1 00:00:02,000 --> 00:00:03,600 This is for my da. My poor da. 2 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:06,640 Who are you? I'm Lieutenant Colonel Bill Stirling. 3 00:00:06,640 --> 00:00:08,480 My brother was the midwife of this regiment. 4 00:00:08,480 --> 00:00:10,280 I refuse to be its coroner. 5 00:00:10,280 --> 00:00:11,640 He's changed the name of the regiment. 6 00:00:11,640 --> 00:00:13,560 Giving them a new and even more effective way 7 00:00:13,560 --> 00:00:14,720 of committing suicide. 8 00:00:14,720 --> 00:00:17,920 Men of the newly-formed Special Raiding Squadron... 9 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:20,280 ALL: SAS, now and always! 10 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:23,000 Tomorrow, you deploy here. 11 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:25,280 The southeastern tip of Sicily. 12 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,680 MEN SHOUT 13 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:28,400 I've a baby I've never seen! 14 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:31,520 Stop! Stop the boat! 15 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:33,040 No! 16 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:34,080 Buddy, we've got room. 17 00:00:34,080 --> 00:00:36,880 Cut him loose or I shoot him! Don't! 18 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,760 I'm sorry. Don't do that! I'm sorry. No! 19 00:00:39,760 --> 00:00:42,640 My suspicion was that on July 9th, something was planned 20 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:45,000 which you were not sharing with your French allies. 21 00:00:45,000 --> 00:00:47,800 It is the SRS who are spearheading the operation. 22 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:49,480 We left those men to drown! 23 00:00:49,480 --> 00:00:50,840 This is just the snout. 24 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:54,440 It is our job to take the whole hog, right the way up to the tail. 25 00:01:39,960 --> 00:01:42,080 Paddy, we have less than 26 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:43,440 three minutes to clear these 27 00:01:43,440 --> 00:01:44,800 positions before the rest of 28 00:01:44,800 --> 00:01:46,560 the boys land. Reggie... 29 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:50,160 ..are you familiar with the Irish folk tale 30 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:52,360 about the Salmon of Knowledge? 31 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:56,600 No, Paddy, I don't know the Irish folk tale... 32 00:01:56,600 --> 00:01:59,280 Basically, a wee tale that explains why 33 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:02,480 the common man, like you and I, 34 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:06,000 are smarter than those high-born 35 00:02:06,000 --> 00:02:08,440 sons of bitches who try to rule over us. 36 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,040 Not really in the mood for folk tales right now, Paddy. 37 00:02:11,040 --> 00:02:14,480 Why not? Because a German soldier is looking right at us. 38 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:28,040 So, there was a salmon 39 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:30,120 in the River Boyne, and it had 40 00:02:30,120 --> 00:02:32,280 all the knowledge of the world 41 00:02:32,280 --> 00:02:34,360 locked up inside its flesh and scales. 42 00:02:34,360 --> 00:02:37,440 And a nobleman called Fineagas 43 00:02:37,440 --> 00:02:40,680 spent seven years of his life 44 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:43,000 trying to catch this famous salmon, 45 00:02:43,000 --> 00:02:46,240 with nets and hooks and the whole kit and caboodle. 46 00:02:46,240 --> 00:02:47,840 We go soon. 47 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,080 Yes? And eventually, he caught the salmon 48 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:54,880 and gave it to his ragged-arsed little servant called Fionn Mac. 49 00:02:54,880 --> 00:02:57,720 And he said, "You cook this frigging fish, 50 00:02:57,720 --> 00:02:59,720 "but you do not..." Less than two minutes, 51 00:02:59,720 --> 00:03:01,960 Paddy. "..you do not, you ragged-arsed little bastard, 52 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:04,040 "take a bite of it, or even taste 53 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:05,840 "the flesh, because the fish is mine 54 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:09,320 "and the knowledge is mine, and whoever tastes this fish first 55 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,160 "gains all the knowledge of the world." 56 00:03:11,160 --> 00:03:14,320 If you're not careful, they will hear the bollocks you are talking, 57 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:16,880 and you are talking bollocks in English. So, 58 00:03:16,880 --> 00:03:19,840 Fionn Mac, the servant, cooks the fish, 59 00:03:19,840 --> 00:03:21,280 and to check that it's cooked, 60 00:03:21,280 --> 00:03:23,560 he presses the flesh with his thumb. 61 00:03:23,560 --> 00:03:25,880 IN GERMAN: 62 00:03:29,960 --> 00:03:32,120 Waiting for the word, Paddy. 63 00:03:32,120 --> 00:03:35,200 But the servant burns his thumb on the flesh of the fish, 64 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:38,680 so he sucks his burnt thumb 65 00:03:38,680 --> 00:03:42,880 and, in doing so, he sucked the fat of the fish off it. 66 00:03:46,840 --> 00:03:49,920 And so, all the knowledge of the world 67 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:54,320 went to the ragged-arsed servant, Fionn Mac. 68 00:03:54,320 --> 00:03:57,560 Which is why, to this day, 69 00:03:57,560 --> 00:03:59,720 babies suck their thumbs, 70 00:03:59,720 --> 00:04:01,520 and poor people have all the answers. 71 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:02,720 We need to go now, Paddy. 72 00:04:06,200 --> 00:04:07,520 Dead-on. 73 00:04:24,360 --> 00:04:25,960 Grenade! Shit! 74 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,240 Move! 75 00:05:15,240 --> 00:05:17,200 Turn around. On your knees. 76 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:18,400 Snell! 77 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:19,680 Get on the ground. 78 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,520 You're too young to smoke. 79 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,160 Get down! 80 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,200 Where the fuck is everybody? 81 00:05:30,200 --> 00:05:34,440 Prisoners say the main German unit shipped out yesterday. 82 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,000 Perhaps they know something about this town we don't. 83 00:05:37,000 --> 00:05:38,880 No, we got the place to ourselves, buddy. 84 00:05:41,480 --> 00:05:43,400 Jimmy... HE WHISTLES 85 00:05:45,040 --> 00:05:46,800 Cigarettes, nein. 86 00:05:46,800 --> 00:05:48,360 Cigarettes? Aye, very funny. 87 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:50,520 The last man said that. 88 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:08,480 Mac, check the left. 89 00:06:33,720 --> 00:06:36,440 Davey, hoist that there, 90 00:06:36,440 --> 00:06:38,960 so our friends in the Royal Navy know that their services 91 00:06:38,960 --> 00:06:41,480 are no longer required. 