:10,142 --> 00:19:13,760 Off you go. You`ve got four minutes before they come back. 240 00:19:28,975 --> 00:19:30,840 (Roof tiles shattering) 241 00:19:42,600 --> 00:19:44,932 (Siren wails) 242 00:19:45,058 --> 00:19:48,050 (Guards shouting in German) 243 00:19:50,267 --> 00:19:52,053 (Gunshots) 244 00:19:53,433 --> 00:19:56,095 (Speaks French) 245 00:19:59,975 --> 00:20:03,047 (Guards shouting in German) 246 00:20:03,183 --> 00:20:05,925 - (Speaks French) - Blasted frogs! 247 00:20:11,267 --> 00:20:13,223 May I help you? 248 00:20:13,350 --> 00:20:15,432 - My name`s Reid. - Capitaine La Tour, enchante. 249 00:20:15,558 --> 00:20:18,721 How do you do? Where can I find Captain Chambert? 250 00:20:18,850 --> 00:20:22,047 He is up before the Kommandant this morning, so I understand. 251 00:20:22,183 --> 00:20:24,219 - Serves him right. - Pardon? 252 00:20:24,350 --> 00:20:26,932 I said, "Serves him right." Silly basket! 253 00:20:27,058 --> 00:20:29,344 Kicking the roof down last night. He ruined everything. 254 00:20:29,475 --> 00:20:31,340 What did he ruin but your sleep? 255 00:20:31,475 --> 00:20:34,137 Look, we had something on last night. 256 00:20:34,267 --> 00:20:36,132 Your precious Captain Chambert wrecked that 257 00:20:36,267 --> 00:20:38,383 and damn nearly got himself killed into the bargain. 258 00:20:38,517 --> 00:20:40,098 I see. I`m sorry. 259 00:20:40,225 --> 00:20:41,965 But why do you blame le Capitaine Chambert? 260 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,307 Well, he never told us what he was up to. 261 00:20:44,433 --> 00:20:47,755 - Did you tell him? - No, but ours wasn`t just a crazy idea. 262 00:20:47,892 --> 00:20:51,384 - That is a matter of opinion. - Well, that`s my opinion. 263 00:20:51,517 --> 00:20:55,180 - And I hope you`ve nothing on tonight. - Perhaps. Who knows? 264 00:20:55,308 --> 00:20:59,005 That is our affair, in my opinion. 265 00:20:59,142 --> 00:21:01,884 There are others in the camp besides the British, Captain Reid. 266 00:21:02,017 --> 00:21:03,928 You`re telling me! 267 00:21:08,392 --> 00:21:11,008 - (Knock on door) - Come in. 268 00:21:12,517 --> 00:21:14,849 - Good morning, sir. - Yes, Reid? 269 00:21:14,975 --> 00:21:16,511 I`m fed up, sir. 270 00:21:16,642 --> 00:21:18,382 Yes, so am l. 271 00:21:19,433 --> 00:21:22,049 I collected these fellows yesterday on exercise. 272 00:21:23,058 --> 00:21:25,549 I`m not quite sure if they`re going to live. 273 00:21:27,433 --> 00:21:29,094 You know we had something on last night? 274 00:21:29,225 --> 00:21:31,261 Yes, I did hear something going on. 275 00:21:31,392 --> 00:21:33,474 Well, these blasted Frenchmen messed it up. 276 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:35,556 Indeed? How did they manage to do that? 277 00:21:35,683 --> 00:21:38,925 - They had someone on the roof, sir. - What was he doing there? 278 00:21:39,933 --> 00:21:41,924 Escaping, sir... or trying to. 279 00:21:43,892 --> 00:21:45,632 Oh... and what are you fed up about? 280 00:21:45,767 --> 00:21:47,974 Well, why couldn`t he have warned us he was trying...? 281 00:21:48,100 --> 00:21:50,591 - Did you warn him? - What of, sir? 282 00:21:50,725 --> 00:21:52,807 Well, did you warn him you`d got something on? 283 00:21:52,933 --> 00:21:55,640 Well, of course not, sir. Tell a lot of gabby Frenchmen...? 284 00:21:55,767 --> 00:21:59,089 Then you mustn`t blame the French if they think that way, too. 285 00:21:59,225 --> 00:22:02,467 Perhaps they need a stimulant. I know I do. 286 00:22:05,683 --> 00:22:07,389 Yes, sir. 287 00:22:15,350 --> 00:22:16,886 Well, Pat? 288 00:22:17,767 --> 00:22:19,632 He says we should have warned them. 289 00:22:19,767 --> 00:22:21,632 Anybody would think he was a ruddy foreigner. 290 00:22:21,767 --> 00:22:23,257 Well, as far as l`m concerned he is. 291 00:22:23,392 --> 00:22:25,974 Just stood there watering a pair of seedy looking daisies. 292 00:22:26,100 --> 00:22:29,718 - What do you mean, daisies? - Look, Mac, Richmond`s a wash-out. 293 00:22:29,850 --> 00:22:31,386 We`ll have to do without him. 294 00:22:31,517 --> 00:22:33,223 Let`s get the tunnel finished. 295 00:22:34,267 --> 00:22:35,757 That`s a good idea. 296 00:22:35,892 --> 00:22:38,429 We`ll try and get it finished by the end of the month. 297 00:22:43,892 --> 00:22:45,428 OK. 298 00:22:51,392 --> 00:22:53,178 All clear, Pat. 299 00:22:55,892 --> 00:22:58,804 - Right, chaps, all clear. - lt`s all right for some. 300 00:22:58,933 --> 00:23:02,005 - Aren`t you happy in your work? - Don`t worry, it`s your turn next. 301 00:23:02,142 --> 00:23:05,179 What`s the matter? You`ve only been down there a fortnight. 302 00:23:11,433 --> 00:23:13,389 Thanks, boy. 303 00:23:17,517 --> 00:23:20,805 If you were ordering dinner at the Savoy, now, tonight, 304 00:23:20,933 --> 00:23:22,218 what would you kick off with? 305 00:23:22,350 --> 00:23:24,306 - Who`s paying? - I am. 306 00:23:25,308 --> 00:23:27,299 Smoked salmon 307 00:23:27,433 --> 00:23:29,469 and a little caviar. 308 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,556 Egg mayonnaise. 309 00:23:39,975 --> 00:23:41,181 Get `em out of there quick! 310 00:23:41,308 --> 00:23:43,219 Give us a hand! You all right, Dick? 311 00:23:43,350 --> 00:23:45,636 Right. Give us a hand. 312 00:23:45,767 --> 00:23:47,473 Up you come! 313 00:23:51,225 --> 00:23:55,013 - (Mac) Jimmy! Jim! - Get out of it! 314 00:23:55,142 --> 00:23:58,179 Here, give us a hand here. You all right, Jimmy? 315 00:23:58,308 --> 00:24:00,264 - (Coughing) - Up you come. 316 00:24:00,392 --> 00:24:02,428 (Speaks Dutch) 317 00:24:05,267 --> 00:24:06,848 You British are saboteurs! 318 00:24:06,975 --> 00:24:09,842 We are one day away from freedom, and what do you do? 319 00:24:09,975 --> 00:24:11,681 - You blow us up! - Keep it quiet in there! 320 00:24:12,767 --> 00:24:16,635 - Cover up quick. Here come the goons. - Never mind about that. We`ve had it. 321 00:24:16,767 --> 00:24:20,089 Get out of it, boy! 322 00:24:20,225 --> 00:24:21,556 (Dog barks) 323 00:24:24,350 --> 00:24:25,965 Gentlemen! 324 00:24:26,100 --> 00:24:28,182 (Speaks German) 325 00:24:29,642 --> 00:24:32,554 This... This fat fool fell in on me! 326 00:24:32,683 --> 00:24:35,971 - Tunnelling over us! - Tunnelling over you! I like that! 327 00:24:36,100 --> 00:24:37,806 We have been there for two weeks. 328 00:24:37,933 --> 00:24:40,470 - Weeks? We`ve been here for months. - (Priem laughs) 329 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,763 Nein! Two tunnels! 330 00:24:48,308 --> 00:24:50,720 You will forgive me, gentlemen, if I express myself strongly, 331 00:24:50,850 --> 00:24:53,922 but everything in this castle is in a darned awful mess. 332 00:24:54,058 --> 00:24:56,891 And what depresses and surprises me most of all 333 00:24:57,017 --> 00:24:59,303 is the appalling lack of co-operation between us 334 00:24:59,433 --> 00:25:01,594 on this most important subject of escape. 335 00:25:01,725 --> 00:25:05,013 There is no liaison. That is where we`re at fault. 336 00:25:05,142 --> 00:25:07,554 That is why I have called this meeting tonight, 337 00:25:07,683 --> 00:25:11,505 to make a proposition to you, which I hope you will agree to. 338 00:25:11,642 --> 00:25:14,384 I propose that each of us four senior officers 339 00:25:14,517 --> 00:25:16,599 appoint one of our officers to be escape officer. 340 00:25:16,725 --> 00:25:19,888 His duties will be to consider any ideas and suggestions 341 00:25:20,017 --> 00:25:22,053 regarding any proposed escapes, 342 00:25:22,183 --> 00:25:24,970 and to liaise with his fellow escape officers 343 00:25:25,100 --> 00:25:27,933 with a view to avoiding any interference, 344 00:25:28,058 --> 00:25:29,764 intentional or unintentional, 345 00:25:29,892 --> 00:25:32,304 with any particular plan. 346 00:25:32,433 --> 00:25:35,140 In order to achieve this eminent and desirable state of affairs, 347 00:25:35,267 --> 00:25:38,509 it will be necessary to have a continuous and frank exchange of information. 348 00:25:38,642 --> 00:25:40,098 Anything less will be useless. 349 00:25:40,225 --> 00:25:43,638 That is why I asked each of you to bring one of your officers to this meeting. 350 00:25:43,767 --> 00:25:46,304 That is why l, myself, have brought along Captain Reid. 351 00:25:46,433 --> 00:25:48,344 - Now, Reid, do you accept the post? - Yes, sir. 352 00:25:48,475 --> 00:25:50,932 It`s going to be hard work, hard going all the way. 353 00:25:51,058 --> 00:25:53,049 Hard knocks. No thanks from anyone. 354 00:25:53,183 --> 00:25:56,175 No guarantee of anything, but constant and repeated failures. 355 00:25:56,308 --> 00:25:59,266 Well, gentlemen, do you agree? 356 00:25:59,392 --> 00:26:01,053 Good. 357 00:26:01,183 --> 00:26:03,515 We agree, sir. 358 00:26:03,642 --> 00:26:05,633 Splendid. And you, sir? 359 00:26:07,850 --> 00:26:08,930 I do not agree. 