All language subtitles for Operation.Crossbow.1965.1080p.BluRay.x265-RARBG

[Ship horn sounds]

[Man] Mr. Duncan sandys, sir.

[Sandys] Good afternoon, sir.

Come in, Duncan.

Sit down.

There's a vital job to be done.

The outcome of the war

may depend on how you handle it.

You've read these reports

that the Germans are
developing long-range rockets

in order to bombard britain.

Yes, I have, but they're
extremely vague

and, in some respects,
contradictory.

But they can't be ignored.

If London and the channel port

should come under
heavy bombardment,

we would have to
abandon our plan

to land in France next year.

I want you to find out quickly

whether this rocket
threat is real

and, if so, to recommend
how we should tackle it.

Do you want me to do this

as well as my job at
the ministry of supply?

You think you could manage both?

Well, I'll just have
to do with rather less sleep.

Your first task will be to
collect all the evidence you can...

And then tell the war
cabinet what you think about it.

Right, sir.

By the way...

How are your legs
since the accident?

Bloody awful.

Huh.

[Clock chimes]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

A ch 80. Der fuhrer.

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

Well, there we are.

Have they got
a long-range rocket?

We've all seen the reports
from intelligence.

Now perhaps you'd let me
have your reactions.

Professor lindemann.

Not very intelligent.

Would you elaborate on that?

I can.

Some of our agents
could be wrong...

There you are!

And some would be right.

Well, these are wrong.

What makes you think that?

If you were a scientist, you'd know
you cannot get reliable results

without solid propellants,
such as cordite.

With a cordite-propelled rocket
carrying a worthwhile warhead,

you'd need no less than
50 tons of it... 50 tons.

Our biggest rocket
has only 50 pounds.

Now, I ask you
a question, gentlemen...

If we here admitted,
which we do not,

the possibility of a
rocket project in Germany,

what would you do?

Well, there are 3 avenues
of approach, as I see it.

Firstly, I'd go over all the
aerial photographs we've got,

and I'd try and get
some new ones.

Next I'd interrogate all
the available prisoners.

And then, of course,
I'd send in more agents.

And then?

If, after that, I still believed
they'd got rockets,

I'd recommend bombing
their installations

to destroy them
before they got off the ground.

That's precisely what the
Germans want you to do,

to divert our bombing effort
for more important targets.

Look, I'm a scientist.

In peacetime, there are
no secrets in science.

And in 4 years of war, they
couldn't have advanced that far.

Even a less
spectacular advance...

It would have reduced
their war effort immensely.

Look, Boyd,
send back your agents.

Tell them to take a closer look.

Well, now,
what about this report

that the Germans are recruiting
technicians from the occupied countries?

I can vouch for that report.

But you can't vouch
for the rocket report?

Agents are like
scientists, professor.

Some are good...

And some are not so good.

[Lindemann] In my opinion,

the whole thing is
a wild-goose chase.

[Sandys] Well, that
remains to be seen.

As a scientist,

I was taught to be
sure of my facts.

In war, decisions almost always have
to be taken on incomplete knowledge.

If you wait until
you're certain,

you're sure to be too late.

Mmm...

What's the matter with that man?

He may be a brilliant scientist,

but he can't always be right.

As far as I'm concerned,

he hasn't explained away
our intelligence report.

Just because
he can't build a rocket

doesn't mean to say
the Germans can't.

Say, just for
the sake of an argument,

let's assume they have got
one in the experimental stage.

Now, where would they test it?

Obviously not in one of
the occupied countries

because they couldn't
trust anybody.

Well, they'd take it as far
away from us as possible

to make it difficult to bomb.

Somewhere near the sea

so the duds wouldn't do any
damage and wouldn't leave a trace.

So it's got to be
the baltic, hasn't it?

[Metal clangs]

[Speaking German]

[Ticking]

[Speaking German]

[Pilot speaking German
over P.A.]

[Men speaking German]

[Pilot speaking German
over P.A.]

[Engine ignites]

[Pilot speaking over P.A.]

[Pilot shouting in German
over P.A.]

Sir?

Sir, would you come
and look at this, please?

What am I supposed
to be looking at?

There, sir. On the left.

I don't know, babs.

We know they're
extending that airfield.

Could it be anything
to do with that?

Dredging operations.

- Drains.
- Hmm.

Hello, Kenny. What
did they want in London?

[Kenny] Oh, they want us to probe
every sortie for rocket installations.

James, would you
take this, please?

Rocket installations?

What are they
supposed to look like?

Nobody knows.

We have to look for
something unusual.

They're new weapons, of course,

so we can't expect to see
anything we've seen before.

So unusual we wouldn't
even notice them?

Maybe.

Something you
wouldn't even notice...

Sir, there is something...

I spotted it the other day.

Look.

There.

See?

Take a look at these.

Wait a minute.

Wait a minute!

The place is called peenemunde.

Where is it?

It's on the baltic coast.

You see, there's a
new... a new power station

they just built here at copen.

It's much too big
for ordinary use.

There's power lines radiating
about all over the place.

And up there among the trees,
there's some new workshops.

Down here, there's
some reclamation work.

I don't see what this has
got to do with rockets.

All these installations seem
to me to be perfectly consistent

with the idea of the place being

a rocket-firing establishment.