92 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:42,760 No looting! 93 00:06:42,760 --> 00:06:45,400 Not until I give the word. Sir. 94 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:46,800 Right, listen in. 95 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:48,440 We'll rest here tonight. 96 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:49,920 Then, at first light, we press... 97 00:06:49,920 --> 00:06:51,440 Slainte! 98 00:06:51,440 --> 00:06:54,400 CHEERING Booze, food, no people. 99 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:59,000 ..at first light, we press north to Cannizzaro to secure the Castello 100 00:06:59,000 --> 00:07:00,760 rail head, as per our orders. 101 00:07:00,760 --> 00:07:04,480 Cannizzaro will be defended, so go easy tonight. 102 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,360 Eat what food you can find. 103 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:07,920 We move out at 04:00, 104 00:07:07,920 --> 00:07:11,040 so get some bloody sleep, for Christ's sakes. 105 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:13,800 EXPLOSIONS 106 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:15,200 Take cover. 107 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:16,920 Basement shelters, I'd say. 108 00:07:16,920 --> 00:07:19,280 Keep your bleeding eyes peeled, all right? 109 00:07:22,520 --> 00:07:25,280 Reggie, go take a wee look around. 110 00:07:28,320 --> 00:07:29,880 Here. 111 00:07:58,680 --> 00:08:00,400 Really, Paddy? 112 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:14,160 I just want to let those of you who might care 113 00:08:14,160 --> 00:08:16,600 know that I have every intention 114 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,400 of taking every piece of gold, 115 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,320 silver and other valuables from this church for my own profit. 116 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:27,360 And if any of yous have a problem with that, then I will refrain 117 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,600 from giving you your share when I sell the stuff in Naples. 118 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:33,320 Paddy, for some of us, this is still the house of God. 119 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:36,480 Pope Pius XII is good friends with Mussolini 120 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:39,360 and has a direct line to Chancellor Hitler himself. 121 00:08:39,360 --> 00:08:41,040 It's not God that's got my goat. 122 00:08:41,040 --> 00:08:43,800 Putting your gun up there is bad luck, Paddy. 123 00:08:43,800 --> 00:08:45,400 That thing there? 124 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:47,400 That's nothing but oak. 125 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:50,080 Christ is in here. 126 00:08:53,880 --> 00:08:55,760 Paddy, you'd better come. 127 00:08:57,120 --> 00:08:59,160 He speaks English, but not very well. 128 00:08:59,160 --> 00:09:01,960 EXPLOSIONS 129 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:11,520 Father, it's me again. 130 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:12,920 "Father"? 131 00:09:12,920 --> 00:09:14,920 No, no, no, no, no. Fuck that. 132 00:09:14,920 --> 00:09:16,360 You are not my father. 133 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:19,120 You are a drunk, in a blanket, 134 00:09:19,120 --> 00:09:22,320 who preaches before a flag I despise. 135 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:23,880 What are you doing hiding here, 136 00:09:23,880 --> 00:09:25,600 and where is everybody else in this town? 137 00:09:25,600 --> 00:09:27,920 They told everyone to leave 138 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,400 and they asked me to stay. 139 00:09:30,400 --> 00:09:32,320 Paddy, what the fuck is the matter with you?! I don't think 140 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:35,120 he likes priests. Who asked you to stay? 141 00:09:35,120 --> 00:09:37,120 The people who own this town. 142 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,760 IN ITALIAN: 143 00:09:39,760 --> 00:09:40,960 English. 144 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,120 They wanted me to stay, 145 00:09:43,120 --> 00:09:44,600 to give the American a message. 146 00:09:44,600 --> 00:09:46,720 We are not American. Paddy... GUN CLICKS 147 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:48,560 Oh, for fuck's sake! What is your message? 148 00:09:48,560 --> 00:09:51,440 They wanted me to stay to...to say that you are welcome, 149 00:09:51,440 --> 00:09:53,240 that they want to help the Americans. 150 00:09:53,240 --> 00:09:56,360 You call us American again, I'll fucking shoot you, right? 151 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:59,880 Who is your message from? 152 00:10:01,760 --> 00:10:04,560 The message is from Cosa Nostra. 153 00:10:06,440 --> 00:10:11,240 Paddy, in New York and Chicago, they're known as Mafia. 154 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:13,160 You've heard of Al Capone? 155 00:10:13,160 --> 00:10:14,640 Well, they're worse. 156 00:10:14,640 --> 00:10:18,080 They hate the Germans as much as us, so they could be useful. 157 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:21,920 It's the Mafia that owns this little town of Augusta. 158 00:10:23,560 --> 00:10:26,000 So... We should be concerned? 159 00:10:26,000 --> 00:10:28,840 Paddy, yeah, we should be cautious. 160 00:10:28,840 --> 00:10:32,000 They want to sit down with you at the long table. 161 00:10:32,000 --> 00:10:35,160 They want to break bread and drink wine. 162 00:10:35,160 --> 00:10:38,600 They... They know things. 163 00:10:38,600 --> 00:10:40,360 They see things. 164 00:10:40,360 --> 00:10:43,160 They can help you in the mountains. 165 00:10:45,440 --> 00:10:49,120 Er, you, you, you look like the boss. 166 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:50,920 Aye, right, I AM the boss. 167 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:56,440 Capo dei capi is the boss of the mountains. 168 00:10:56,440 --> 00:10:58,160 This is his church. 169 00:10:58,160 --> 00:11:00,800 He would like to meet you. 170 00:11:00,800 --> 00:11:02,440 Right. 171 00:11:02,440 --> 00:11:05,120 Well, you tell your Cosa Nostra, 172 00:11:05,120 --> 00:11:10,440 Mafia, capo dei capi boss to stick his broken bread 173 00:11:10,440 --> 00:11:13,800 and wine bottles up his fucking hole. 174 00:11:24,520 --> 00:11:26,560 Bombardment seems to be over. 175 00:11:28,000 --> 00:11:29,320 Right. 176 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,920 We'll be sleeping in here, in this house of God. 177 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:37,080 Considering this town is so poor, 178 00:11:37,080 --> 00:11:41,400 didn't he build a nice, big fucking place for himself? 179 00:11:41,400 --> 00:11:44,400 At precisely 4am, 180 00:11:44,400 --> 00:11:46,320 I will be firing live rounds in here 181 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:47,600 to wake you fuckers up. 182 00:11:49,160 --> 00:11:50,800 Does anybody have an issue with that? 183 00:11:50,800 --> 00:11:52,640 You hurt things in here, 184 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:55,280 you hurt our hearts. 