360 00:26:11,142 --> 00:26:13,303 Oh. Indeed? Why? 361 00:26:13,433 --> 00:26:17,096 If one of us thinks of a plan to escape, it is in our head alone. 362 00:26:17,225 --> 00:26:20,763 Later, perhaps, we choose one, two, three companions whom we trust. 363 00:26:20,892 --> 00:26:23,599 Now it is now in those two, three, four heads - no more. 364 00:26:23,725 --> 00:26:26,137 But with your plan there are too many heads. 365 00:26:26,267 --> 00:26:28,303 First, we have to tell our escaping officer... 366 00:26:28,433 --> 00:26:31,140 I am prepared to trust the officer you appoint 367 00:26:31,267 --> 00:26:35,385 to keep his mouth shut as unquestioningly as I trust Pat Reid. 368 00:26:35,517 --> 00:26:36,552 Mais, mon Colonel. 369 00:26:36,683 --> 00:26:38,799 One of my officers, he thinks of an escape, 370 00:26:38,933 --> 00:26:41,800 a plan so admirable, so ingenious, so perfect... 371 00:26:41,933 --> 00:26:44,049 If he did, l`d say "Good luck" to him. 372 00:26:44,183 --> 00:26:47,255 But with your proposition... presto, the plan is no longer French. 373 00:26:47,392 --> 00:26:50,099 It is Dutch, and Polish, and British too. 374 00:26:50,225 --> 00:26:51,761 What happens then? 375 00:26:51,892 --> 00:26:54,429 The Dutch, the British, and the Poles, they take this plan, 376 00:26:54,558 --> 00:26:57,880 - so admirable, so ingenious, so... - And steal it from the French? 377 00:26:58,017 --> 00:27:00,884 Ah, non, I did not say they steal it, but perhaps they borrow it, 378 00:27:01,017 --> 00:27:03,349 as one borrows une allumette, a match. 379 00:27:03,475 --> 00:27:05,056 It is no use after it is struck. 380 00:27:05,183 --> 00:27:07,139 I think so too. 381 00:27:07,267 --> 00:27:10,304 All right. I`m sorry, Pat. There`s only one thing for it. 382 00:27:10,433 --> 00:27:11,843 Would you all agree to this? 383 00:27:11,975 --> 00:27:15,888 That no escaping officer be permitted to escape during his term of office? 384 00:27:16,017 --> 00:27:17,928 Ah, no, it is not possible. 385 00:27:18,058 --> 00:27:20,049 Who would take the post? 386 00:27:20,183 --> 00:27:21,923 Pat, you have my full permission to resign. 387 00:27:22,058 --> 00:27:24,845 - l`ll keep it, sir. - Well, gentlemen... 388 00:27:31,058 --> 00:27:33,265 ( 389 00:27:35,058 --> 00:27:36,673 Morning. 390 00:27:40,517 --> 00:27:42,508 Give me the usual, Dickie, will you? 391 00:27:44,683 --> 00:27:47,095 - Thanks. - When`s the chocolate coming in? 392 00:27:48,683 --> 00:27:50,014 Just a moment. 393 00:27:50,142 --> 00:27:53,100 I understand the French and the Poles have agreed to your plan. 394 00:27:53,225 --> 00:27:55,090 That`s right. 395 00:27:56,433 --> 00:27:59,095 Well, Pat, please don`t laugh. 396 00:27:59,225 --> 00:28:01,181 I`ve been made the Dutch escaping officer. 397 00:28:02,475 --> 00:28:03,715 Ha-ha! 398 00:28:03,850 --> 00:28:06,557 That`s great. That`s great! 399 00:28:06,683 --> 00:28:09,800 When we`ve got all 1 50 of them out, we`ll go out ourselves, eh? 400 00:28:09,933 --> 00:28:11,639 Be seeing you. 401 00:28:11,767 --> 00:28:14,349 I hope the war will last that long! 402 00:28:16,975 --> 00:28:18,431 (Knock on door) 403 00:28:18,558 --> 00:28:20,264 Come in. 404 00:28:22,683 --> 00:28:24,594 Good morning, Colonel. 405 00:28:27,308 --> 00:28:29,640 Oh, l`m sorry. Good morning, Pat. 406 00:28:29,767 --> 00:28:31,553 Bad news? 407 00:28:31,683 --> 00:28:34,174 My daughter`s guinea-pig. It died. 408 00:28:34,308 --> 00:28:36,720 - Shame. - Oh, do you think so? 409 00:28:36,850 --> 00:28:39,557 My wife takes a different view. She says... 410 00:28:39,683 --> 00:28:41,639 Let me see, where is it? 411 00:28:41,767 --> 00:28:46,431 "Sarah`s Pop", my daughter`s most undisciplined, "has died at last." 412 00:28:46,558 --> 00:28:48,765 "Thank goodness." 413 00:28:48,892 --> 00:28:50,883 There`s something rather ruthless about women. 414 00:28:51,017 --> 00:28:52,427 Poor old Pop. 415 00:28:52,558 --> 00:28:54,719 He came from Harrods one snowy Christmas Eve. 416 00:28:54,850 --> 00:28:57,512 And now he`s gone to... Well, who knows? 417 00:28:57,642 --> 00:29:01,089 Now, about the canteen tunnel... It`s been lying dormant far too long. 418 00:29:01,225 --> 00:29:03,466 That sentry`s slap on the place we were coming up to. 419 00:29:03,600 --> 00:29:05,386 - We`ve abandoned it. - Yes, I know. 420 00:29:05,517 --> 00:29:07,633 It would be nice if we could get that sentry shifted. 421 00:29:07,767 --> 00:29:10,304 We`d better ask the Kommandant. He might do it for Christmas. 422 00:29:10,433 --> 00:29:12,219 Assuming we could get the sentry shifted, 423 00:29:12,350 --> 00:29:15,342 would I right in thinking the tunnel could be opened up again? 424 00:29:15,475 --> 00:29:17,591 Well, it could, sir. 425 00:29:17,725 --> 00:29:19,807 How much longer would it take you to finish it? 426 00:29:19,933 --> 00:29:22,094 Oh, another 1 2 hours without snags. 427 00:29:22,225 --> 00:29:24,807 Then I suggest you start to work on it right away. 428 00:29:24,933 --> 00:29:28,005 What about the sentry? Not a hope in hell of shifting him. 429 00:29:28,142 --> 00:29:31,464 There`s always hope, I hope, even in hell. 430 00:29:34,433 --> 00:29:36,014 Well, l`ll be...! 431 00:29:36,933 --> 00:29:38,013 Franz Joseph! 432 00:29:38,142 --> 00:29:41,384 I could be, when your make-up boys start work on me. 433 00:29:42,308 --> 00:29:44,674 - It seems a pity, doesn`t it? - What`s that, sir? 434 00:29:44,808 --> 00:29:46,799 That we can`t keep this in the family. 435 00:29:46,933 --> 00:29:49,345 Well, there`s got to be liaison between the allies, sir. 436 00:29:49,475 --> 00:29:50,840 Yes, I know. 437 00:29:50,975 --> 00:29:53,057 Who was the idiot who brought that up? 438 00:29:54,433 --> 00:29:56,094 Here he comes. Dead on time, bless him. 439 00:29:58,850 --> 00:30:00,511 (Speaks German) 440 00:30:07,850 --> 00:30:10,341 Voice production good. Strength five. 441 00:30:10,475 --> 00:30:12,682 (Speaks German) 442 00:30:14,267 --> 00:30:16,758 - We`ll need a copy of that dialogue. - l`ve got one, sir. 443 00:30:16,892 --> 00:30:19,429 Good. I`ll have to understand it, even if the sentry doesn`t. 444 00:30:26,183 --> 00:30:27,923 How about that walk, sir? Can you manage it? 445 00:30:28,058 --> 00:30:30,674 - Are you trying to be funny? - No, sir. 446 00:30:30,808 --> 00:30:34,380 Gentlemen, this plan cannot succeed unless that sentry`s moved. 447 00:30:34,517 --> 00:30:36,803 And we`ve got an idea for moving him. It`s this. 448 00:30:39,058 --> 00:30:41,265 Meet Colonel Richmond, alias... 449 00:30:41,392 --> 00:30:43,132 Franz Joseph! 450 00:30:46,017 --> 00:30:47,678 Danke. 451 00:30:49,600 --> 00:30:52,137 Now, gentlemen, the plan is this. 452 00:30:52,267 --> 00:30:56,260 Colonel Richmond, together with one of our own men, disguised as a goon, 453 00:30:56,392 --> 00:30:58,553 will get out of the dentist`s room window, 454 00:30:58,683 --> 00:31:01,049 march round the corner and relieve the sentry. 455 00:31:01,183 --> 00:31:03,970 He will be told he`s wanted in the guard house - 456 00:31:04,100 --> 00:31:06,182 bad news from home, or words to that effect. 457 00:31:06,308 --> 00:31:09,926 I, myself, will be in the tunnel, at the exit, with the turf cut, 458 00:31:10,058 --> 00:31:12,640 ready to open up the moment I get the signal the sentry`s gone. 459 00:31:12,767 --> 00:31:17,090 When everybody`s out, I shall replace the turf on my patent trap door, 460 00:31:17,225 --> 00:31:20,183 come back through the tunnel, replace the manhole, 461 00:31:20,308 --> 00:31:22,139 and then, er... 462 00:31:22,267 --> 00:31:23,882 then return to my quarters, damn it! 463 00:31:24,017 --> 00:31:27,134 Now, gentlemen, the members of the escape team - 464 00:31:27,267 --> 00:31:30,634 Twelve is the maximum for safety in the time at our disposal. 465 00:31:30,767 --> 00:31:35,761 We propose three British, three Dutch, three Poles and three French. 466 00:31:35,892 --> 00:31:38,429 The escape will be set for Friday 1 0th. 467 00:31:38,558 --> 00:31:41,265 The British will provide Franz Joseph and the sentry. 468 00:31:41,392 --> 00:31:44,134 I promise you there will be a perfect likeness on the night. 469 00:31:46,725 --> 00:31:48,966 (lndistinct chatter, bell chimes) 470 00:31:53,517 --> 00:31:56,259 (Speaking German) 471 00:32:45,308 --> 00:32:47,173 ( 472 00:33:11,933 --> 00:33:14,766 (Speaking German) 473 00:33:24,808 --> 00:33:26,048 (Shouts in German) 474 00:33:31,975 --> 00:33:34,637 What do you think this is? A maternity home? 475 00:33:34,767 --> 00:33:37,133 What do you expect with all my escape kit on underneath? 476 00:33:37,267 --> 00:33:40,384 - Do you want me to carry a suitcase? - You could have done better than that. 477 00:33:40,517 --> 00:33:42,633 If anyone comes too close, they`ll nab the lot of you. 478 00:33:42,767 --> 00:33:44,632 Oh, shut up! 479 00:34:07,892 --> 00:34:10,224 (Speaks German) 480 00:34:11,642 --> 00:34:13,098 Parade, attention! 