What about these circular
earthworks in the woods here?

Mightn't they be test stands
for launching rockets?

They're not going
to put a firing point

in the middle of the island.

It'd be too risky.

If they have any, they'll
put them right on the coast.

Well, whatever they are,
it's quite certain

the Germans aren't making all
this effort just for our benefit.

Well, I'm not going to
believe your fairy tales

until you show me
a photograph of a rocket.

Well, we'll just have to go on
photographing until we find one.

Flight officer
babington Smith, sir.

- Sir?
- How do you do?

I hear you've got something
new on peenemunde.

- Yes, sir.
- Yes, the nh-60 covers there.

It's all ready for you.

How many times have we
photographed it altogether?

- 10 times now, sir.
- I see.

Am I supposed to look
at anything in particular?

Just here on the coast.

I think this'll interest you.

It's just in the middle of
that elliptical earthwork.

Next to that sort of
observation tower.

The torpedolike object
on the transporter.

[Sandys] Oh, yes.
Yes, I can see it.

[Kenny] We can
estimate the size.

It's about 38 feet long, sir.

Could it be?

Well, we've never seen
anything like it before, sir.

The shape's right...

The observation tower,
the whole setup.

I'd take a heavy bet on it.

Yes, I think you're right.

It's a bloody great rocket.

It's a balloon.

[Sandys] You can't be serious.

It's a barrage balloon.

[Boyd] I'm interested
to hear you say that...

It's a barrage balloon,

partially deflated, of course.

On a downgrade transporter?

Why not?

The shape's convenient...
About 7 feet across

and 50 feet in length,
I'd imagine.

Yes, but these vehicles are
designed to carry up to 25 tons.

Putting a barrage
balloon on it would be like...

Like putting a lightweight
jockey on an elephant?

It's a balloon.

Well, the photographic
interpreters tell us it's a rocket,

and I'm quite satisfied it is.

Laughable.

It's a hoax.

It's a damned expensive one.

Factories, cranes,
launching equipment,

living quarters...

It could be a naval base.

They might be testing
some kind of torpedo.

Oh. So now your
balloon's a torpedo?

One must explore
all possibilities.

Every possibility except the
possibility that it might be a rocket.

If it were a rocket, it could
never get off the ground.

Well, if it were a torpedo,

what ship's going
to be able to launch it?

Whatever it is, I think you're
making a mountain out of a molehill.

You mean a torpedo
out of a balloon.

I take it, then,

that you still don't think that
peenemunde should be bombed?

Certainly not.

Now, marshal, what have
you got to say?

Well, to attack peenemunde

would mean diverting the
r.A.F. From their main task,

which is to destroy
German industry.

Quite.

And apart from that,
to reach peenemunde,

we'd have to fly through the
heart of their air defense system.

No fighter cover, I suppose?

I'm afraid not,
at that distance.

And once we've attacked it,

the whole place'll
bristle with guns.

So we'd have to make sure
that we make a job of it first time.

How would you do that?

Well, we'd virtually have to
send the whole bomber force.

How many planes?

Well, about 600.

And if the German fighters
intercepted in strength,

we could lose the lot in one
night... and with it, the war.

Are you prepared to take
such a risk, sandys?

We'll never win the war

unless we are
prepared to take risks...

Sometimes great risks.

So what are you going to do?

I shall recommend
to the war cabinet

that peenemunde be bombed
as quickly as possible.

[Speaking German]

Hanna?

[Speaking German]

[Hanna speaking German
over P.A.]

[Man speaking German]

[General speaking to Hanna]

[P.A. cuts off]

Hanna!

[Engine humming in distance]

[Humming grows louder]

[Sputtering]

[Engine cuts off]

[Laughter]

[Speaking German]

[Man speaking German]

[All make toast]

Danke, danke.

Hanna...

- Sieg...
- [All] Heil!

- Sieg...
- Heil!

- Sieg...
- Heil!

[Air-raid siren blares]

[Bombs falling]

[Explosions]

[Glass tinkling]

[Tires screech]

The first intelligence
reports have come in, sir.

It seems we did the job.

All installations have
been blown sky-high.

Peenemunde's been
smashed to bits.

What about our losses? Any idea?

Well, so far,

40 aircraft out of 571.

Right.

We've gained time.
That's the important thing.

Yes... precious time.

We can't afford to waste
a minute of it.

[Car engine starts]

[Man giving orders in German]

[Rifles cocking]

[Rifles fire]

[Boyd] First we discovered

that large numbers of engineers

were passing through
Hamburg, bremen, and Cologne.

The trail led us to
this area around here.

It's a new factory,
deep underground.

What makes you think
it's a rocket factory?

Because all the men going
there are top-grade specialists.

They're taking them from
aircraft and radio factories,

chemical plants,
research laboratories.

Just the sort of skills you'd
need for making rockets.

Right.

Well, we never expected the
Germans to give up after peenemunde.

They must know we're planning
to invade Europe this summer.

Supposing they've begun
mass-producing these things...

If they could get them
off the ground in time,

if they could launch a saturation
attack against this country,

we could lose the war
at the very last minute.

Can you find out any more
about this place?

Tricky. The only way would be
to get some of our own agents

right inside the factory.