185 00:11:58,120 --> 00:11:59,720 Fuck's sake! 186 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:08,720 How's your heart? 187 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,880 You know, sometimes, you're like a wee boy, 188 00:12:29,880 --> 00:12:31,640 just seeing how far you can go. 189 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:33,880 Oh, I intend to go all the way to Berlin. 190 00:12:33,880 --> 00:12:35,520 That's how far I can go. 191 00:12:36,960 --> 00:12:39,880 Then I will ask for forgiveness. 192 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:45,600 Right now, I'm going to go for a walk, 193 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:47,640 see if I can't find me a bank. 194 00:13:22,880 --> 00:13:25,480 CHATTER AND CHUCKLING 195 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,120 All right? 196 00:13:52,680 --> 00:13:55,320 Shouldn't you at least have given that soldier a decent burial? 197 00:13:59,040 --> 00:14:02,360 Had he been faster than me, 198 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:05,680 had he been more accurate than me, 199 00:14:05,680 --> 00:14:08,040 had he been less afraid than me, 200 00:14:08,040 --> 00:14:10,880 then he would have consigned me to the mercy of the crabs 201 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,800 and the eels and the worms just the same. 202 00:14:14,880 --> 00:14:17,680 How did you get here? By dinghy. 203 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:20,040 Tried to get here in time for the fun and games. 204 00:14:20,040 --> 00:14:22,720 Fun and games are in short supply. 205 00:14:22,720 --> 00:14:24,600 We're expecting plenty tomorrow, though. 206 00:14:24,600 --> 00:14:26,280 Cannizzaro. 207 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:30,760 Hmm. I'm sure you'll show up once the fighting is over. 208 00:14:31,800 --> 00:14:36,520 Yes, Paddy, er, if you're not too tired, maybe we could sit down 209 00:14:36,520 --> 00:14:39,120 with a glass of wine and discuss exactly why it is 210 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:41,200 that I've been sent here. Hmm? 211 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:44,320 Italy's most prestigious naval academy was located here. 212 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:46,560 I'm sure there are lots of very well-stocked wine cellars. 213 00:14:46,560 --> 00:14:49,320 Unfortunately, I have a very early start in the morning. 214 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:50,640 We move out at four. 215 00:14:50,640 --> 00:14:53,600 No, you don't, Paddy, you don't move out at four. 216 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:56,680 The attack on Cannizzaro's been postponed. 217 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,760 We're waiting for the Americans to make their landing 218 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,360 further up the coast, and that has been delayed. 219 00:15:05,280 --> 00:15:08,200 "Postponed. Delayed". 220 00:15:09,320 --> 00:15:13,000 I remember those words. This is a large-scale invasion, Paddy. 221 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,400 We must only move as part of a coordinated strategy. 222 00:15:16,400 --> 00:15:18,880 So, what you're saying is 223 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:20,680 we have been stood down. 224 00:15:20,680 --> 00:15:22,320 No. What I'm saying is 225 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:24,080 we hold our position in Augusta 226 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:27,880 and await further orders, like soldiers do in time of war. 227 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:30,160 If no-one gives me a war, 228 00:15:30,160 --> 00:15:31,960 I tend to make a war of my own. 229 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:35,800 It is no-one's job to give you a war to fight, 230 00:15:35,800 --> 00:15:38,600 a bone to chew, a body to kick. 231 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:41,200 'Tis with the bodies I belong. 232 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,040 By the way, Paddy, I'm now the ranking officer here, 233 00:15:48,040 --> 00:15:51,120 which means that you can amuse yourself playing 234 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,240 the rebel injured peasant, which I know is your preferred pastime, 235 00:15:54,240 --> 00:15:56,800 but the last word lies with me. 236 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:23,040 In Berlin... 237 00:16:24,800 --> 00:16:26,680 ..I will ask for forgiveness. 238 00:17:39,520 --> 00:17:41,440 Just leave it by the door, please. 239 00:17:49,760 --> 00:17:53,400 I have chocolates, cigarettes, 240 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:54,680 books... 241 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:57,560 ..and messages from home. 242 00:18:08,320 --> 00:18:10,320 You stopped my heart. 243 00:18:19,840 --> 00:18:23,920 I can, I can feel you, so this isn't...a dream. 244 00:18:23,920 --> 00:18:26,840 I was given permission by General de Gaulle himself. 245 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:29,200 The SOE run a network out of Switzerland. 246 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,720 They had Carmelite papers made for me. 247 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,960 I took a train from Geneva. SHE CHUCKLES 248 00:18:36,400 --> 00:18:41,320 OK, um, when the sisters are here, guards patrol every five minutes. 249 00:18:41,320 --> 00:18:42,480 Oh. 250 00:18:42,480 --> 00:18:44,480 Enough time to say I love you. I love you. 251 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:48,720 Is that it? Is that the reason you came? Yes, and to make love. 252 00:18:48,720 --> 00:18:50,000 What? How long now? 253 00:18:50,000 --> 00:18:52,760 Four and a half. So we have time. Help me. 254 00:18:52,760 --> 00:18:55,760 You mean the whole thing? "The whole thing" sounds very English! 255 00:18:55,760 --> 00:18:58,160 HE CHUCKLES I mean, yes, the whole thing. 256 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:01,880 When we are back in England, we will always call sex "the whole thing". 257 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:04,680 We must do this efficiently. Yes, militarily. 258 00:19:04,680 --> 00:19:07,400 This bloody dress is booby-trapped. They make these things complicated. 259 00:19:07,400 --> 00:19:09,320 Designed to delay. 260 00:19:09,320 --> 00:19:11,840 To prevent. But we are unstoppable. 261 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:13,280 I can't believe you took a train 262 00:19:13,280 --> 00:19:15,120 from Geneva. Ow! Oh, Jesus! This is 263 00:19:15,120 --> 00:19:16,800 the most insane construction. 264 00:19:18,600 --> 00:19:22,200 David, also there's something I need to tell you. Shh... 265 00:19:23,720 --> 00:19:26,680 I'll tell you afterwards. Oh, absolutely. 266 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:27,960 Afterwards. 267 00:19:46,240 --> 00:19:47,480 HE GRUNTS 268 00:19:53,720 --> 00:19:54,760 Right, OK. 269 00:19:55,760 --> 00:19:57,920 Tell me what you have got to tell me. 270 00:19:57,920 --> 00:20:00,480 The British have become worse since the Americans joined the war. 271 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:03,000 They're like a little private club and they tell us nothing. 