481 00:34:13,225 --> 00:34:14,715 Dismiss! 482 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:19,933 (Speaking Dutch) 483 00:34:48,100 --> 00:34:50,842 - Come on, Pat, get a move on! - Shhh! 484 00:34:54,308 --> 00:34:56,173 Coming this way. 485 00:34:57,100 --> 00:35:00,763 Fifteen yards, ten, crossing the courtyard. 486 00:35:04,142 --> 00:35:06,098 British dorm. 487 00:35:07,433 --> 00:35:08,923 Coming this way. 488 00:35:09,058 --> 00:35:10,764 Ten yards. 489 00:35:11,683 --> 00:35:13,594 Five. 490 00:35:13,725 --> 00:35:15,306 Hold it. 491 00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,682 (Keys rattle, guards chatter and laugh) 492 00:35:31,017 --> 00:35:32,553 Well done, Pat. 493 00:35:34,350 --> 00:35:36,636 There`s nothing we can do now, except wait. 494 00:35:58,183 --> 00:36:01,016 - What`s happening? - lt`s Priem! 495 00:36:01,142 --> 00:36:02,177 Quiet! 496 00:36:13,350 --> 00:36:15,090 Going towards his office. 497 00:36:15,225 --> 00:36:16,465 Right! 498 00:36:20,517 --> 00:36:24,590 - Priem`s gone into his office. - Oh, doesn`t that twit ever go to sleep? 499 00:36:27,017 --> 00:36:29,724 There we are. You look marvellous, absolutely wonderful. 500 00:36:29,850 --> 00:36:32,307 - You`d fool anybody, even me. - Shut up! 501 00:36:33,308 --> 00:36:34,548 Right, gentlemen, stand by! 502 00:36:36,308 --> 00:36:37,548 Five seconds. 503 00:36:39,642 --> 00:36:41,223 Now! 504 00:37:27,642 --> 00:37:29,598 (Speaking German) 505 00:37:36,350 --> 00:37:38,011 Good God! It`s going to work! 506 00:37:51,933 --> 00:37:52,968 Right! 507 00:37:54,225 --> 00:37:58,639 Right! 508 00:38:02,142 --> 00:38:03,848 Right! 509 00:38:15,267 --> 00:38:16,803 OK. 510 00:38:51,058 --> 00:38:52,719 Get back! 511 00:38:56,225 --> 00:38:58,136 (Shouting) 512 00:39:05,100 --> 00:39:06,590 (Siren wails) 513 00:39:13,475 --> 00:39:15,136 (Gunshot) 514 00:39:19,975 --> 00:39:21,840 (Speaking German) 515 00:39:32,642 --> 00:39:34,974 It must be clearly understood... 516 00:39:36,308 --> 00:39:40,130 ...that here in Colditz these ridiculous attempts will not be tolerated. 517 00:39:42,600 --> 00:39:45,558 All of you will undergo one month of solitary confinement. 518 00:39:45,683 --> 00:39:48,049 Dismiss! You, Colonel Richmond, will remain. 519 00:39:48,183 --> 00:39:50,048 (Speaks German) 520 00:39:56,350 --> 00:39:59,012 - Do you think Harry`s bought it? - Maybe. 521 00:39:59,142 --> 00:40:01,007 (Speaks German) 522 00:40:07,100 --> 00:40:09,842 You call yourself a British officer? 523 00:40:09,975 --> 00:40:13,467 In Germany we would not tolerate an officer like you. 524 00:40:13,600 --> 00:40:15,807 You are not fit to hold your rank. 525 00:40:16,850 --> 00:40:20,297 Not only do you fail to keep control over your juniors - 526 00:40:20,433 --> 00:40:22,094 that I expect - 527 00:40:22,225 --> 00:40:25,297 but now you organise this criminal attempt 528 00:40:25,433 --> 00:40:27,674 and play the leading part yourself. 529 00:40:27,808 --> 00:40:29,344 Have you no shame? 530 00:40:29,475 --> 00:40:31,386 Have you no conscience? 531 00:40:31,517 --> 00:40:34,429 No regrets about the officer who has been shot? 532 00:40:34,558 --> 00:40:36,139 Have you no heart? 533 00:40:36,267 --> 00:40:38,428 (Man) Telephone, Commander. 534 00:40:40,767 --> 00:40:42,473 (Speaks German) 535 00:40:51,975 --> 00:40:53,761 (Speaks German) 536 00:41:09,558 --> 00:41:11,924 (Speaking German) 537 00:41:14,808 --> 00:41:16,844 ( 538 00:41:28,683 --> 00:41:32,881 - Yes, he knows his job all right. - He knows too much, if you ask me. 539 00:41:33,017 --> 00:41:36,089 How could the Kommandant have found out about the tunnel? 540 00:41:36,225 --> 00:41:37,431 Hearsay. 541 00:41:37,558 --> 00:41:39,719 Wrong! Someone informed. 542 00:41:39,850 --> 00:41:42,136 - You mean a spy? - What the hell else would I mean? 543 00:41:42,267 --> 00:41:44,804 If there is an informer in this camp, he is not French. 544 00:41:44,933 --> 00:41:46,514 Nor is he Polish. 545 00:41:46,642 --> 00:41:49,133 - What do you suggest he is, then? - Shut up, Mac. 546 00:41:49,267 --> 00:41:51,929 Aren`t you forgetting a lot of people in this camp talk too much? 547 00:41:52,058 --> 00:41:55,380 - Yes, but listen, Pat, it`s all... - And that goes for you too! 548 00:41:55,517 --> 00:41:58,099 You`re still in check, old chap. 549 00:42:04,350 --> 00:42:07,092 - Good morning, Herr Colonel. - Yes, what do you want? 550 00:42:08,850 --> 00:42:12,047 Herr Hauptmann Tyler... is out of danger. 551 00:42:13,100 --> 00:42:16,797 He has pain, but it is little. 552 00:42:16,933 --> 00:42:19,265 - Thank you. - It has been a pleasure. 553 00:42:21,058 --> 00:42:22,514 Thank you, Hauptmann Priem. 554 00:42:22,642 --> 00:42:26,965 But your friend Franz Joseph - that was a very funny idea. 555 00:42:27,100 --> 00:42:28,385 (Laughs) 556 00:42:28,517 --> 00:42:30,599 Good morning, Colonel. 557 00:42:32,225 --> 00:42:33,806 (Mac) l`m through with tunnels 558 00:42:33,933 --> 00:42:35,639 dug by kind permission of the Kommandant! 559 00:42:35,767 --> 00:42:36,802 (La Tour) Oui, d`accord. 560 00:42:36,933 --> 00:42:38,969 (Mac) l`m also through with being an escaping officer. 561 00:42:39,100 --> 00:42:40,931 (Man) Can`t take it, eh? (La T our) He`s right. 562 00:42:41,058 --> 00:42:42,844 I do not want any more co-operation. 563 00:42:42,975 --> 00:42:45,717 Anyone may be an informer. You, or you, or you! 564 00:42:45,850 --> 00:42:48,637 (Mac) Say that again, l`ll knock your block off! 565 00:42:48,767 --> 00:42:52,009 (Man) Life`s going to be great! 566 00:42:52,142 --> 00:42:54,224 (Speaks German) 567 00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:02,260 Attention! 568 00:43:02,392 --> 00:43:05,054 (Speaks German) 569 00:43:05,183 --> 00:43:08,596 The Captain wishes to know how the officers got into the canteen. 570 00:43:10,225 --> 00:43:12,307 Don`t quote me but it wouldn`t surprise me 571 00:43:12,433 --> 00:43:13,889 if they came through the door. 572 00:43:14,017 --> 00:43:16,599 (Speaking German) 573 00:43:16,725 --> 00:43:18,215 The Captain says the door was locked. 574 00:43:19,558 --> 00:43:21,844 Have you ever read "Alice In Wonderland"? 575 00:43:21,975 --> 00:43:24,136 (Speaks German) 576 00:43:27,642 --> 00:43:30,384 The Captain asks why you ask him that. 577 00:43:30,517 --> 00:43:33,759 Because Alice got through small doors and keyholes 578 00:43:33,892 --> 00:43:36,634 by eating something which made her smaller. 579 00:43:36,767 --> 00:43:38,758 (Speaks German) 580 00:43:54,225 --> 00:43:57,217 Come on! 581 00:44:02,058 --> 00:44:04,925 Scrag him, Peter. Come on! Oh, wake up! 582 00:44:06,183 --> 00:44:08,424 - Oh, hello, sir! - Hello, Harry. How`s the wound? 583 00:44:08,558 --> 00:44:10,924 - Oh, much better, thank you, sir. - Grand. 584 00:44:11,058 --> 00:44:13,299 - How was solitary? - Great fun. 585 00:44:13,433 --> 00:44:16,846 I feel as if l`ve just come back to college after measles in the sanatorium. 586 00:44:16,975 --> 00:44:19,466 - Don`t the other boys look horrible? - There`s a new intake. 587 00:44:19,600 --> 00:44:21,090 Yes, so I see. A good lot? 588 00:44:21,225 --> 00:44:23,432 They seem all right. They`ve all tried at least twice. 589 00:44:23,558 --> 00:44:27,050 Well, l`ll have to catch up on my work. What`s going on? 590 00:44:27,183 --> 00:44:29,299 Well, the Poles have tried another tunnel. 591 00:44:29,433 --> 00:44:32,140 Silly fellows. The informer get them? 592 00:44:32,267 --> 00:44:34,974 - Either he or the sound detectors. - Sound detectors? 593 00:44:35,100 --> 00:44:39,264 What with spies and sound detectors, seems escaping really is verboten. 594 00:44:39,392 --> 00:44:41,678 Oh, sir, that`s defeatist talk. 595 00:44:43,558 --> 00:44:45,219 (Speaking French) 596 00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,716 Are you thinking what l`m thinking, Pat? 597 00:44:58,850 --> 00:45:01,307 - Yes, sir. Do you think it`s on? - lt`s worth a try. 598 00:45:01,433 --> 00:45:03,173 Find Jimmy. He`s the smallest. 599 00:45:03,308 --> 00:45:05,219 Harry, you lay on those crazy guardsmen. 600 00:45:05,350 --> 00:45:07,306 - Jump to it! - Right, sir! 601 00:45:17,267 --> 00:45:19,599 Dick, get La Tour quick. We`ve got a blitz on. 602 00:45:19,725 --> 00:45:20,714 Right. 603 00:45:24,225 --> 00:45:25,761 Jimmy, jump to it. You`re going out. 604 00:45:25,892 --> 00:45:27,928 - Where to? - Switzerland, you clot! 605 00:45:28,058 --> 00:45:30,299 Give Harry a nod. He`s in the courtyard. 606 00:45:30,433 --> 00:45:32,640 Get an escape pack ready. 607 00:45:32,767 --> 00:45:35,474 Switzerland. I`m on my way. 608 00:45:36,683 --> 00:45:37,798 How? 609 00:45:37,933 --> 00:45:39,764 You`ll find out. Right, Peter. 