Still, the Germans are
crying out for engineers...

It's possible.

Men with technical knowledge,
foreign languages,

but also make good agents...

They'll be pretty rare birds.

Yeah, especially
in the shooting season.

Looks like a recruiting drive
right away, doesn't it,

among the armed forces
and the government departments.

If we interview a thousand men,

we'll be lucky to find
12 suitable.

Well, the sooner you
find them, the better.

2£ on the clock, gov.

Right. Wait for me.

- Here, work on that.
- Thanks very much. Ta.

Be right back. And remember...

Concentrate on what I told you.

Next, please.

Oh. That's me.

An article there on Holland.

Ah. Thank you.

[Clerk] Take a chair,
please, sir.

You been waiting long?

A few minutes.

Do you have any idea
what this is all about?

Engineers who speak languages.

I only took it so I could
get a day in London.

But I don't want
to spend it here.

No.

Look, I was brought up
in Germany.

Your German's very good.

So good, I think you'd be a loss

to the ministry of information.

And I studied applied mechanics
in dresden, I do assure you.

I may be a bit rusty,
but I can easily brush it up.

I'm afraid your technical
knowledge isn't up to standard.

I really am very sorry.

Mm-hmm. Well...

Next, please.

Excuse me.

What did they ask you?

Oh! A lot of damn fool
questions, the usual chaos.

They don't know what they want.

I hope they don't want me.

I want to get back to my ship.

Well, I hope you do.

[Clerk] Next, please.

Uh, Bradley.

Oh, yes, sir.

Take a chair, sir, please, sir?

Uh, thank you, sergeant.

Sir.

Excuse me.

Sure.

Oh, funny fellow.

I did 3 years special
study of ballistics

at the royal institute
in den helder,

and then supervisory work at
an ordnance factory in Hamburg.

So you're familiar with
the dynamics of projectiles?

Oh, yes, sir. Yes.

Mm-hmm. What about your family?

They still in Holland?

Yes. My mother and two sisters.

- What about you?
- As a matter of fact,

I'm making a rather vain attempt
to further my unmilitary career.

I thought there might be
something in this lot.

I'm with a very tiresome
lot of people at the moment,

on a canvass
in the wilds of essex.

Not enjoying it very much.

Don't blame you.

[Sergeant] Next, please.

Um... do you mind? I
shan't keep you a moment.

I'm in a tearing hurry.

[Sergeant]
Next gentleman, please.

Excuse me.

Yes?

It's me. Curtis.

Curtis?

You remember me, don't you?

Eh... oh, yes. Yes, of course.

Nice to see you.

[Man speaking German]

Well, I must say, I can't
fault your German.

It's... perfect.

Cambridge?

Fluid mechanics, sir.

I gave up pure mathematics
after the first year,

and then, more recently, I've been
messing about with antiaircraft rockets.

Oh?

These rather secret people
I'm with.

The first rocket I built
Rose 3 feet into the ground.

Second took off horizontally,

went straight through a
henhouse, and killed 40 roosters.

How very discouraging for you.

What did you do after that?

Buried the roosters.

Mastered at the Massachusetts
institute of technology

in physics and graduated
magna cum laude.

Have you worked in any
of your father's factories?

What for?

Have you had any
practical experience?

Flying a p-38?

Thank you, lieutenant.

We'll let you know.

Thank you.

I say, Curtis, it was
Birmingham, wasn't it?

No, no. Further south.

South?

Good morning, captain Bradley.

- Finished?
- Mm-hmm.

Next, please.

[Bradley] Well,
how'd you get on?

Sent back to the base.

They said they'd let me know...

What, they didn't say.

Probably planning
some new secret weapon.

Hmm... that reminds me...

Can I give you a ride in my cab?

Oh, thank you very much,

if it's not out of
your way. Boodles?

Boodles? What's that?

A club, old boy.

Sure.

[Man, on the ground]
Come on, jump!

Cut the conversation and jump!

Come on, you idle lot!

Jump!

He's getting excited again.

I think he wants you
to jump, old boy.

You think that's it?

Afraid so.

Jump!

Yeah, I guess you're right.

[Man] Gates open!

Rip brake off!

[Second man] Brake off!

There you are, sergeant.

[Sergeant] There you
bloody well are not, sir!

If that was a parachute descent,
you'd have broken both your legs!

You're behaving like
an irresponsible nit!

Now get back up that tower
again and do a parachute landing

as I've taught you!

Get back up the tower!

Sir!

[Man] Gates open!

Rip brake off!

[Second man] Rip brake off!

Sir! Where's your hat?

Your jumping hat, sir.

The hat I drew from stores
for you for parachute training!

Why aren't you
wearing it on your head?

Oh, you mean this one, serg...

I mean that one, sir!

Take it off there,

put it back on your head,
and get back up the tower!

Up the tower, sergeant?

[Whispering]
Yes, sir. Up the tower.

[Man] Rip brake off!

[Second man] Rip brake off!

Rip brake on!

Rip brake on!

Gates open!

Rip brake off!

Rip brake off!

Bloody good.

We want you to pass

as engineers from

a German-occupied country.

The Dutch resistance will
help you join one of the parties

the Germans are taking
to their underground factories.

Your job will be to get
information back to us.

Now, you two'll go to Holland.