272 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:04,360 So, David... 273 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:09,280 ..I'm going to move closer to the front line. 274 00:20:09,280 --> 00:20:12,280 I'm on my way there. I diverted to see you. 275 00:20:12,280 --> 00:20:15,200 From here, I'm travelling on a Portuguese visa to Sicily. 276 00:20:15,200 --> 00:20:17,040 The British and Americans are moving north, 277 00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,480 to Cannizzaro, towards Palermo. 278 00:20:20,000 --> 00:20:21,920 I'm planning to join your regiment, David. 279 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:25,320 Because they're always first anywhere, and they know me, 280 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:26,960 and I think they trust me. 281 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,240 At least, I will get as close to them as I can get. 282 00:20:30,240 --> 00:20:32,840 You will join my brother, in Sicily. 283 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:34,360 You will join my brother, yes? 284 00:20:34,360 --> 00:20:36,600 Yes, he's in command now. It will make things easier. 285 00:20:36,600 --> 00:20:39,480 Oh, he is in command now, actually, because it was my idea. 286 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,720 I want you to write to him. In code, of course - 287 00:20:41,720 --> 00:20:42,960 I'm sure you have a code - 288 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:44,880 and I want you to tell him to accept me and help me. 289 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,640 Everything for a reason. Always. 290 00:20:48,640 --> 00:20:50,640 What? What reason? 291 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,200 Divert on a train to ask me to make an introduction 292 00:20:54,200 --> 00:20:56,160 to my famously charming older brother, 293 00:20:56,160 --> 00:20:59,640 so that he may serve the purpose that I once served, 294 00:20:59,640 --> 00:21:03,800 while I sit here and read about it in letters from you both, hmm? 295 00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:05,480 I never know when English people are joking. 296 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:08,640 Well, this Scottish person is certainly not joking. 297 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,040 Unless it is I, myself, who is the joke. 298 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:13,480 David, what the fuck are saying? He's your brother. 299 00:21:13,480 --> 00:21:16,640 My older, calmer, more sophisticated brother. 300 00:21:16,640 --> 00:21:19,480 And while I rot in my cell, 301 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:22,720 you will do whatever is necessary for the cause. 302 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:26,640 You fucking dare to talk to me like that! You fucking dare! 303 00:21:31,600 --> 00:21:32,960 I must go. 304 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:37,360 Eve... 305 00:21:39,360 --> 00:21:40,840 ..I'm sorry. 306 00:21:44,640 --> 00:21:46,200 VOICE OUTSIDE CELL: Andiamo! 307 00:21:48,360 --> 00:21:49,760 OK. 308 00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,040 Please, look, look at me. 309 00:21:57,200 --> 00:21:58,800 I will write to him. 310 00:21:58,800 --> 00:22:00,320 I will write to him. 311 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,160 I love you. Oh, God, I love you... 312 00:22:06,360 --> 00:22:08,920 ..and it fucking tortures me. 313 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:11,440 LOCK RATTLES 314 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,760 Il orario e scaduto. 315 00:22:15,760 --> 00:22:17,000 Andiamo. 316 00:22:19,200 --> 00:22:20,520 Aspetta! 317 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:43,800 Oh, God! 318 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,040 SHE SOBS 319 00:22:58,200 --> 00:23:02,080 I will dig my way out of here like a dog... 320 00:23:03,600 --> 00:23:05,400 ..and I will be with you. 321 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:12,480 I swear I will. 322 00:23:26,840 --> 00:23:29,880 BELL TOLLS 323 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:37,840 Cock-a-doodle-doo! 324 00:23:37,840 --> 00:23:41,160 Cock-a-doodle-doo! CHUCKLING 325 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:45,360 Paddy has found a bell to ring. 326 00:23:45,360 --> 00:23:46,960 He wants us all to gather. 327 00:23:48,680 --> 00:23:50,440 We survived 4am. 328 00:23:51,480 --> 00:23:56,200 How? Aye, er, we got stood down. 329 00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,600 That's why he's hanging on a bell rope. 330 00:24:01,240 --> 00:24:06,600 Like the lonely fucking hunchback he is inside his soul. 331 00:24:06,600 --> 00:24:09,360 BELL CONTINUES TOLLING 332 00:24:35,640 --> 00:24:38,800 BELL STOPS From now on, if you hear this bell, 333 00:24:38,800 --> 00:24:40,760 that means I've had an idea... 334 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:44,160 ..which mostly, for you, will be bad news, 335 00:24:44,160 --> 00:24:46,080 because I am not in a good frame of mind, 336 00:24:46,080 --> 00:24:50,720 and the only people for me to take my fury out on is you. 337 00:24:50,720 --> 00:24:54,880 So, my ideas tend toward the devilish. 338 00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:56,840 If you look across the square - 339 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,960 look there, that open doorway - 340 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,000 inside there is a foundry, 341 00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:05,080 where invisible irons and shackles are being forged, 342 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,760 keeping us imprisoned in this wee fucking town. 343 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,880 And the officer who's perched by that doorway is the blacksmith 344 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,520 who forges those irons. 345 00:25:15,520 --> 00:25:17,960 Paddy, what the fuck are you talking about? 346 00:25:17,960 --> 00:25:22,840 Since we are stuck on this church-infested slab of a rock 347 00:25:22,840 --> 00:25:27,800 for who knows how long, we will have to keep ourselves entertained. 348 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:30,840 I've already shot a cockerel, Paddy, and there's goats. 349 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:34,200 That is to say 350 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:38,040 you'll be free to entertain yourselves in the afternoons. 351 00:25:38,040 --> 00:25:40,840 Because in the mornings, before it gets too hot, 352 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:44,480 we, the men of the Special Air Service, will train. 353 00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:48,040 Ready for the moment when the great chain-makers, 354 00:25:48,040 --> 00:25:53,840 and holders and keepers, and stand-us-DOWNERS, 355 00:25:53,840 --> 00:25:56,920 are ready to put us once more back into the barrel 356 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:01,480 of the British crossbow and fire us into the heart of the enemy! 