610 00:45:53,475 --> 00:45:56,182 Left, right, left, right, left... 611 00:46:02,850 --> 00:46:05,182 Battalion, turn! 612 00:46:06,142 --> 00:46:08,633 - Battalion number... - Two! 613 00:46:08,767 --> 00:46:11,224 - And you are number... - Two! 614 00:46:16,058 --> 00:46:18,219 Get an estimate for your haircut. 615 00:46:23,392 --> 00:46:25,724 Move to the left. In threes! 616 00:46:25,850 --> 00:46:28,808 Left turn. 617 00:46:28,933 --> 00:46:30,548 By the right. 618 00:46:30,683 --> 00:46:33,299 Slow march! 619 00:46:37,392 --> 00:46:39,929 Left, right, left, right... 620 00:46:41,767 --> 00:46:43,803 About... 621 00:46:44,933 --> 00:46:46,548 ...turn. 622 00:46:46,683 --> 00:46:49,299 Up... up... up... 623 00:46:49,433 --> 00:46:50,673 Hold your head up. 624 00:46:55,017 --> 00:46:56,803 About... 625 00:46:59,558 --> 00:47:00,718 ...turn! 626 00:47:00,850 --> 00:47:02,806 Up... up... up... 627 00:47:05,600 --> 00:47:08,558 (Speaking French) 628 00:47:14,850 --> 00:47:16,761 - What do they say? - Don`t worry. 629 00:47:16,892 --> 00:47:18,803 (Speaking French) 630 00:47:26,183 --> 00:47:28,970 - What are they saying? - Nothing, nothing. They will do it. 631 00:47:29,100 --> 00:47:31,512 (Speaking French) 632 00:47:33,225 --> 00:47:34,715 Why can`t they make up their minds? 633 00:47:34,850 --> 00:47:37,432 - Look, will they or won`t they? - They will do it. 634 00:47:37,558 --> 00:47:39,514 (Speaking French) 635 00:47:43,892 --> 00:47:45,883 For the love of Mike, what`s happening? 636 00:47:46,767 --> 00:47:48,348 (Speaking French) 637 00:47:48,475 --> 00:47:50,932 Right! 638 00:48:01,267 --> 00:48:03,053 (Pat) Let Harry know we`re coming. 639 00:48:08,308 --> 00:48:10,469 (Speaking French) 640 00:48:14,267 --> 00:48:16,508 Quiet! Silence! 641 00:48:20,683 --> 00:48:22,594 Shh! 642 00:48:25,475 --> 00:48:27,386 (Officer shouts command) 643 00:48:27,517 --> 00:48:28,552 Shh, quiet! 644 00:48:28,683 --> 00:48:31,720 (Officer) And... up... up... up... 645 00:48:31,850 --> 00:48:34,512 - Put it down. Put it down! - (Officer) By the right... slow march. 646 00:48:34,642 --> 00:48:37,008 Left... right... Ieft... 647 00:48:37,142 --> 00:48:39,303 right... Ieft... 648 00:48:41,142 --> 00:48:43,679 Right... turn. 649 00:48:45,558 --> 00:48:49,005 Left... right... Ieft... right... 650 00:48:49,142 --> 00:48:50,803 Mark... time! 651 00:48:50,933 --> 00:48:53,845 Left... right... Ieft... right... 652 00:48:53,975 --> 00:48:55,511 (Chuckling) 653 00:48:55,642 --> 00:48:57,223 Get your knees up! 654 00:48:57,350 --> 00:49:01,047 Up... up... up... up... up... 655 00:49:01,183 --> 00:49:04,175 Higher! Come on, get `em up, now! 656 00:49:04,308 --> 00:49:07,721 Left... right... Ieft... right... Ieft... 657 00:49:07,850 --> 00:49:09,465 Lift your knees up. 658 00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:11,215 Left... Ieft... 659 00:49:13,975 --> 00:49:17,172 Battalion present, sir. Would you like to carry on? 660 00:49:17,308 --> 00:49:20,095 - Thank you, Captain Tyler. - Thank you, sir. 661 00:49:22,642 --> 00:49:24,849 (Straining) 662 00:49:27,433 --> 00:49:29,719 (Speaks German) 663 00:49:31,100 --> 00:49:34,012 They`re the guards. No soldier in the world can drill like the guards. 664 00:49:36,017 --> 00:49:38,508 Battalion... halt! 665 00:49:39,392 --> 00:49:41,428 Turn to the left and fall out in quick time! 666 00:49:41,558 --> 00:49:43,219 Dismiss! 667 00:49:45,808 --> 00:49:47,799 (Clapping) 668 00:50:13,683 --> 00:50:16,516 I`m astounded it came off. I never thought it would. 669 00:50:17,933 --> 00:50:20,299 It would be nice if Jimmy wasn`t missed for a couple of days. 670 00:50:20,433 --> 00:50:22,173 - That`s been taken care of, sir. - Good. 671 00:50:22,308 --> 00:50:24,924 Do you feel strong enough to sample one of Captain Tyler`s drinks? 672 00:50:25,058 --> 00:50:26,923 - Not half, sir! - Good. 673 00:50:46,517 --> 00:50:48,929 (Counts in German) 674 00:51:05,225 --> 00:51:06,931 (Speaks German) 675 00:51:11,350 --> 00:51:13,716 (Speaks German) 676 00:51:13,850 --> 00:51:14,930 Special announcement. 677 00:51:15,058 --> 00:51:17,344 (Speaks French) 678 00:51:17,475 --> 00:51:19,340 (Speaks German) 679 00:51:22,433 --> 00:51:26,631 Special privileges will be granted to any prisoner volunteering to work 680 00:51:26,767 --> 00:51:29,008 for the internal economy of the German Reich. 681 00:51:29,142 --> 00:51:31,383 (Jeering) 682 00:51:37,100 --> 00:51:38,089 (Speaks German) 683 00:51:39,433 --> 00:51:41,674 Parade... dismiss! 684 00:51:46,433 --> 00:51:49,095 (Officer gives order in German) 685 00:52:03,433 --> 00:52:04,639 (Speaks German) 686 00:52:06,183 --> 00:52:08,014 (Dogs bark) 687 00:52:25,183 --> 00:52:27,139 (Shouts orders) 688 00:52:42,183 --> 00:52:44,094 (Speaks German) 689 00:52:47,475 --> 00:52:49,090 Yesterday an attempt at escape was made 690 00:52:49,225 --> 00:52:52,058 by a Dutch officer while on exercise. 691 00:52:53,808 --> 00:52:56,174 (Speaks German) 692 00:52:56,308 --> 00:52:58,139 (lnterpreter) This attempt was prevented 693 00:52:58,267 --> 00:53:00,508 by the vigilance of those who are your guards. 694 00:53:00,642 --> 00:53:02,758 (Kommandant speaks German) 695 00:53:05,600 --> 00:53:07,682 (lnterpreter) And, due to their forbearance, 696 00:53:07,808 --> 00:53:10,094 the attempt did not result in tragedy. 697 00:53:10,225 --> 00:53:12,466 (Kommandant speaks German) 698 00:53:15,100 --> 00:53:17,842 (lnterpreter) But I warn you, that may not always be the case. 699 00:53:19,433 --> 00:53:21,924 (Speaks French) 700 00:53:22,058 --> 00:53:25,175 In order to discourage any further foolish efforts of this nature... 701 00:53:25,308 --> 00:53:27,094 (Speaks German) 702 00:53:29,142 --> 00:53:32,464 (lnterpreter)... I have decided to withdraw certain privileges from you. 703 00:53:34,267 --> 00:53:36,258 (Speaks German) 704 00:53:41,517 --> 00:53:44,008 - (Speaks German) - Special announcement. 705 00:53:44,142 --> 00:53:46,224 (Speaks German) 706 00:53:48,058 --> 00:53:51,550 Special privileges will be granted to any prisoner volunteering to work 707 00:53:51,683 --> 00:53:54,095 for the internal economy of the German Reich. 708 00:53:54,225 --> 00:53:56,011 (Jeering) 709 00:53:59,225 --> 00:54:01,341 Un moment! 710 00:54:01,475 --> 00:54:03,682 (Speaks French) 711 00:54:03,808 --> 00:54:05,844 (Translates into German) 712 00:54:05,975 --> 00:54:08,682 (Speaks German) 713 00:54:09,975 --> 00:54:11,931 (Speaking French) 714 00:54:17,808 --> 00:54:20,675 He says he`d rather work for 20 Germans than one Frenchman. 715 00:54:20,808 --> 00:54:24,005 (lnterpreter speaks German) 716 00:54:26,392 --> 00:54:28,758 - (Speaks German) - Occupation? 717 00:54:28,892 --> 00:54:30,348 - (Speaks French) - (Laughing) 718 00:54:30,475 --> 00:54:32,932 - What did he say? - He says he`s an undertaker. 719 00:54:33,058 --> 00:54:35,014 (Speaks French) 720 00:54:36,183 --> 00:54:38,265 (Laughing, whistling) 721 00:54:44,683 --> 00:54:47,174 (Speaks German) 722 00:54:55,392 --> 00:54:57,678 (Shouts orders in German) 723 00:55:01,683 --> 00:55:04,049 Parade... dismiss! 724 00:55:06,850 --> 00:55:09,057 - Did you see the Kommandant laugh? - Yes, I did. 725 00:55:09,183 --> 00:55:11,094 Bad for my morale. 726 00:55:15,892 --> 00:55:18,929 Colonel, could I have a word with you? 727 00:55:19,058 --> 00:55:20,844 Good morning, Vandy. Certainly. 728 00:55:20,975 --> 00:55:23,307 - Shall we become less conspicuous? - Mm-hmm. 729 00:55:24,683 --> 00:55:27,265 One would have thought La Tour had had enough of solitary by now. 730 00:55:27,392 --> 00:55:28,632 La Tour is French. 731 00:55:28,767 --> 00:55:31,679 That`s no reason for behaving like a lunatic. 732 00:55:31,808 --> 00:55:33,719 Colonel, any news of Jimmy? 733 00:55:33,850 --> 00:55:36,637 - Nothing yet, thank God. - Thank God. 734 00:55:36,767 --> 00:55:40,089 Every day without news raises my morale. 735 00:55:41,100 --> 00:55:44,172 - I have some other news. - Good news, I hope. 736 00:55:44,308 --> 00:55:46,970 - The informer is caught. - What? 737 00:55:47,892 --> 00:55:50,383 - Who? - I cannot yet find out. 738 00:55:50,517 --> 00:55:52,473 I only know he`s a Pole. 739 00:55:52,600 --> 00:55:55,888 It was not the dogs that gave away my friend yesterday. It was he. 740 00:55:56,017 --> 00:55:58,759 He gave a signal to the guards just as we were marching back. 741 00:55:58,892 --> 00:55:59,881 The dirty spy! 742 00:56:01,183 --> 00:56:04,880 Colonel, your country`s not occupied by the Germans like Poland and Holland. 743 00:56:05,017 --> 00:56:06,382 What difference does that make? 744 00:56:06,517 --> 00:56:09,805 In Poland and Holland we have families. The Germans are well aware of the fact. 745 00:56:09,933 --> 00:56:11,889 And so? 746 00:56:12,017 --> 00:56:14,975 It seems this Polish officer was in Leipzig hospital, ill, 747 00:56:15,100 --> 00:56:17,056 just before he came here. 748 00:56:17,183 --> 00:56:18,798 The Germans were very kind. 749 00:56:18,933 --> 00:56:22,471 They arranged for a visit from his wife and family. 