You'll have a much easier time
sitting in Brussels.

All you have to do is
to sift the information,

decide what's worth
sending back and what isn't.

Will we be parachuted in, sir?

Yes.

[Boyd] Now, here are
your identities.

Erik Van ostamgen.

Jean Marcel.

Jacob bijus.

On this mission, your face
is your fortune, Henshaw.

You look very much
like him, don't you?

Yes.

How do I get to look like him?

A bit po-faced, isn't he?

Well, I'd hate to meet
him in a dark alley.

[Boyd] You won't.
These 3 men are dead.

Two of them were Dutch
engineering specialists

working at the skoda factory
in pilsen, czechoslovakia.

The third came from Paris,

professor of
applied mathematics.

Now, he can wait,
but you two are urgent.

You've got to think in Dutch,

think in German,
think in French.

Any idea how these men died?

We're not certain.

The papers only
came in last week.

You're not certain?

No German's going
to ask you how you died.

Bob and I have to take over the
identity of these dead, pro-Nazi dutchmen.

We don't know
they were pro-Nazi.

- You don't know?
- No.

What do you call this mission,

operation question Mark?

Curtis, we want you
for this job...

But you don't have to take it.

Well, would you like
my answer right now?

[Boyd] Who's that?

[Curtis] Me again.

Erik Van ostamgen.

Leyden university...

And?

And I studied for 5 years
in the faculty of science.

My brother, willem bijus.

[Curtis] My father,
Karl Van ostamgen.

I really gave him a bad time.

Seen much of him lately?

Not much. He's dead, actually.

He died April 30,1937.

Now, when am I going
to see my wife?

Your ex-wife.

She divorced you, remember?

- Yes. Silly girl.
- Right.

Thanks. That helps a lot.

She could be my mother.

What year were you married?

1936.

- Where?
- Rome.

- Where'd you meet?
- Capri.

Children's names?

Piet, he's 6. Erika, she's 4.

Birth dates?

Piet, march 22, 1937.

Erika, June 13, 1939.

I've got a court order
giving me access to see them.

Hmm, not bad. Not bad at all.

Thanks.

I just wish I looked like him.

If the Germans kept
a photographic record

of all their foreign workers,

they'd need a filing cabinet
as big as Hitler's ego.

_b [snap] [ Oyd] who's that?

Me.

Jacob bijus.

- [Boyd] Family?
- One brother.

Your father?

He left home when I was 3.

What year was that?

We're over Holland.

It's almost time for our orders.

[Wind howling]

Ha! What'll you bet
we get down on the ground,

we'll find general Boyd to show us
slides on our prenatal experiences.

"Your agent will identify himself
to you by offering you a cigarette

from a cigarette case
that has no cigarettes."

Navigator?

[Man, over headset] Yes?

We're approaching drop zone.

Right.

[Man] Check the clip-ons!

Action stations!

Stand in the door!

If your chute doesn't open,
change it for a harp!

Out!

I'm not musical!

[Man] Out!

[Man, over headset] There's
a message to return, sir.

Who says so?

Base, sir. Message reads,

"operation canceled.
Return to base."

Cancel it? Now?

- [Click]
- [Knock on door]

Come in, Bradley.
Glad you're here.

- Sit down.
- Thank you, sir.

We're in a bit of a mess.

I've just got a signal
from Holland.

Jacob bijus is wanted
by the police.

I thought he was dead, sir.

He is, but the Germans
don't know it.

So if Henshaw's picked up,

he could be in a spot
of trouble, couldn't he?

Can't your people
over there warn him, sir?

Communication is unreliable.

It isn't exactly like sending a
birthday telegram, you know.

I'm sorry, Bradley.
I haven't got anybody else.

I was almost looking forward
to going to Brussels, sir.

Thought I might even find a
really decent bottle of claret.

Best my wine merchants
can rustle up these days

is a rather timorous
little chateau la 432.

Well, it'll taste better
when you get it. Now...

Henshaw's new identity papers
are sewn into the spine of this book.

Afraid I have the most awful
habit of losing books, sir.

Well, for god's sake,
don't lose that one.

Now, here are your new papers.

Your name is engel,

Dr. Engel,
traveling from pilsen.

Your background's
a bit sketchy, I'm afraid.

We haven't had
a great deal of time.

Supposing I'm questioned, sir?

You'll just have to use
your imagination.

You'll have to lose
the handlebars, too.

Now, don't worry.

You'll only be in
Germany a couple of days.

Greatly relieved
to hear it, sir.

Let's have a look over
the ground, shall we?

Your dropping zone is here.

Now, our chaps will be
there to take care of you.

Code word "Lorelei."

Lorelei, sir.

You'll take Henshaw and
Curtis' route up the rhine.

Up the rhine, sir.

[Heavy foreign accent]
This is your baggage.

Over two hours, shall we
come by the frontier.

From then, I cannot
help you no more.

But I thought you were supposed

to tell us where we are going.

This is your way to the hotel.

You will show your papers and
get rooms like other engineers.

The gestapo will not
suspect nothing.

I don't like that
double negative.

Sorry.

I do not understand
the English too well.

Glad to hear it.

[Speaking German]

[Rings bell]

111 und 112.

Danke.

Bitte.