357 00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,400 BELL RESTARTS TOLLING 358 00:26:09,120 --> 00:26:11,880 Those of you paying attention will know by now that that means 359 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,680 I've had an idea. So, here is that idea. 360 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:17,480 Do you see yon mountain? 361 00:26:17,480 --> 00:26:22,520 My idea is...we - the men of the SAS - 362 00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:24,960 are going to climb said mountain. 363 00:26:24,960 --> 00:26:26,480 Jesus Christ! 364 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:29,680 Now, this town is deserted, but the guide books say 365 00:26:29,680 --> 00:26:33,240 you must take extra care of your valuables at all times. 366 00:26:33,240 --> 00:26:37,240 So we will be gathering up all of our equipment, 367 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:40,040 and our pack, and our weapons, 368 00:26:40,040 --> 00:26:44,760 and we will be carrying it all up the mountain with us, on our backs. 369 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:47,480 I suspect some of you will come to really dread 370 00:26:47,480 --> 00:26:49,480 the tolling of the bell. 371 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,640 But fuck me, ring, it will - 372 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:56,360 until we are set free to be the beasts we are in the noble cause. 373 00:26:56,360 --> 00:26:58,640 Right, we move in ten. No dicking about. 374 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:00,280 All right, you heard him. Move. 375 00:27:00,280 --> 00:27:03,520 Paddy! Are you coming climbing with us? 376 00:27:03,520 --> 00:27:05,840 I've received a complaint about your behaviour. 377 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,760 In the church. From the priest. 378 00:27:07,760 --> 00:27:10,720 The priest who was drunk in a blanket when I woke him up. 379 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:13,080 You hung your machinegun on the shoulders of Christ. 380 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,880 You shot bullets inside the church. 381 00:27:15,880 --> 00:27:18,160 Why did the drunken priest complain to you? 382 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:21,120 I thought he and I had established that I am the boss round here. Ah. 383 00:27:21,120 --> 00:27:26,640 Perhaps he detected some indefinable air of a more ancient authority. 384 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,920 The crown and pips on my shoulder, and this... 385 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:34,600 ..made him think he could confide in me. 386 00:27:35,800 --> 00:27:38,000 You're not fighting in the desert any more, Paddy. You have to get 387 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:39,360 used to being around human beings. 388 00:27:39,360 --> 00:27:42,840 My job is to take human beings and turn them into animals, 389 00:27:42,840 --> 00:27:46,320 or turn them into food for animals. 390 00:27:46,320 --> 00:27:49,040 Paddy, when you get back down the mountain, 391 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,400 there will be 150 new men here. 392 00:27:51,400 --> 00:27:54,560 A whole new detachment is being deployed to Augusta. 393 00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:56,240 They're coming here to be trained. 394 00:27:56,240 --> 00:27:59,280 Now, the plan was that you would have been gone north by now 395 00:27:59,280 --> 00:28:03,240 and there would have been no overlap or potential for friction. 396 00:28:03,240 --> 00:28:04,920 Obviously, there will now be an overlap, 397 00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:07,600 but there will be no need for friction. 398 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,120 Why would there be friction? Because you are you. 399 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,680 And because the new detachment... 400 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,200 ..is called 2SAS. 401 00:28:21,680 --> 00:28:23,800 The 2nd Special Air Service Regiment. 402 00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:25,440 PADDY LAUGHS 403 00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,560 Yes. 404 00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,000 They're men chosen from the Commando units, 405 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:34,360 who fought in North Africa. Men chosen by me 406 00:28:34,360 --> 00:28:37,200 to replicate your achievements and serve as backup. 407 00:28:37,200 --> 00:28:40,960 So, the name SAS is stolen for your own use, 408 00:28:40,960 --> 00:28:44,840 while the men who made it famous are hidden behind a more obscure title. 409 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,200 Yes, the universe is a conspiracy 410 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,680 against you, Paddy. No, the universe takes care of itself, 411 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:53,840 as far as I see. It's those less capable, but more fortunately born, 412 00:28:53,840 --> 00:28:55,800 who seem to have an issue with me. 413 00:28:57,640 --> 00:29:00,000 The new men have heard that you'll still be here in town 414 00:29:00,000 --> 00:29:02,640 when they arrive and they're rather excited to see the originals. 415 00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:07,400 "The originals". In actual fact, you are their heroes. 416 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:12,040 And it's you who is in command of this stolen regiment. 417 00:29:13,640 --> 00:29:17,000 It was my brother, David, who recommended that I take command. 418 00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:28,080 And the ragged-arse servant Finn Mac sucked his thumb... 419 00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:34,280 ..and said, "How do I just know that this is going to end badly?" 420 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,720 MUSIC: If the Kids Are United by Sham 69 421 00:29:40,760 --> 00:29:42,080 We move! 422 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:48,440 Right, fall in. 423 00:29:49,840 --> 00:29:51,040 Troop! 424 00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:52,880 Troop! 425 00:29:52,880 --> 00:29:54,000 Shun! 426 00:29:55,320 --> 00:29:59,360 By the right, quick march! 427 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:01,080 Left, right, left, right, 428 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:03,760 left, right, left, right, left, 429 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:05,560 right, left, right, left. 430 00:30:05,560 --> 00:30:08,680 431 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:11,920 432 00:30:11,920 --> 00:30:15,280 433 00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:18,920 434 00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:22,040 435 00:30:22,040 --> 00:30:25,280 436 00:30:25,280 --> 00:30:28,960 437 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:32,040 438 00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:35,600 439 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,360 440 00:30:43,040 --> 00:30:47,600 Do not lay your packs down without my order. 