750 00:56:22,600 --> 00:56:25,307 When he got better, they sent him here. 751 00:56:25,433 --> 00:56:28,140 Work for us or we liquidate your family? 752 00:56:28,267 --> 00:56:31,134 That`s it. The Germans were very kind. 753 00:56:31,267 --> 00:56:33,303 Was that the Kommandant`s idea? 754 00:56:33,433 --> 00:56:35,890 No, the Gestapo. 755 00:56:36,017 --> 00:56:38,474 They are the kindest of the lot. 756 00:56:38,600 --> 00:56:40,636 Well, thank God for the English Channel. 757 00:56:40,767 --> 00:56:44,214 - Sorry, Vandy. - That`s all right. 758 00:56:44,350 --> 00:56:47,547 Do not pass this on. It`s none of our business. 759 00:56:47,683 --> 00:56:50,516 The Poles court-martial him tonight. 760 00:56:56,100 --> 00:56:58,341 (Speaks Polish) 761 00:57:41,517 --> 00:57:44,099 Anyway, I deny all knowledge of this affair. 762 00:57:44,225 --> 00:57:45,806 Nevertheless, it is a fact. 763 00:57:45,933 --> 00:57:50,131 Maybe so or not. In any case I can do nothing about it. 764 00:57:50,267 --> 00:57:52,349 The prisoners` lives are your responsibility. 765 00:57:52,475 --> 00:57:53,806 Certainly. 766 00:57:53,933 --> 00:57:55,639 Then we think it better, Herr Kommandant, 767 00:57:55,767 --> 00:57:57,758 that you have the prisoner transferred at once. 768 00:57:57,892 --> 00:58:01,305 Impossible! You cannot come in here dictating orders to me. 769 00:58:01,433 --> 00:58:03,515 You realise the prisoner of whom we speak 770 00:58:03,642 --> 00:58:05,678 has been condemned to death? 771 00:58:06,975 --> 00:58:09,216 Condemned to death? By whom? 772 00:58:09,350 --> 00:58:11,056 His own people. 773 00:58:11,183 --> 00:58:13,595 The sentence will be carried out tonight. 774 00:58:22,975 --> 00:58:25,887 Lieutenant Karski will be transferred forthwith. 775 00:58:28,100 --> 00:58:29,681 Thank you, sir. 776 00:58:36,183 --> 00:58:37,923 The old man was really quite amiable. 777 00:58:38,058 --> 00:58:41,130 All the same, I wouldn`t spread it around, Pat. 778 00:58:41,267 --> 00:58:43,804 Now you`re on such intimate terms with the Kommandant, sir, 779 00:58:43,933 --> 00:58:46,049 do you think you could arrange a transfer for me? 780 00:58:46,183 --> 00:58:48,674 - Where to? - England, sir. 781 00:58:48,808 --> 00:58:50,389 I suppose it could be arranged. 782 00:58:50,517 --> 00:58:52,929 There are one or two l`d rather get rid of first, though. 783 00:58:53,058 --> 00:58:56,095 For instance that gentleman who plays the mouth organ outside my window. 784 00:58:56,225 --> 00:58:57,556 I`ve no objection... 785 00:59:22,433 --> 00:59:25,505 Of all the things I didn`t want to see. 786 00:59:25,642 --> 00:59:28,258 Fourteen days on the run. 787 00:59:28,392 --> 00:59:30,007 He must have damn nearly made it. 788 00:59:48,517 --> 00:59:51,350 - Sorry to see you back, Jimmy. - Yeah! 789 00:59:51,475 --> 00:59:53,887 - It was bad luck. - Bad luck nothing! 790 00:59:54,017 --> 00:59:57,339 It`s all right getting out of here if you can. That`s a piece of cake. 791 00:59:57,475 --> 00:59:59,215 Once the alarm`s sounded it`s not so funny. 792 00:59:59,350 --> 01:00:01,841 Home guards under every bush, patrols on every road. 793 01:00:01,975 --> 01:00:03,636 Your only hope`s a train. 794 01:00:03,767 --> 01:00:06,884 When you get within striking distance of the frontier it`s not funny either. 795 01:00:07,017 --> 01:00:09,850 Check points on every station, damned inquisitive sentries. 796 01:00:09,975 --> 01:00:12,432 The whole thing`s useless, if you ask me. 797 01:00:12,558 --> 01:00:15,174 Oh, well, now you`ve told me, now I know. 798 01:00:16,892 --> 01:00:18,507 What are you in solitary for? 799 01:00:18,642 --> 01:00:20,974 Goon-baiting. I upset the Kommandant. 800 01:00:21,100 --> 01:00:23,512 Well, that`s a waste of time too. It gets you nowhere. 801 01:00:23,642 --> 01:00:26,304 Perhaps not. Or again, perhaps. 802 01:00:29,767 --> 01:00:31,803 (Speaks French) 803 01:00:46,225 --> 01:00:47,681 Halt! 804 01:00:50,808 --> 01:00:52,799 (Shouts in French) 805 01:00:56,183 --> 01:00:57,673 (Gunshot) 806 01:00:59,600 --> 01:01:01,340 (Gunshot) 807 01:01:08,058 --> 01:01:09,639 Run! Run, man, run! 808 01:01:09,767 --> 01:01:11,507 Run, don`t stop. 809 01:01:11,642 --> 01:01:14,349 Oh, run. Run, you crazy mad Frenchman, run! 810 01:01:14,475 --> 01:01:16,136 Don`t stop! Run! 811 01:01:22,225 --> 01:01:24,090 He`s done it! You did it! You did it! 812 01:01:26,767 --> 01:01:28,598 We`ve do something with the British, Pat. 813 01:01:28,725 --> 01:01:31,262 Morale`s gone to hell, and no wonder. 814 01:01:31,392 --> 01:01:33,883 Jimmy Winslow coming back with his tail between his legs 815 01:01:34,017 --> 01:01:36,508 and that blasted Frenchman making Colditz look as lethal 816 01:01:36,642 --> 01:01:39,099 as a baby`s play pen. 817 01:01:39,225 --> 01:01:41,511 Do you realise we`re the laughing stock of the camp? 818 01:01:41,642 --> 01:01:43,883 The Germans are saying that life in England`s so awful 819 01:01:44,017 --> 01:01:45,882 we prefer to stay on in Germany. 820 01:01:46,017 --> 01:01:47,427 We need ideas. 821 01:01:47,558 --> 01:01:51,506 It isn`t good enough to stuff one wretched little fellow into a palliasse 822 01:01:51,642 --> 01:01:53,598 as a prelude to a month`s solitary confinement. 823 01:01:53,725 --> 01:01:55,932 We get ideas all right. We get a dozen every day. 824 01:01:56,058 --> 01:01:58,674 The trouble is they just aren`t the right ones. 825 01:01:58,808 --> 01:02:00,844 It strikes me that an escaping officer`s main job 826 01:02:00,975 --> 01:02:02,681 is turning down crazy schemes 827 01:02:02,808 --> 01:02:04,639 cooked up by fellows halfway round the bend. 828 01:02:04,767 --> 01:02:07,133 - (Knock at the door) - Who the devil`s that? Come in. 829 01:02:10,517 --> 01:02:12,553 - Sorry, sir. - (Richmond) Come in. 830 01:02:12,683 --> 01:02:14,799 - What can I do for you? - I wanted a word with you. 831 01:02:14,933 --> 01:02:18,005 - But if you`re busy, it`ll keep. - That`s all right. 832 01:02:18,142 --> 01:02:20,474 - See you later, Pat. - Right, sir. 833 01:02:26,683 --> 01:02:28,423 You haven`t got an escape on, have you, sir? 834 01:02:28,558 --> 01:02:33,222 No, I wish we had. Well, what`s the trouble? 835 01:02:33,350 --> 01:02:35,682 - l`ve got a wonderful idea, sir. - I see. 836 01:02:35,808 --> 01:02:38,345 - What about? - For an escape. Can`t fail. 837 01:02:39,267 --> 01:02:41,474 None of them can until they do. 838 01:02:41,600 --> 01:02:42,965 - Have you told Pat? - No, sir. 839 01:02:43,100 --> 01:02:44,135 Why not? 840 01:02:44,267 --> 01:02:46,883 Well, that`s what I came to see you about, sir. 841 01:02:47,017 --> 01:02:48,382 I want to take Pat with me. 842 01:02:48,517 --> 01:02:51,179 As long as he`s escaping officer I can`t. 843 01:02:51,308 --> 01:02:52,764 I see. 844 01:02:52,892 --> 01:02:55,349 - And you want to know if l`ll relieve him? - Yes, sir. 845 01:02:56,392 --> 01:02:58,804 Well, why not? 846 01:02:58,933 --> 01:03:02,221 Damn it, it`s not escape officers we`re short of, it`s ideas. 847 01:03:02,350 --> 01:03:05,797 Now, run along and tell Pat all about it. If he approves, l`ll let him go. 848 01:03:05,933 --> 01:03:07,548 Thank you, sir. 849 01:03:07,683 --> 01:03:11,551 And if you`ve got room for another one, we`ll look for a new SBO. 850 01:03:11,683 --> 01:03:14,299 No? All right, l`ll stay behind. 851 01:03:14,433 --> 01:03:18,005 I`m far too old if it`s acrobatics... if it is acrobatics. 852 01:03:18,892 --> 01:03:21,474 If it isn`t, it doesn`t stand a hope. 853 01:03:27,767 --> 01:03:29,928 - Seen Pat Reid anywhere? - He`s round the back. 854 01:03:30,058 --> 01:03:31,514 Thanks. 855 01:03:37,433 --> 01:03:39,219 (Whistling) 856 01:03:43,975 --> 01:03:46,512 Pat, l`ve got a wonderful idea. 857 01:03:46,642 --> 01:03:48,428 Well, I guessed that much. 858 01:03:48,558 --> 01:03:50,765 Don`t bother to tell me. I`m only the escape officer. 859 01:03:50,892 --> 01:03:54,635 I only went to see the old man to ask if I could take you with me. 860 01:03:54,767 --> 01:03:56,382 - Some hope. - Well, he said yes. 861 01:03:56,517 --> 01:03:58,257 Just what I thought he`d say... 862 01:03:58,392 --> 01:04:00,678 - What? - Provided you approved. 863 01:04:01,767 --> 01:04:03,974 Did he now? Right... 864 01:04:04,100 --> 01:04:06,637 - Grab that pot and paint a cloud on that. - What sort of a cloud? 865 01:04:06,767 --> 01:04:09,474 A thunder cloud. It`s Ascot week. All right, spill the beans. 866 01:04:09,600 --> 01:04:11,932 We go out dressed as two German officers. 867 01:04:13,350 --> 01:04:16,342 - Kesselring and Rommel? - Oh, don`t be an arse. 868 01:04:16,475 --> 01:04:17,965 What do we do then? Grow wings? 