[Speaks German]

[Speaking German]

Cigarette?

[Speaking German]

Danke.

Van ostamgen.

Bijus.

Jacob bijus...

[Air-raid siren blares]

[Explosions]

[Speaking German]

Ja.

[Bombs falling, explosions]

Zigarette?

Danke.

Danke.

[Footsteps]

[Man gives order in German]

Something's gone wrong.

The police have taken
your papers.

You better go to room 119.

If one of you gets into trouble,

the other must be safe.

What does the
gestapo want with Bob?

It's not the gestapo.
It's the police.

That's what I can't understand.

What's the reason?

I wish I knew.

You better pack as fast as
you can and go to room 119.

I'll get it ready for you.

I'll see you in a minute.

[Curtis] Right.

Make sure that that
door's locked after he goes.

Maybe they move all the engineers
out before anything can happen to him.

I'll... I'll try
and find out something.

Oh...

[Whispering] Stay in your room.

Don't worry.

Oh, oh, bitte...

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

Danke schoen.

[Curtis] Don't worry.

At least it's not the gestapo.

[Henshaw] Who's worried?

We can always meet
during the air raids.

[Speaking German]

Ja?

[Speaking German]

The man downstairs
told me room 111.

Bitte?

I heard you speaking
English just now.

Oh, uh...

It's none of my business.

I guess I am the one
who should explain.

No, no. That... that's
perfectly all right.

I work for
the propaganda ministry,

broadcasting on the radio.

Oh, they must have given
me the wrong room number.

I'm very sorry.

Oh... not at all.

This is my husband's room.

Oh, of course.

I should have noticed.
I'm sorry.

Are you a friend of Erik?

Yes.

I'm waiting for him.

Where is he?

I don't know. He went out.

Oh, thank god.
I found him at last.

If only you knew
what it means to me.

Well, this is quite
a surprise for him, too.

He has to...

Sign an important paper for me.

We arranged to meet
in Hamburg weeks ago.

I get to Hamburg,

and they tell me he's been
transferred to Prague.

Well, I go to Prague.

[Laughing]

Oh, it's nothing.
He wasn't there.

God, the traveling I've done...

Hotels, offices, hospitals.

I even had him reported missing.

You did?

Yes.

Then the police told me
he was here...

Perhaps.

Will he be long?

No idea.

If I knew where he was,
I could go and find him.

Yes.

Maybe I'll call...

Oh, I'm sorry.

That's out of order.

Won't you sit down?

Oh, sure.

Frieda!

[Speaking German]

Um... oh...

[Strikes match]

I'm going back to Italy,
to my parents,

but I can't take the
children without his consent.

It's the law in
Holland, you know.

Hmm...

Is that why you have to
have him sign the paper?

Um...

How long have
you known Erik, hmm?

I met him a couple of months
ago in a railroad station.

- Oh, where...
- [Knock on door]

Here he is!

[Speaking German]

This is frau Van ostamgen.

This is our housekeeper.

- Guten morgen.
- Hello.

Oh, she speaks
excellent English.

She's waiting for her husband.

- Ach 80...
- Yes.

I told her I didn't know
when Erik would be back.

Do you have any idea?

Well, iam sorry, but...

I've come up for the very purpose of
packing herr Van ostamgen's luggage

and putting it in storage.

But why?

A message from the labor office.

They had to send
your husband away...

All of a sudden.

Oh, no. But...

Where have they sent him?

They didn't say.

Would you give me a hand?

I'd be glad to.

I'm sorry.

But...

But who could I ask
who can tell me?

Oh, I don't think
it's any use inquiring.

From here on, his
destination is a military secret.

You take my advice, you go
home and wait for your husband

to send you his code address.

It's the best thing, really.

Look, I've been
traveling for two days.

I'm tired out.
Could... could I stay here?

I must get some sleep.

Oh, that's impossible.

This room's already been taken.

I could wait in
the lounge, then.

The lounge has been closed
ever since the air raids started.

The Porter will help you
with the luggage.

I'm so sorry.

Please?

[Knock on door]

[Man] Achtung. Polizei.

Aren't you going to open
the door? It's the police.

[Speaks German]

[Frieda] Ja, bitte?

[Speaking German]

Ja wohl.

[Speaking German]

Erik Van ostamgen.

Gut.

[Frieda] Danke schoen...

Ja.

It's all right. Let her go.

Who are you? Who are you?

Didn't you hear?

He's Erik Van ostamgen.

He's not. Where is my husband?

Where is Erik?

I'll find out for myself.

Get out of my way!
I'm going to the p...

Shut up.

If you don't shut up,
I'll have to gag you.

We'll have to tell her.

Your husband is dead.

It can't be true.

I'm afraid it is.

But how did he die?

When?

As far as we know,

4 months ago, in an air raid.

I see...

You told the police
you were Erik Van ostamgen.

You're using his papers.
You have my photograph.

Now I believe Erik is dead.

And you've taken his place.

Don't let her leave
the room or talk to anyone.

Mm-hmm.

I'll be back as soon as I can.

[Key rattles in lock]

Where is she going?

What is she going to do?

Open the door.

I won't betray you. I swear it.

I won't say a word to anyone.

Open the door.

I can't.

But I must get back
to my children.

I can't let you go.