441 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,640 We do not rest until we have achieved our goal. 442 00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,280 Paddy, we've been up that fucking mountain 443 00:30:55,280 --> 00:30:57,880 and we've come down that fucking mountain - 444 00:30:57,880 --> 00:30:59,640 that WAS our goal. No! 445 00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,120 Our goal was spiritual. 446 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:08,680 You may not think it, 447 00:31:08,680 --> 00:31:12,040 but I took yous up that mountain for good fucking reason. 448 00:31:13,680 --> 00:31:16,680 Our advance was postponed. 449 00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:19,080 The Americans delayed us, 450 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:23,280 and the earth shook with my wrath! 451 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:26,920 So I led us all up the mountain, 452 00:31:26,920 --> 00:31:31,600 and from the top, we looked across Italy. 453 00:31:31,600 --> 00:31:34,200 And from our high viewpoint, 454 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:39,920 we realised that there is a greater strategy to which we are subordinate. 455 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,520 And in the cool mountain air, 456 00:31:43,520 --> 00:31:48,400 didn't we accept that we are pawns 457 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:49,920 in a much bigger game? 458 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:55,560 And now, our fury has diminished. Yes? 459 00:31:55,560 --> 00:31:57,040 ALL: Yes. 460 00:31:57,040 --> 00:31:59,880 Thus, we have achieved our goal. 461 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:05,440 DONKEY BRAYS 462 00:32:09,120 --> 00:32:10,880 Reg has found his missus! 463 00:32:10,880 --> 00:32:13,360 LAUGHTER 464 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,520 My back was breaking, so I used my head. 465 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:20,600 Do you see this donkey? 466 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:24,520 This donkey represents the philosophy that 467 00:32:24,520 --> 00:32:27,040 I am trying to instil in yous all. 468 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:31,800 Reggie, where did you find the cash to buy this beast? 469 00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,160 From the collection tin in the church, sir. 470 00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:36,200 Even fucking better! 471 00:32:36,200 --> 00:32:40,080 Initiative, followed by initiative. 472 00:32:40,080 --> 00:32:44,320 And the prize, one of nature's finest beasts. 473 00:32:44,320 --> 00:32:48,000 "With monstrous head and sickening cry, 474 00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,920 "and ears like errant wings. 475 00:32:50,920 --> 00:32:56,160 "The devil's walking parody, on all four-footed things. 476 00:32:57,640 --> 00:33:02,360 "The tattered outlaw of the earth, of ancient crooked will. 477 00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,840 "Starve, scourge! 478 00:33:04,840 --> 00:33:06,840 "Deride me: I am dumb..." 479 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:07,920 GLASS SMASHES 480 00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,120 Fucking hell! Get down! Get down! 481 00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:11,560 Fucker up there! 482 00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,240 Fuck is that?! That was not a German carbine. 483 00:33:19,240 --> 00:33:21,400 Nah, it's a shitty wee .22 rifle. 484 00:33:25,960 --> 00:33:27,240 Fucking hell! 485 00:33:30,440 --> 00:33:32,320 Get to fuck! 486 00:33:32,320 --> 00:33:34,640 THEY CHUCKLE 487 00:33:34,640 --> 00:33:35,680 BULLET WHIZZES 488 00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:37,960 Riley! 489 00:33:50,840 --> 00:33:52,560 What did he fucking say? 490 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:54,560 It's a quote! 491 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:57,160 A quote from who? 492 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,720 From you! 493 00:33:58,720 --> 00:34:00,240 GUN FIRES 494 00:34:01,200 --> 00:34:03,520 Educated guess, 495 00:34:03,520 --> 00:34:04,920 I'd say we're sharing the beach 496 00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,680 with the Sicilian Mafia. 497 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,080 Andiamo, ragazzi! 498 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:12,720 What the fuck is that? 499 00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:19,120 Wait, Paddy! Leave it. 500 00:34:20,400 --> 00:34:23,680 Look, if you shoot at it, we will make enemies we don't need to have. 501 00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:30,800 Paddy, we're on the same side, for fuck's sake. 502 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,080 Have a look at the glasses, lad. 503 00:34:38,840 --> 00:34:41,080 FIRES GUN TWICE 504 00:34:43,680 --> 00:34:45,560 Ciao, Inglese! 505 00:34:57,640 --> 00:34:58,920 Well... 506 00:35:00,760 --> 00:35:03,640 ..I don't know about the rest of you, but 507 00:35:03,640 --> 00:35:06,280 this beach rather reminds me of Margate. 508 00:35:07,760 --> 00:35:09,120 Fuck it. 509 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:11,920 I'm going for a dip. 510 00:35:12,960 --> 00:35:14,520 Wa-hey-hey! Wa-ay! 511 00:35:14,520 --> 00:35:18,880 By the way, Pad, they got away with my pack, so technically, 512 00:35:18,880 --> 00:35:21,160 that is still my donkey. 513 00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:22,400 WOLF-WHISTLING 514 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:24,480 Wa-ay! Ha-ha-ha! 515 00:35:24,480 --> 00:35:26,160 I'm coming! 516 00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:29,520 Smile, chaps! 517 00:35:35,520 --> 00:35:37,880 To be so terrifically well-housed would almost be 518 00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:40,440 something of an embarrassment for my men. 519 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,800 It's our wish to welcome you to Augusta. 520 00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:44,280 Oh, thank you. 521 00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:46,880 Here, allow me. 522 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,560 You are very different to the other one. 523 00:35:53,560 --> 00:35:56,160 Yes, we are. 524 00:35:56,160 --> 00:35:59,240 Very different. He has made enemies. 525 00:35:59,240 --> 00:36:03,480 The town seems empty, but there are always eyes looking. 526 00:36:03,480 --> 00:36:05,400 Well, he'll not be here much longer. 527 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:07,120 I've received new orders. 528 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:08,920 He and his men move out in the morning. 529 00:36:08,920 --> 00:36:11,400 MACHINEGUN FIRE 530 00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:14,280 Fuck! I'm looking for a man of the cloth. 531 00:36:14,280 --> 00:36:17,960 And I am also looking for a stolen donkey. 532 00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:21,360 Let's find that glass of wine and clear the air, shall we, Paddy? 533 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,520 That is them. 534 00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:36,160 That is 2SAS. 535 00:36:36,160 --> 00:36:39,640 That is who will come next. Aye, when 1SAS are laid to rest. 536 00:36:42,160 --> 00:36:45,680 So there ARE people here. It's a very traditional island, Paddy. 