869 01:04:18,100 --> 01:04:20,557 No, we go out through the gates, old man. 870 01:04:20,683 --> 01:04:22,639 You`re out of your mind! 871 01:04:22,767 --> 01:04:26,760 Every half-wit in this camp has cooked that gimmick up. 872 01:04:26,892 --> 01:04:29,099 Some of them have even tried it. 873 01:04:29,225 --> 01:04:31,967 And every single one of them has been given first prize 874 01:04:32,100 --> 01:04:34,807 for it being the most senseless, stupid, idiotic scheme 875 01:04:34,933 --> 01:04:36,969 that ever came out of a backward chicken`s skull. 876 01:04:37,100 --> 01:04:39,716 - Let me get a word in edgeways... - Oh, raising my hopes 877 01:04:39,850 --> 01:04:41,511 and coming out with that dead haddock! 878 01:04:41,642 --> 01:04:45,055 - My idea`s different. It`s simple. - Hmm, it`s in character. 879 01:04:45,183 --> 01:04:47,390 Listen, Pat. I know the idea`s got a beard. 880 01:04:47,517 --> 01:04:50,099 I know it`s been tried here and in other camps and failed. 881 01:04:50,225 --> 01:04:51,465 But I know why. 882 01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:53,431 The chaps dressed as German officers 883 01:04:53,558 --> 01:04:55,890 have come from places that make them look suspicious. 884 01:04:56,017 --> 01:04:57,757 It`s not faulty uniforms. 885 01:04:57,892 --> 01:05:00,554 It`s not language difficulties that`s got them caught before. 886 01:05:00,683 --> 01:05:04,050 It`s coming on the Jerry sentries from the wrong direction. 887 01:05:04,183 --> 01:05:05,923 One`s got to come from somewhere normal, 888 01:05:06,058 --> 01:05:08,265 somewhere where a German officer would come from. 889 01:05:08,392 --> 01:05:12,840 - Why not try their mess? - That`s it. That`s my idea. 890 01:05:12,975 --> 01:05:17,298 - l`ll show you what I mean. - Are you feeling all right? 891 01:05:23,683 --> 01:05:26,595 It will have to be done at night. The uniforms will stand up to it better. 892 01:05:26,725 --> 01:05:29,011 And just after the sentry`s come on duty. 893 01:05:29,142 --> 01:05:32,634 Then he won`t know how many Herrenvolk are in there swilling Pilsner. 894 01:05:32,767 --> 01:05:34,758 Best time will be about nine o`clock. 895 01:05:34,892 --> 01:05:37,258 When they`re going back to their billets in the village. 896 01:05:37,392 --> 01:05:39,053 That`s it. 897 01:05:39,183 --> 01:05:40,548 Ruddy regimental type! 898 01:05:41,683 --> 01:05:43,674 Well, Pat, what about it? 899 01:05:47,933 --> 01:05:50,094 Well, l`ll buy that end of it. 900 01:05:50,225 --> 01:05:53,717 But just one minor detail. How do we get there? 901 01:05:53,850 --> 01:05:56,307 - Easy. From here. - From here? 902 01:05:56,433 --> 01:06:00,426 Listen Pat. The German mess is on the first floor here. 903 01:06:00,558 --> 01:06:03,391 The floor above that is used as officers` quarters. 904 01:06:03,517 --> 01:06:06,008 The floor above that isn`t used at all. 905 01:06:06,142 --> 01:06:08,679 And the floor above that is the theatre, this theatre. 906 01:06:08,808 --> 01:06:11,049 That means that from the disused store room under here 907 01:06:11,183 --> 01:06:14,550 there`s bound to be a staircase leading past the mess 908 01:06:14,683 --> 01:06:18,926 right down to that slice of strength through joy standing over there. 909 01:06:19,058 --> 01:06:22,846 Pat, do you realise that if we could look under this stage three floors down 910 01:06:22,975 --> 01:06:26,638 we`d see a lot of little Jerry subalterns, all reading "La Vie Parisienne"? 911 01:06:26,767 --> 01:06:28,598 Well, Pat? 912 01:06:42,850 --> 01:06:44,681 All clear. (Whistles) 913 01:06:47,933 --> 01:06:49,093 Right. All clear. 914 01:06:49,225 --> 01:06:51,216 That`s the third Dick`s knocked off this month. 915 01:06:51,350 --> 01:06:52,760 Right, Mac. 916 01:06:53,975 --> 01:06:55,431 Down you go, Pat. 917 01:06:59,892 --> 01:07:02,178 Robin, we`ll take you and Richard next. 918 01:07:04,225 --> 01:07:05,761 My wife`s gone to the West lndies. 919 01:07:05,892 --> 01:07:07,428 Your wife`s gone to the West lndies? 920 01:07:07,558 --> 01:07:09,298 - That`s right. - Jamaica? 921 01:07:10,933 --> 01:07:12,969 No, she went of her own accord. 922 01:07:13,975 --> 01:07:15,556 Oh, l`m all for the old classics. 923 01:07:15,683 --> 01:07:17,674 Thank heaven I shan`t be here to hear the rest of it. 924 01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:21,137 (Man) Look out! Priem and his ferrets! 925 01:07:21,267 --> 01:07:23,974 - I wouldn`t count on that. - We`d better go from the beginning. 926 01:07:24,100 --> 01:07:26,307 - All right, you start. - You`ll hear us, Mac. 927 01:07:35,225 --> 01:07:37,557 - My wife`s gone to the West lndies. - Really? 928 01:07:37,683 --> 01:07:40,174 - Your wife`s gone to the West lndies? - That`s right. 929 01:07:40,308 --> 01:07:41,798 Er... 930 01:07:41,933 --> 01:07:43,298 Jamaica? 931 01:07:43,433 --> 01:07:45,424 No, she went of her own accord. 932 01:07:45,558 --> 01:07:47,344 Do you think that`s funny, Hauptmann Priem? 933 01:07:47,475 --> 01:07:49,932 - Germans have no sense of humour. - You`re lucky. 934 01:07:50,058 --> 01:07:52,140 You are acting in the concert, Lieutenant? 935 01:07:52,267 --> 01:07:53,882 - No. - Ach, no. 936 01:07:54,017 --> 01:07:57,805 I have been thinking it would be hard to find a role to fit you. 937 01:07:57,933 --> 01:07:59,093 Have you now? 938 01:07:59,225 --> 01:08:01,466 What part are you playing in these activities? 939 01:08:01,600 --> 01:08:05,047 - Oh, l`m prompter, scene shifter. - Ah, that I understand. 940 01:08:06,142 --> 01:08:09,009 It`s a fine stage, well built. 941 01:08:09,142 --> 01:08:10,382 Most solid. 942 01:08:10,517 --> 01:08:13,714 This is our first scene. Ascot Racecourse. 943 01:08:13,850 --> 01:08:15,556 - You know, horses and all that. - Mm-hmm. 944 01:08:15,683 --> 01:08:19,972 And after that we move to Paris, to a salon in the Montmartre district, 945 01:08:20,100 --> 01:08:22,591 Iots of floozies and Mademoiselle from Armentieres. 946 01:08:22,725 --> 01:08:24,340 (Priem laughs) 947 01:08:30,267 --> 01:08:31,723 Oh, it`s filthy down there. 948 01:08:31,850 --> 01:08:35,388 - Your uniform will get in an awful mess. - You are so thoughtful. 949 01:08:35,517 --> 01:08:39,260 If it is filthy, I will have it cleaned for you. 950 01:08:39,392 --> 01:08:40,848 (Speaks German) 951 01:09:13,767 --> 01:09:16,554 You are right, there is much dirt. 952 01:09:16,683 --> 01:09:19,049 - Good morning, gentlemen. - Good morning. 953 01:09:31,892 --> 01:09:32,927 Right! 954 01:10:14,142 --> 01:10:16,474 For Pete`s sake, come on out. I`ve just had kittens. 955 01:10:18,642 --> 01:10:21,349 - What`s the matter? - Priem`s been here. 956 01:10:26,850 --> 01:10:28,715 Tough customer. 957 01:10:28,850 --> 01:10:31,307 - How are things going, Pat? - First class, sir. 958 01:10:31,433 --> 01:10:33,469 Good. When do you hope to be ready? 959 01:10:33,600 --> 01:10:36,842 - Three days` time. Night of the concert. - Is that planned or a coincidence? 960 01:10:36,975 --> 01:10:39,216 We thought the racket in the theatre might cover us. 961 01:10:39,350 --> 01:10:40,806 Good idea. 962 01:10:42,808 --> 01:10:45,766 - How are the uniforms? - The best we`ve ever made, sir. 963 01:10:45,892 --> 01:10:48,474 The trouble is, when Mac tried his own, it couldn`t take it. 964 01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,307 - l`m not surprised. - But we`re having it let out. 965 01:10:51,433 --> 01:10:53,424 Can`t blame the tailors. He`s outsize. 966 01:10:53,558 --> 01:10:55,924 You`re telling me! Look at him now. 967 01:10:58,892 --> 01:11:01,804 Who was it said our ancestors were apes? 968 01:11:12,475 --> 01:11:14,136 Come on, let`s get on with the game. 969 01:11:14,267 --> 01:11:16,974 Why does he have to draw attention to himself? 970 01:11:17,100 --> 01:11:19,091 I`d like to see him when he`s finished playing. 971 01:11:19,225 --> 01:11:21,216 Send him up, will you, please, Pat? 972 01:11:28,183 --> 01:11:31,016 Come on, Mac, let him have it! 973 01:11:31,142 --> 01:11:33,258 - (Knocking) - Come in! 974 01:11:34,392 --> 01:11:35,928 Oh, come in, Mac. 975 01:11:36,058 --> 01:11:38,891 I`ve just been going over the details with Pat Reid. 976 01:11:39,017 --> 01:11:41,429 It seems that everything is coming along splendidly. 977 01:11:41,558 --> 01:11:43,549 Yes, sir. 978 01:11:43,683 --> 01:11:47,301 - Uniforms... How are they getting on? - Oh, all right, sir. 979 01:11:47,433 --> 01:11:50,630 There was a bit of a flap yesterday. The Jerrys confiscated my cap. 980 01:11:50,767 --> 01:11:53,600 - It was the only thing that fitted. - I see. 981 01:11:55,350 --> 01:11:57,215 Much trouble with the rest of the uniform? 982 01:11:57,350 --> 01:11:58,510 Oh, no, sir. 983 01:11:58,642 --> 01:12:00,758 Lots of letting out. You know, that sort of thing. 984 01:12:00,892 --> 01:12:03,850 You`re going out with Pat, Jimmy and the Dutchman. 