I'll never see them
again, will I?

[Thunder rumbling]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

I brought you something to eat.

You must be famished.

[Bellhop speaks German]

Guten appetit.

You might as well eat something.

Well, then have
something to drink.

Tell me...

What was your husband like?

Erik is dead.

I know Erik is dead.

I need to know what he was like.

You want to know about Erik?

Well, I want to know about you,

about the kind of man
who would keep a woman

locked in a room,
away from her children.

When all the time, there
are people downstairs

who are trying...

You don't know for sure

what they're doing downstairs.

I do.

She... she has made up
her mind to kill me.

All right. Let's say she has.

You walked into this.
It's not my fault.

You asked me before if you'd
ever see your children again.

All right,
I'll tell you the truth.

You won't...

Unless you can convince me
that I can trust you.

And you'd stand by
and let it happen.

You're thinking of
nothing but your own life.

Mine and others'.

What about mine
and my children's?

We don't matter as long as
you and that woman are safe.

Look, I want to trust you,

but I'm leaving.

I've got to convince her.

It's as simple as that.

Your husband worked
for the Germans, right?

Yes.

Willingly?

Did he work willingly,
or was he forced?

Erik believed he could get
through life without ever being hurt.

When the Germans came...

The way not to get hurt
was to work for them.

And you agreed?

Did you agree or didn't you?

No.

Is that why you got a divorce?

Or other reasons?

I don't think the gestapo
would question you

about things which concern
my feelings, my thoughts.

It's just talk, isn't it?

To keep me quiet.

Didn't they tell you in england
that Erik was a collaborator?

No.

That the Germans treated
him like one of themselves?

Perhaps I think
the same way as he did.

How can you really know?

Perhaps, after all,
I have German friends.

And you talk about
that woman trusting me.

Listen...

I am trying to help you.

[Chuckling]

That's wonderful!
That's really wonderful.

You're always trying to help...

Well, maybe I could
if you'd let me.

I think there's
a way out of this.

Yeah, through the door.

You have the key...
The key in your pocket.

[Laughing]

[Sighs]

Do you have children?

No.

Are you married?

No.

Then it's easy to play the hero.

How's piet?

Of course you know
my children's names.

Yeah.

I know as much as that.

[Chuckling]

Now what's so funny?

You. You are funny.

This awful room,
with the little waiter

and that dreadful
woman downstairs,

and you're asking me
about my children.

You'd better come
to your senses.

I'm being perfectly sensible.

I want you to let me
out of this room.

How can I convince you?

How can I persuade you?

Can you be bribed?

With money?

I haven't got any.

You've had enough to drink.

Come on.

Come on...

I'll try to find a way.

I promise you, I'll try.

Erik was always
making me promises.

I remember he promised

to take me to Paris once,

but he never did.

He did take you to Capri
on your honeymoon, didn't he?

Yes.

Where do you live in Italy?

Civitavecchia.

Via mazzini 19, civitavecchia.

Near Rome.

By the sea.

You really don't have
any choice.

You may as well trust me.

I trust you.

[Speaking German]

Nein...

[Speaking German]

Nein.

Nein.

Ja.

Und, uh...

Gut.

Moment, bitte.

Dr. Engel?

Dr. Engel?

Guten morgen.

You're Dr. Engel?

Uh... yes, yes.

In spite of every
appearance to the contrary.

I'm sorry I'm rather scruffy.

I'm afraid I didn't
have a very good journey.

I landed in a hawthorn tree

and spent the rest of the
night in a field of turnips.

It's a bit uncomfortable.

However, I've got the documents.

Th ey've arrested bijus.

There's a chance
they'll let him go.

They need engineers too badly.

I hope you're right.

Or I might just as well
have stayed at home.

Nothing we can do.

I'll show you to your room.

Oh, uh...

Will there be a police check?

No. They've checked
all the passes.

They never come twice.

And if they do, you're engel.

I'm not very well
acquainted with Dr. Engel.

In fact we're scarcely
on nodding terms.

If they ask any questions...

Invent.

London. Room 426, wasn't it?

They turned me down.
Evidently you were accepted.

My congratulations.

Ich bin Jacob bijus.

You're not bijus!
You're a petty officer

in the so-called
free Dutch Navy.

We've known for a long time

that allied agents
were being planted

in our underground factories.

I was sent into england to try
and join one of these groups.

[Speaking German]

And English.

Bitte?

Now tell me...

Who are your contacts here?

Who helped you get into Germany?

How did you plan to
send your information

back to england?

[Speaking German]

Look, we can easily find out
who you really are.

You're obviously
a qualified engineer.

Holland's a very small country.

With a photograph, we can
identify you in a matter of days.

Perhaps you've family
in Holland, hmm?

You wouldn't like
to have them sent

to a concentration camp,
would you?

Vas? Deutsch, bitte.

I'm not asking you
to betray your country.

You're a dutchman, good.

There are millions of people
in Holland and occupied Europe

working for the reich.

Do you think they're all wrong?

You take my case, for example.

I'm half-English, half-German.

When the war came, I had to make
up my mind what I really believed,

where I stood.

Has it ever occurred to you
that you might be wrong

and the Germans
just might be right?

[Speaking German]

Look what we've achieved
in the past 10 years.