537 00:36:45,680 --> 00:36:48,040 There are sensitivities regarding women and soldiers. 538 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,760 That's why they emptied the town. 539 00:36:49,760 --> 00:36:52,320 This town fits me like a vice around my skull, 540 00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:54,880 and this priest here keeps turning the fucking handle. 541 00:36:56,600 --> 00:36:59,400 I feel very much that you don't like me, 542 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:01,080 or don't like what I am, 543 00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:04,800 or do not like God. All of the above, 544 00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,400 apart from the last. 545 00:37:06,400 --> 00:37:08,600 To peace. To peace. 546 00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,600 To submission of the vanquished. 547 00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,640 I'm told this morning, on the beach, 548 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:22,920 they could have taken your life twice. 549 00:37:24,440 --> 00:37:26,200 They missed you on purpose. 550 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,680 It was a warning. They took some things that don't belong to them. 551 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:35,040 Paddy... CLEARS HIS THROAT 552 00:37:35,040 --> 00:37:38,520 ..Father Cavalli says they want to meet to talk. 553 00:37:38,520 --> 00:37:43,120 Before we embark for Sicily, we were given an unofficial briefing. 554 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:45,920 We were encouraged to have our units make contact with, 555 00:37:45,920 --> 00:37:49,320 and make use of, organised criminal elements on the island 556 00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:51,440 of Sicily who were persecuted by Mussolini. 557 00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,280 This is a conversation I no longer wish to continue with. 558 00:37:54,280 --> 00:37:58,520 I am a soldier. And you're moving out tomorrow, Paddy. New orders. 559 00:37:58,520 --> 00:38:00,600 No-one wants you in Augusta any longer than you have to be here. 560 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:02,800 Then I will go and begin to prepare my men. 561 00:38:02,800 --> 00:38:04,920 Wait there! 562 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:07,240 Attention! 563 00:38:07,240 --> 00:38:09,440 Stand to fucking attention, would you?! 564 00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:12,560 I have been briefed to develop strategic ties with the Mafia 565 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:14,960 on this island. I am passing that briefing on to you 566 00:38:14,960 --> 00:38:19,280 as a direct order. I think your new boys deserve a glass of water. 567 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:21,040 It's awfully hot down there. 568 00:38:21,040 --> 00:38:24,280 Before you move out tomorrow, you will leave behind a legacy 569 00:38:24,280 --> 00:38:27,760 of goodwill which the units who follow will take advantage of. 570 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,280 You will meet them and the Resistance. 571 00:38:30,280 --> 00:38:31,640 You will break bread with them. 572 00:38:31,640 --> 00:38:34,600 Tomorrow morning, before you pull out, you'll meet them for breakfast. 573 00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:35,920 Ahh... 574 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:41,280 There is a long table that I will lay. 575 00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:45,400 You will make peace, on behalf of the entire British Army. 576 00:38:45,400 --> 00:38:47,560 That is an order. 577 00:38:47,560 --> 00:38:51,600 But first, you will recover from the humiliating fact that 578 00:38:51,600 --> 00:38:55,680 today, on a beach, they could have taken your life, but chose not to. 579 00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:57,520 Twice. 580 00:38:59,760 --> 00:39:04,120 Your friends have a donkey and a pack 581 00:39:04,120 --> 00:39:06,080 that belongs to one of my men. 582 00:39:06,080 --> 00:39:10,520 You have one hour to tie it to the railings of the Chiesa Madre church, 583 00:39:10,520 --> 00:39:12,480 or I will come and take it back myself. 584 00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:16,000 Nel nome del Padre e del Figlio e dello Spirito Santo. 585 00:39:19,720 --> 00:39:21,360 Fucking langer. 586 00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,240 DOOR CLOSES 587 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:29,800 And left... Shun! 588 00:39:31,320 --> 00:39:34,080 And left... Shun! 589 00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,400 Stand up... 590 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:38,880 East! 591 00:39:38,880 --> 00:39:40,640 Parade... 592 00:39:40,640 --> 00:39:41,960 Shun! 593 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,080 Would you like to inspect the men, sir? 594 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,360 They've got me bashing the square, sir. 595 00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,520 Said they needed someone who knew what the bloody hell 596 00:40:00,520 --> 00:40:03,640 they were doing. So they resorted to a spent old fucker like you? 597 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:08,080 Aye. Escaped a prison camp. 598 00:40:08,080 --> 00:40:11,440 And in my relief and elation, 599 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:13,160 I foolishly volunteered. 600 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,280 But, Paddy, with respect. 601 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:22,840 Stand easy. 602 00:40:27,160 --> 00:40:31,120 May I request that you do what you can 603 00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:32,800 to get me the hell out of this unit? 604 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:37,680 You have no faith in the new incarnation? 605 00:40:37,680 --> 00:40:40,920 Well, the issue, sir, is that everyone involved in 606 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:42,840 this new regiment is sane. 607 00:40:44,360 --> 00:40:48,160 Completely sane. Aye, I can see how that would be hazardous. 608 00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,480 They make considered decisions and proceed according to logic, sir. 609 00:40:54,160 --> 00:40:55,680 It's quite unnerving. 610 00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,160 I have to go and retrieve a stolen donkey, 611 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,200 and then have breakfast with the Mafia. 612 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:05,120 Of course. 613 00:41:05,120 --> 00:41:08,360 But after, I'll do what I can. 614 00:41:09,520 --> 00:41:11,040 Thanks, sir. 615 00:41:16,480 --> 00:41:19,400 Parade... Shun! 616 00:41:23,920 --> 00:41:26,520 Last time. I can't do it. 617 00:41:26,520 --> 00:41:28,280 You can do it. Come on! 618 00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,920 Get aggressive. Drive from your legs. 619 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:34,120 Come on. 620 00:41:34,120 --> 00:41:36,160 Keep your back straight. 