985 01:12:03,975 --> 01:12:05,511 What`s his name? Lutyens, isn`t it? 986 01:12:05,642 --> 01:12:08,554 Yes, sir, we`re going to be chatting about his girlfriend in Hamburg. 987 01:12:08,683 --> 01:12:10,548 We`ve got it all rehearsed. 988 01:12:10,683 --> 01:12:12,514 - You`re going to be chatting? - No, sir. 989 01:12:12,642 --> 01:12:14,849 Lutyens is. We`re going to be nodding and listening. 990 01:12:14,975 --> 01:12:16,806 I see. 991 01:12:16,933 --> 01:12:20,050 Look, Mac, you`re not popular in here, you know. 992 01:12:20,183 --> 01:12:21,639 Or don`t you know? 993 01:12:21,767 --> 01:12:23,849 You can`t expect me to get along with everybody. 994 01:12:23,975 --> 01:12:26,057 No, no. I mean among the Germans. 995 01:12:26,183 --> 01:12:28,094 Oh, the Germans. No, of course not. 996 01:12:28,225 --> 01:12:30,762 I hate their guts, and they hate mine. 997 01:12:30,892 --> 01:12:34,055 - Yes, that`s the trouble. - l`ll get by, sir. 998 01:12:34,183 --> 01:12:37,220 You say you`ll get by. I say you won`t. 999 01:12:38,475 --> 01:12:40,807 I`d even go so far as this. 1000 01:12:40,933 --> 01:12:43,766 You won`t even get by the sentry at the bottom of the steps. 1001 01:12:43,892 --> 01:12:46,964 There isn`t a German officer in Colditz near your height. 1002 01:12:47,100 --> 01:12:48,931 The other fellows seem quite happy. 1003 01:12:49,058 --> 01:12:51,424 - How do you know? - If they weren`t they`d have said so. 1004 01:12:51,558 --> 01:12:53,765 No, Mac, they wouldn`t. 1005 01:12:53,892 --> 01:12:56,304 It`s your idea, and they`re your guests. 1006 01:12:56,433 --> 01:12:59,095 It`s up to them to make the best of it, whatever the shortcomings, 1007 01:12:59,225 --> 01:13:01,557 because you thought of it. 1008 01:13:01,683 --> 01:13:06,006 I`m an interfering old fool, Mac, but what I see is this. 1009 01:13:06,142 --> 01:13:10,010 It`s a damn good idea doomed to failure 1010 01:13:10,142 --> 01:13:14,090 because the chap who thought of it has grown up too high. I`m sorry, Mac. 1011 01:13:14,225 --> 01:13:16,841 What you`re telling me is to stand down. 1012 01:13:16,975 --> 01:13:19,808 I`m not telling you. I`m asking you to think about it. 1013 01:13:19,933 --> 01:13:21,389 I`m damned if l`ll stand down! 1014 01:13:21,517 --> 01:13:24,008 If one of the sentries recognises me, it`s too bad for him. 1015 01:13:24,142 --> 01:13:27,930 And you. And anyone escaping with you. 1016 01:13:28,058 --> 01:13:30,515 Don`t forget that, Mac. 1017 01:13:30,642 --> 01:13:34,430 It would be a pity if a good idea like this was messed up at the first attempt 1018 01:13:34,558 --> 01:13:36,423 and other people couldn`t use it afterwards. 1019 01:13:36,558 --> 01:13:40,426 Oh, to hell with afterwards! It`s my idea. 1020 01:13:40,558 --> 01:13:44,722 Yes, it`s your idea, but I think mine`s a better one. 1021 01:13:54,350 --> 01:13:56,341 Glad you joined? 1022 01:13:57,933 --> 01:14:00,595 - What`s the matter? - Hmm? What? 1023 01:14:00,725 --> 01:14:03,091 Oh, nothing, Pat. 1024 01:14:03,225 --> 01:14:05,591 It`s going to work, you clot. 1025 01:14:05,725 --> 01:14:08,387 - I feel it in my bones. - Good. 1026 01:14:08,517 --> 01:14:10,223 Grand. 1027 01:14:13,725 --> 01:14:16,307 - What`s the matter, Mac? - Oh, confound it! Nothing. 1028 01:14:16,433 --> 01:14:19,175 Can`t a fellow get some rest? 1029 01:14:19,308 --> 01:14:24,257 Oh, sorry, Pat. It`s this bed. It`s too short, or l`m too long. 1030 01:14:24,392 --> 01:14:27,589 Come on, chaps, pipe down. Let`s get some sleep. 1031 01:15:00,933 --> 01:15:02,594 Hello, Mac. 1032 01:15:03,892 --> 01:15:06,429 - What`s the matter with him? - Colditz blues, I should think. 1033 01:15:06,558 --> 01:15:07,673 Oh, that. 1034 01:15:07,808 --> 01:15:10,049 I shall get them too, if we don`t win this game. 1035 01:15:10,183 --> 01:15:12,970 - Come on, lads. - Come on, Pat, pass it! 1036 01:15:17,808 --> 01:15:19,844 (Whistle blows) 1037 01:15:22,350 --> 01:15:24,136 Halt! Halt! 1038 01:15:24,267 --> 01:15:25,598 (Shouts order in German) 1039 01:15:26,933 --> 01:15:29,094 - Don`t move! - Stay where you are! 1040 01:15:30,100 --> 01:15:32,307 - Stay where you are! - Don`t move, Mac, stay there. 1041 01:15:33,267 --> 01:15:34,882 (Gunshot) 1042 01:15:36,850 --> 01:15:38,431 (Gunshot) 1043 01:15:40,183 --> 01:15:41,719 (Gunshot) 1044 01:16:06,350 --> 01:16:07,931 It`s unbelievable. 1045 01:16:08,892 --> 01:16:12,510 I had to stand there and watch it. Three days... 1046 01:16:12,642 --> 01:16:14,724 - Leave it, Bert. - Right, sir. 1047 01:16:16,392 --> 01:16:17,928 Three days before the take-off. 1048 01:16:18,058 --> 01:16:20,219 Everything set, then he had to kill himself. 1049 01:16:20,350 --> 01:16:23,342 It`s too damned silly to be true. I simply can`t believe it. 1050 01:16:23,475 --> 01:16:25,306 So he never told you? 1051 01:16:25,433 --> 01:16:27,094 Told me what? 1052 01:16:27,225 --> 01:16:29,216 That he was standing down. 1053 01:16:29,350 --> 01:16:31,807 Mac standing down? I don`t believe it. 1054 01:16:31,933 --> 01:16:33,969 It`s true, Pat. He wasn`t going with you. 1055 01:16:35,433 --> 01:16:37,515 He never said so. 1056 01:16:37,642 --> 01:16:40,224 We were talking in the dormitory last night. 1057 01:16:40,350 --> 01:16:42,056 He`d have told me! 1058 01:16:42,183 --> 01:16:43,719 Pat, he wasn`t going with you. 1059 01:16:43,850 --> 01:16:46,216 He was giving up his place. You`ve got my word for it. 1060 01:16:46,350 --> 01:16:48,591 But how can you expect me...? 1061 01:16:48,725 --> 01:16:50,556 I mean, sir, Mac! 1062 01:16:50,683 --> 01:16:52,765 He`d never have thought of standing down. 1063 01:16:52,892 --> 01:16:55,383 He didn`t think of it. I did. 1064 01:16:57,100 --> 01:16:58,089 What? 1065 01:16:59,392 --> 01:17:02,259 As you know, I had him in here after stoolball yesterday. 1066 01:17:02,392 --> 01:17:04,223 We had a talk. 1067 01:17:04,350 --> 01:17:06,215 I did the talking mostly. 1068 01:17:06,350 --> 01:17:08,511 I was very unpleasant to him. 1069 01:17:08,642 --> 01:17:10,598 I told him straight that he was too big 1070 01:17:10,725 --> 01:17:12,716 and every sentry in the camp was gunning for him, 1071 01:17:12,850 --> 01:17:15,922 that he hadn`t a hope of getting past the guards, and he agreed. 1072 01:17:16,058 --> 01:17:18,424 I recommended him to think of standing down. 1073 01:17:18,558 --> 01:17:20,469 There the discussion ended. 1074 01:17:20,600 --> 01:17:22,010 And his life as well. 1075 01:17:23,017 --> 01:17:24,973 The fact that he was dead hadn`t escaped me, Pat. 1076 01:17:25,100 --> 01:17:26,715 That sentry didn`t kill him. 1077 01:17:26,850 --> 01:17:29,637 Watch your tongue. Remember who you`re talking to or get out. 1078 01:17:30,683 --> 01:17:33,174 We knew he was too big, but it was his idea. 1079 01:17:33,308 --> 01:17:34,798 We were prepared to take the risk. 1080 01:17:34,933 --> 01:17:37,299 I wasn`t though, you muddle-headed idiot. 1081 01:17:37,433 --> 01:17:39,799 Why can`t you understand l`m not an individual like you, 1082 01:17:39,933 --> 01:17:41,594 free to act according to my own desires. 1083 01:17:41,725 --> 01:17:43,716 I`m a senior British officer. 1084 01:17:43,850 --> 01:17:46,432 I wish I wasn`t, but I am. 1085 01:17:46,558 --> 01:17:49,846 As such my unfortunate responsibility is to see that British officers in here 1086 01:17:49,975 --> 01:17:53,138 don`t act like fools and lose their lives by doing so. 1087 01:17:53,267 --> 01:17:56,805 By taking Mac with you we might have lost half a dozen lives, not one. 1088 01:17:56,933 --> 01:17:58,514 The man who thought of it. 1089 01:17:58,642 --> 01:18:01,964 Do you think I did it for a lark? Do you think I like the job? 1090 01:18:02,100 --> 01:18:04,591 Do you think I wanted Mac to pack it in? 1091 01:18:04,725 --> 01:18:07,717 I did it just because this plan cannot afford to fail. 1092 01:18:07,850 --> 01:18:09,715 Less than ever now that he`s dead. 1093 01:18:09,850 --> 01:18:12,432 Morale was low enough before. It`s at rock bottom now. 1094 01:18:12,558 --> 01:18:17,177 But if this plan can work, then we can use it time and time again. 1095 01:18:17,308 --> 01:18:20,550 It`s got to work and you`re the man who`s got to make it work. 1096 01:18:20,683 --> 01:18:23,880 Me? If you think l`m having anything to do with it... 1097 01:18:24,017 --> 01:18:25,757 You`re going, Pat. 1098 01:18:25,892 --> 01:18:28,383 And you`re taking Harry Taylor out with you in place of Mac. 1099 01:18:28,517 --> 01:18:30,223 I`m not going. 1100 01:18:30,350 --> 01:18:33,342 Cold feet? Afraid the guards are getting trigger happy? 1101 01:18:33,475 --> 01:18:35,340 - No! - What then? 1102 01:18:36,683 --> 01:18:38,093 It`s Mac. 1103 01:18:38,225 --> 01:18:41,183 Yes, Mac. Hold on to him, his plan. 1104 01:18:41,308 --> 01:18:44,095 It`s a damn good plan. A foolproof plan. 1105 01:18:44,225 --> 01:18:46,341 A plan he indirectly gave his life for. 1106 01:18:46,475 --> 01:18:48,340 And a plan you`re going to scrap. 