Before Hitler came to
power, we were nothing.

Now we're the greatest
nation in the world,

the most feared
and the most respected.

You understand, don't you?

I've only got to give the order,

and things would become
extremely unpleasant for you.

On the other hand,
if you cooperate,

I promise you that you
will end this war alive

and on the winning side,

because we are going
to win the war, I assure you.

So what's the trouble?

What's holding you back?
Come on, tell me.

I'd like to understand.

[Speaking German]

You're a very silly young man.

[Calls in German]

Here, you have this.

Danke.

Sordid, isn't it?

Not one of history's
immortal moments.

And unnecessary.
You proved your point.

You're a very brave man.

I've the greatest
admiration for you.

But it's all wasted.

The war will go on, the
outcome will be just the same.

Only you'll be dead.

And no one will even
know how you died.

For god's sake, man,

don't throw your life
away for nothing.

Ich...

Ich bin...

Ich bin Jacob bijus.

[Knock on door]

Could I have a word
with you, please?

Of course.

[Door closes]

I just got a message. The
trucks will be here any moment.

Here are your papers.

But we have to be careful.

It may be some time before
anybody gets in touch with you.

[Vehicle approaches]

Here they are. Don't
worry about the girl.

I'll take care of her.

You don't have to.

We can trust her.
We can let her go.

Trust her? But how
can you be sure?

I know what I'm doing.

Give me that document
about your children.

This document gives frau
Van ostamgen permission

to take her children to Italy.

That's why you came
here, isn't it?

It's all I care about.

To get safely home
with my children.

I can forge his signature
perfectly.

Date it today.

Now once she's on her way home

she can't tell the police
her husband died 4 months ago

and betray us, can she?

Would you like to witness it?

With pleasure.

[Knock on door]

[Speaking German]

[Repeats order]

[Speaking German]

Doktor engel.

[Speaking German]

Herr doktor...

Tra ut, herr doktor.

Jawohl, herr doktor.

Danke, herr doktor.

Danke schoen.

You must tell everyone
that you've seen Erik,

and he's well.

[Knock on door]

[Officer speaking German]

Erik Van ostamgen?

Ja.

Nora Van ostamgen.

[Officer] Schnell.

[Door closes]

Name?

Van ostamgen.

[Speaking German]

[Truck driving away]

I won't be long.

[Silenced gunshot]

[Man speaking German over P.A.]

Halt!

Halt!

[Barks order in German]

Doktor engel. Engel...

[Speaking German]

Van ostamgen.

[Speaks German]

Komm zie mit.

[Snaps fingers]

[Speaks German]

Profil.

[Speaks German]

Komm zie mit.

[P.A. speaking German]

[Men speaking German]

Herr ha uptmann.

Hmm?

Van ostamgen, herr ha uptmann.

Herr professor?

Ja?

Van ostamgen.

Ja, ja, ja.

[Speaks German] Professor.

Bitte.

Danke.

[Rushing air]

[Rocket fires]

Vibration?

Jawohl, herr professor.

Hier.

Herr professor, bitte.

Danke.

- [Smith] Sims?
- [Sims] Hmm?

Remember this?

Yes, I remember. Drains.

I wonder if it could
be something else.

What makes you say that?

This is the new cover.

Look, there's
the same construction,

but this time there's
something on it.

Where?

To the left. It looks
like a midget aircraft.

It could be a very
small plane, but...

Better see what Kendall thinks.

[Man] It's the P.M. they're
just putting him through.

I thought I should
tell you at once

that we've found out
what the ski sites are.

They're not for rockets.

We think they're for
a kind of flying bomb.

Altogether we've destroyed

100 of these ski sites
up to now.

We're bombing them
continuously...

The Americans by day,
and we by night.

Trouble is as soon
as we knock them down,

they're putting up new ones.

They're prefabricated.

They can stick them together
in no time at all.

What are you worried about?

Nothing happened when the
invasion buildup was going on,

and I can think of no
more tempting target.

Now we've landed in France,

and we still
haven't had any sign

of your mythical secret weapon.

I believe that the reason we
haven't seen them up till now

is because our efforts
succeeded in delaying them.

They could still do
tremendous damage

if they manage to get them
off the ground in any numbers.

Is Hitler waiting to produce
them at the peace conference?

Despite your opposition,

which I'm sure is quite sincere,

I'm certain we've done
the right thing.

Hold on. It's fighter command.

[Air-raid siren blares]

Sims?

I see.

Channel observation posts
report that flying objects

with a tail of fire
are passing over Dover

and heading towards London.

Speed over 400 miles an hour.

[Air-raid siren blares]

[Rocket engine stops]

[Explosion]

[Rocket engine stops]

- [Man] Hose over here!
- Get the first aid over there!

Watch the pressure!

[Man on radio]
Braking now. You have a go.

[Machine gun fire]

Aw, missed the bastard.

Why not move the guns down here?

Stick them in line
from beachy head to Dover?

Then your fighters
would be free to operate

behind them over Kent
and Sussex,

right up to the barrage
balloons in the suburbs.

That's a good idea, iagree.

But it means moving
nearly 1,000 guns,

20,000 personnel, and miles
and miles of electric cable.

I must point out it'll
leave London defenseless

for several days.