1107 01:18:50,475 --> 01:18:52,386 Do it for him. 1108 01:18:52,517 --> 01:18:54,849 And do one thing for me, succeed. 1109 01:18:56,183 --> 01:18:58,674 Then what I did is justified. 1110 01:18:58,808 --> 01:19:00,594 But if you fail... 1111 01:19:02,475 --> 01:19:04,011 Don`t fail. 1112 01:19:31,892 --> 01:19:33,928 (Whispering) Right, come on. Keep together. 1113 01:19:34,058 --> 01:19:35,969 Try not to look like an escaping party. 1114 01:19:43,517 --> 01:19:45,724 (Chatter) 1115 01:20:08,350 --> 01:20:10,011 All clear. 1116 01:20:28,100 --> 01:20:30,261 Can you see Priem anywhere? 1117 01:20:30,392 --> 01:20:32,007 No. 1118 01:20:36,642 --> 01:20:39,258 I don`t trust that man, except when I can see him. 1119 01:20:41,975 --> 01:20:43,306 Here`s the Kommandant. 1120 01:20:43,433 --> 01:20:45,139 Your seat`s down the front. 1121 01:20:45,267 --> 01:20:47,474 ( 1122 01:20:52,350 --> 01:20:54,511 - Programme, sir? - Thank you. 1123 01:20:54,642 --> 01:20:56,507 Chocolates in the interval for Madam? 1124 01:20:56,642 --> 01:20:58,928 - Thanks. - Your hat, sir. 1125 01:20:59,058 --> 01:21:00,594 (Speaks German) 1126 01:21:00,725 --> 01:21:02,431 (Laughing) 1127 01:21:10,517 --> 01:21:12,553 ( 1128 01:21:14,058 --> 01:21:17,380 You will interpret for me when the humour is profound? 1129 01:21:25,350 --> 01:21:29,298 dear old Colditz Schloss 1130 01:21:29,433 --> 01:21:33,426 if someone`s discovered lost 1131 01:21:33,558 --> 01:21:36,095 1132 01:21:36,225 --> 01:21:39,763 knows quite well 1133 01:21:39,892 --> 01:21:43,885 I will post you a letter 1134 01:21:44,017 --> 01:21:46,258 1135 01:21:46,392 --> 01:21:50,681 1136 01:21:50,808 --> 01:21:53,015 1137 01:21:53,142 --> 01:21:55,053 1138 01:21:55,183 --> 01:21:59,131 if someone`s discovered lost 1139 01:21:59,267 --> 01:22:01,804 1140 01:22:01,933 --> 01:22:05,175 knows quite well 1141 01:22:05,308 --> 01:22:09,551 I will post you a letter 1142 01:22:09,683 --> 01:22:11,924 1143 01:22:12,058 --> 01:22:16,472 1144 01:22:16,600 --> 01:22:18,716 1145 01:22:18,850 --> 01:22:20,556 1146 01:22:20,683 --> 01:22:22,423 1147 01:22:22,558 --> 01:22:24,799 1148 01:22:24,933 --> 01:22:27,470 1149 01:22:27,600 --> 01:22:30,342 1150 01:22:31,225 --> 01:22:33,136 1151 01:22:33,267 --> 01:22:35,599 1152 01:22:35,725 --> 01:22:38,137 1153 01:22:44,350 --> 01:22:46,215 (Audience cheers, applauds) 1154 01:23:03,017 --> 01:23:05,724 - (Speaks Dutch) - We don`t want to see you back here. 1155 01:23:05,850 --> 01:23:07,841 Get home in one piece! 1156 01:23:07,975 --> 01:23:09,511 Goodbye. 1157 01:23:13,142 --> 01:23:15,303 ( 1158 01:23:31,725 --> 01:23:33,431 Right. 1159 01:25:04,100 --> 01:25:06,182 Come on. 1160 01:25:06,308 --> 01:25:08,390 (Officers speak German) 1161 01:25:34,392 --> 01:25:36,508 (Speaking German) 1162 01:25:47,850 --> 01:25:50,922 This is it, Lutyens. Your girl from Hamburg, quick. 1163 01:25:51,058 --> 01:25:52,719 (Speaking German) 1164 01:26:17,600 --> 01:26:19,181 (Door being locked) 1165 01:26:25,558 --> 01:26:28,425 1166 01:26:29,392 --> 01:26:32,304 1167 01:26:33,725 --> 01:26:37,092 1168 01:26:37,225 --> 01:26:40,092 1169 01:26:41,642 --> 01:26:43,758 Do you know how to make a Venetian blind? 1170 01:26:43,892 --> 01:26:46,178 I haven`t the remotest idea. How do you make a Venetian blind? 1171 01:26:46,308 --> 01:26:47,423 - Simple. - Really? 1172 01:26:47,558 --> 01:26:48,889 Poke his eyes out. 1173 01:26:49,017 --> 01:26:51,303 1174 01:26:51,433 --> 01:26:52,969 1175 01:26:54,267 --> 01:26:56,553 1176 01:26:56,683 --> 01:26:58,389 1177 01:26:58,517 --> 01:27:00,098 - What`s that on your shoulder? - This? 1178 01:27:00,225 --> 01:27:01,590 - Yes. - lt`s a Greek urn. 1179 01:27:01,725 --> 01:27:02,805 What`s a Greek urn? 1180 01:27:02,933 --> 01:27:05,015 Oh, I don`t know. About 30 bob a week, I think. 1181 01:27:05,142 --> 01:27:09,715 1182 01:27:11,725 --> 01:27:13,010 1183 01:27:13,142 --> 01:27:15,849 - My wife`s gone to the West lndies. - The West lndies? 1184 01:27:15,975 --> 01:27:17,260 - That`s right. - Jamaica? 1185 01:27:17,392 --> 01:27:19,178 No, she went of her own accord. 1186 01:27:19,308 --> 01:27:21,594 1187 01:27:21,725 --> 01:27:24,967 1188 01:27:32,058 --> 01:27:33,764 (Speaking German) 1189 01:27:39,683 --> 01:27:41,514 (Continues in German) 1190 01:28:08,725 --> 01:28:11,717 If he comes in here l`ll brain him! 1191 01:28:13,142 --> 01:28:14,427 Look out! Duck down! 1192 01:28:14,558 --> 01:28:16,173 (Man speaks German) 1193 01:28:42,517 --> 01:28:44,382 (Speaks German) 1194 01:29:09,642 --> 01:29:11,598 (Shouting marching orders in German) 1195 01:30:22,100 --> 01:30:23,931 (Siren wails) 1196 01:30:37,392 --> 01:30:38,928 (Shouting in German) 1197 01:30:44,767 --> 01:30:46,052 (Siren stops) 1198 01:31:03,642 --> 01:31:05,928 (Speaks German) 1199 01:31:08,892 --> 01:31:10,007 Naughty! 1200 01:31:10,142 --> 01:31:12,428 (Shouts in German) 1201 01:31:19,392 --> 01:31:22,134 Come on, Agatha, old girl. Bed for you! 1202 01:31:22,267 --> 01:31:24,223 (Shouting in German) 1203 01:31:28,975 --> 01:31:30,215 (Whistle blows) 1204 01:31:30,350 --> 01:31:31,965 (Alarm bell rings) 1205 01:31:39,267 --> 01:31:41,553 (Officer shouts orders in German) 1206 01:31:42,517 --> 01:31:45,099 (lnterpreter) All British in the courtyard for appel! 1207 01:31:45,225 --> 01:31:46,510 (Man) Oh, not again. 1208 01:31:46,642 --> 01:31:49,930 (lnterpreter) All British in the courtyard immediately for appel. 1209 01:31:50,058 --> 01:31:51,514 (Speaking German) 1210 01:32:06,975 --> 01:32:09,011 (Shouts in German) 1211 01:32:17,600 --> 01:32:21,422 Unless there is immediate silence I will give the order to open fire! 1212 01:32:21,558 --> 01:32:22,843 ( 1213 01:32:22,975 --> 01:32:26,263 I warn you, I will give the order to open fire. 1214 01:32:26,392 --> 01:32:28,348 ( 1215 01:32:35,267 --> 01:32:37,724 I warn you, I will give the order to open fire. 1216 01:32:37,850 --> 01:32:39,636 Fire! 1217 01:32:43,100 --> 01:32:44,965 (Shouts in German) 1218 01:32:45,100 --> 01:32:47,216 Who gave the order to open fire? 1219 01:32:50,142 --> 01:32:51,507 Don`t do that, Harry. 1220 01:32:51,642 --> 01:32:53,428 It only aggravates the Germans. 1221 01:32:53,558 --> 01:32:54,843 I`m sorry, sir. 1222 01:33:02,517 --> 01:33:04,428 (Speaks German) 1223 01:33:04,558 --> 01:33:07,971 - I beg your pardon? - (Speaks German) 1224 01:33:08,100 --> 01:33:10,512 The interpreter, please. 1225 01:33:10,642 --> 01:33:11,677 Interpreter. 1226 01:33:12,850 --> 01:33:14,340 (Speaks German) 1227 01:33:21,350 --> 01:33:23,432 ( 1228 01:33:26,475 --> 01:33:29,842 Quiet down there. I`m trying to get some sleep. 1229 01:33:29,975 --> 01:33:32,591 (Laughter) 1230 01:33:36,350 --> 01:33:39,092 - What extraordinary behaviour! - (Shouts in German) 1231 01:33:57,017 --> 01:33:58,473 (Speaks German) 1232 01:34:06,683 --> 01:34:10,881 Colonel, call your men to order or there will be bloodshed. 1233 01:34:11,017 --> 01:34:12,848 ( 1234 01:34:18,642 --> 01:34:20,678 If you please, Colonel. 1235 01:34:24,725 --> 01:34:26,431 Parade! 1236 01:34:27,600 --> 01:34:29,090 ( 1237 01:34:36,558 --> 01:34:39,595 Parade, attention! 1238 01:34:41,850 --> 01:34:45,547 Be so kind as to ask your men to return to their quarters immediately. 1239 01:34:50,725 --> 01:34:52,340 Parade. 1240 01:34:52,475 --> 01:34:54,431 Stand at ease. 1241 01:34:57,642 --> 01:35:00,884 Before I call on you to return to your quarters, 1242 01:35:01,017 --> 01:35:03,258 I have a piece of news for you, gentlemen. 1243 01:35:03,392 --> 01:35:05,132 A postcard from two aunts of mine. 1244 01:35:06,225 --> 01:35:08,637 I had intended to keep it until the morning, 1245 01:35:08,767 --> 01:35:11,053 but now that we find ourselves gathered together, 1246 01:35:11,183 --> 01:35:14,425 this seems as good an opportunity as any to give it to you. 1247 01:35:15,475 --> 01:35:17,181 "Dearest Guy, 1248 01:35:17,308 --> 01:35:20,505 "we are both very well and enjoying the refreshing Swiss air. 1249 01:35:20,642 --> 01:35:22,428 "How we wish you could be with us. 1250 01:35:22,558 --> 01:35:25,516 "Your loving aunts, Gert and Daisy." 1251 01:35:25,642 --> 01:35:28,884 They are perhaps better known to you as Pat Reid and Jimmy Winslow. 1252 01:35:29,017 --> 01:35:30,848 (Cheering) 1253 01:35:38,517 --> 01:35:40,132 Parade. 1254 01:35:41,142 --> 01:35:43,724 They have made our first home run. 1255 01:35:43,850 --> 01:35:46,432 I have a feeling that it won`t be the last. 1256 01:35:46,558 --> 01:35:49,470 Good night and thank you. 1257 01:35:49,600 --> 01:35:51,431 Carry on, please, Lieutenant Cartwright. 1258 01:35:53,808 --> 01:35:55,514 Good night, sir. 1259 01:36:05,267 --> 01:36:06,973 Parade. 1260 01:36:07,100 --> 01:36:09,933 Attention! 1261 01:36:10,058 --> 01:36:12,219 Dismiss.