In any case, what about
the chiefs of staff?

They'll never agree.

Well, we'll ask them
afterwards, shall we?

There aren't quite
as many over tonight.

It's just as well.

With 1,000 guns on
their way to the seaside...

[Rocket engine stops]

Mind you,

it's tomorrow I'm worried about.

If German intelligence
is up to the Mark,

they'll send
everything they've got.

Yes, well, with luck,

they'll only think
about it tomorrow.

And the day after tomorrow

we'll be ready for them, hmm?

I hope so.

[Artillery fire]

[Flak bursts]

[Men cheering]

That's more like it.

Heil Hitler.

Somebody's contacted me at last.

Good.

V-2 gyroscope controls.
Speed, 3,000.

And they're testing
a new one... long-range.

How long?

They call it
the New York rocket.

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

[Machinery hums]

[Children shrieking playfully]

[Knocking]

Aah!

[Man] All right, give
me the kid. I'll take her.

It's all right. It's all
going to be all right.

Come on.

[Men speaking indistinctly]

Bring him this way. This way.

[Man moaning]

Come on, then. Got him now.

Get another stretcher up here!

Bring him this way!

This morning we have proof

that the v-2 rockets
have no launching sites.

They've learned
by their mistakes.

For the flying bombs, they
had to have elaborate ramps.

They built them fast, and we
destroyed them... almost as fast.

For the firing of the v-2,

they've invented a huge trailer.

They can transport their rocket

and launch it
from the same vehicle.

In fact, the only hope
of spotting them

is if a plane happens to pass
overhead when the rocket's erected...

Just before firing, and
that's a million-to-one chance.

Yes. And even then, it would
hardly provide a target for attack...

If the sites are mobile.

Quite. So we've got to destroy
them where they're made.

Very difficult. Their factory's
been moved underground...

Perfectly camouflaged.

There's more to it than that.

I've got some men
inside. Apparently,

the Germans are about to
start testing a new rocket

with a much longer range.

So even after we've liberated
the occupied countries,

they can still fire at us
from the heart of Germany.

We'll have to lay on
a full-scale raid.

Let your men on the inside know
when it's going to be

so that they can try sabotage
at the same time.

We've got to try everything...

Bombing and sabotage.

[Man speaking German]

There's an air raid
tomorrow night. 11:30.

They're after
the long-range rocket.

Don't they know it's 80
feet down in solid rock?

No. And they want us
to pinpoint it for them.

Can you open
the launching bay doors?

No.

We always phone the power
house. They pull the switch.

Have we got anybody in there?

No.

[Footsteps on catwalk]

We'll have to get in and
pull the switch ourselves.

You know the switch?

No. Can you find out?

I think so.

We'll still have
to get in there.

My pass'll get us
past most guards.

As soon as he opens the door,
we'll jump him and grab his gun.

Just like that?

A bit thin, isn't it?

Yeah.

Can you think of anything else?

No.

[Man speaking German]

What time shall we meet?

11:25, assembly
plant, passage "c."

Morning.

[Man speaking German]

Van ostamgen.

Ja wohl, herr professor.

[Speaking German]

Herr professor.

[Speaking German]

[Man speaking German over radio]

[Man responding in German]

[Man speaking German]

[Sounds alarm]

[Shouting frantically in German]

[Speaking German]

Right! I've got
the switch number.

Good. Let's go.

[Speaking German]

Unh!

Hello? Hello!

Hello.

Ja.

[Beeping]

Right, door!

Curtis!

[Doors slam shut]

[Speaking German angrily]

[Shouting orders in German]

[Men speaking German]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

[Speaking German]

- How long to target?
- Two minutes, skipper.

Van ostamgen... or whatever
your real name is...

Listen to me.

We've got your friend here.

I'm going to give you
one minute to come out,

or he'll be shot.

You unders tand?

Killed.

[Speaking German]

Now, I'm giving you
exactly one minute from...

Now.

[Shouting in German]

Can you see anything?

They're supposed
to show us the lights.

Can't see a bloody thing!

30 seconds...

[Airplane engines overhead]

15...

10 seconds...

[Air-raid sirens]

Switch r 9!

R9!

[Gunshot]

[Click]

[Shouting in German]

Still can't see anything.
How about you?

No. Nothing, skipper.

[Gunfire]

[Launching doors opening]

What's that?

Where?

A bit to starboard.

That's it! That's the target.

Stand by.

[Klaxon sounding]

[Speaking German]

Right...

Right...

[Rocket igniting]

Steady!

[Churchill] I've been reading your
final report on operation crossbow.

It was a vital task
and a job well done.

Thank you.

But we owe so much to
the bravery of our agents,

many of whose names
will never be known.

Yes, and to the r.A.F.

If Hitler's rocket plans

hadn't been totally upset
by our raid on peenemunde,

London would have been
devastated.

But it's time we began to
think about reconstruction,

and I want you to be
minister of works.

With thousands of buildings
destroyed by bombs and rockets,

it's an enormous task.

Let us start at once.

Let us clear the rubble
and lay the bricks,

and let us do so
in the firm conviction

that we are building
for the future...

That never again shall
we have to embark upon

such a conflict
as we recently endured.

I solemnly believe that
the price of such a folly

would be far more than
mankind could afford to pay.