621 00:41:36,160 --> 00:41:38,280 Lift, lift, lift, lift. I'm lifting. 622 00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:41,320 See the legs? Look, look, look. Here. And, up! 623 00:41:48,360 --> 00:41:50,480 Father! 624 00:41:50,480 --> 00:41:52,080 Excuse me, Father. 625 00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:00,640 Can I speak to you, please? 626 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:02,440 In private. 627 00:42:04,080 --> 00:42:05,400 Come. 628 00:42:14,600 --> 00:42:15,920 Come. 629 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:19,280 Thank you for this, Father. 630 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:20,440 BELL TOLLS 631 00:42:20,440 --> 00:42:21,920 Thank you. 632 00:42:30,320 --> 00:42:31,640 I'm, um... 633 00:42:33,240 --> 00:42:35,800 ..sorry, Father, I, I don't speak Italian. 634 00:42:35,800 --> 00:42:37,280 I hope you can understand me. 635 00:42:38,600 --> 00:42:40,320 God will understand. 636 00:42:41,800 --> 00:42:43,040 What's your sin? 637 00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,600 It can't be washed down with brandy or wine. 638 00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:51,600 I know, cos I've tried. 639 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:01,480 SNIFFLES 640 00:43:04,000 --> 00:43:05,880 I still hear the voices, Father. 641 00:43:07,160 --> 00:43:08,520 What voices? 642 00:43:10,960 --> 00:43:14,720 Help! Please! Stop the boat! 643 00:43:14,720 --> 00:43:16,200 They're leaving us to drown! 644 00:43:16,200 --> 00:43:19,240 There was men in the water and...and we could've saved them. 645 00:43:19,240 --> 00:43:20,840 Please! Stop the boat! 646 00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:22,920 I have a baby I've never seen! 647 00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:26,120 Please, come back! Come back! 648 00:43:26,120 --> 00:43:27,520 No! 649 00:43:27,520 --> 00:43:31,160 We, we had room on our boats and, you know, 650 00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,840 we just went past them and left 'em, like. 651 00:43:33,840 --> 00:43:35,760 Why did you leave them? 652 00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:38,800 We had orders, Father. 653 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:45,120 I still hear them orders when I try and sleep at night. 654 00:43:46,720 --> 00:43:48,600 You know, "Do not slow down. 655 00:43:52,720 --> 00:43:54,440 "Do not come to their aid." 656 00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:09,000 Yeah, we all hear the voices at night, Father, you know. 657 00:44:09,000 --> 00:44:11,720 I know that the other lads do as well, but, you know, none of us 658 00:44:11,720 --> 00:44:13,440 talk to each other about it, like. 659 00:44:15,400 --> 00:44:18,960 Oh, yeah, we can't force them out. 660 00:44:29,760 --> 00:44:31,800 HE SOBS 661 00:44:35,680 --> 00:44:38,800 You know, we killed them poor lads. 662 00:44:40,160 --> 00:44:41,760 You know, we left them. 663 00:44:49,560 --> 00:44:54,080 I rang the bell to signify that it is cocktail hour, Sergeant Kershaw. 664 00:45:00,560 --> 00:45:03,400 You disturb the Sacrament of Penance. 665 00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:11,880 "Beware ye of false priests who come to you in sheep's clothing, 666 00:45:11,880 --> 00:45:14,080 "but inwardly are ravenous wolves." 667 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:19,320 Matthew, Chapter 5, Verse 15. 668 00:45:20,680 --> 00:45:22,160 Thank you, Father. 669 00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:33,280 BELL TOLLS 670 00:45:55,240 --> 00:46:00,560 La colazione e servita! 671 00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:01,840 Very nice. 672 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:20,480 Keep your weapons at hand, boys. 673 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,960 Riley, translate any whispers. 674 00:46:23,960 --> 00:46:26,240 McDiarmid, get your feet off the fucking table. 675 00:46:26,240 --> 00:46:27,800 VEHICLE APPROACHES 676 00:46:28,760 --> 00:46:29,960 COCKS GUN 677 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:33,560 VEHICLE STOPS NEARBY 678 00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:46,160 We are the Resistance. 679 00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,680 Giustizia e Liberta Brigade. 680 00:46:48,680 --> 00:46:50,760 From Syracuse and from the mountain. 681 00:46:50,760 --> 00:46:53,160 Soldiers from the mountain. 682 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,040 OK. 683 00:46:55,040 --> 00:46:58,400 We are the Special Air Service. 684 00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,040 Beware of imitations. 685 00:47:01,400 --> 00:47:02,880 Why don't you sit down? 686 00:47:02,880 --> 00:47:04,640 We were told you invited others. 687 00:47:04,640 --> 00:47:08,120 I was given orders to break bread with the Resistance 688 00:47:08,120 --> 00:47:10,440 and the people known as the Cosa Nostra. 689 00:47:10,440 --> 00:47:13,600 We are here, you are here... 690 00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:15,800 But they are not here. 691 00:47:15,800 --> 00:47:18,480 I rang the bell at eight. Perhaps their timekeeping is poor. 692 00:47:18,480 --> 00:47:21,480 They always arrive before they are due. You work with them? 693 00:47:22,600 --> 00:47:24,800 War blows you to strange places. 694 00:47:24,800 --> 00:47:27,600 We're anarchists and communists. 695 00:47:27,600 --> 00:47:30,120 They're scum. As are we, as a matter of fact. 696 00:47:32,320 --> 00:47:34,760 We were told you are fighting together. 697 00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:40,640 Until the war is over, we will fight beside them. 698 00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:42,400 Then we will see them hang. 699 00:47:42,400 --> 00:47:45,320 One big happy fucking family up there on the mountain! 700 00:47:49,480 --> 00:47:53,200 Riley? Oh, the man in the fancy hat here smells a rat. 701 00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:56,280 Hey, darlin'. You know I've killed 702 00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,680 11 men since I last saw a woman. 703 00:47:58,680 --> 00:48:00,280 Is that it, Jock? 704 00:48:00,280 --> 00:48:02,280 Is that your romantic approach? 705 00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,520 If you like, we can talk without them. 706 00:48:04,520 --> 00:48:06,320 Paddy, listen... Why don't you take a seat? 707 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:07,960 Paddy! If they are coming to a rendezvous, 708 00:48:07,960 --> 00:48:10,040 they always send children ahead to check. 709 00:48:12,080 --> 00:48:13,320 Calm. 710 00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:17,080 Why don't you have a fucking drink, hmm? 711 00:48:19,960 --> 00:48:22,920 Riley? Man in the fancy hat says he doesn't trust the priest. 712 00:48:22,920 --> 00:48:24,200 I may shake his hand. 713 00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:26,840 HE COCKS GUN 714 00:48:28,560 --> 00:48:30,200 Paddy, what the fuck is this? 715 00:48:30,200 --> 00:48:31,880 Do you not hear that? Listen. 716 00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:35,640 LOW RUMBLE, CUTLERY CLATTERS 717 00:48:38,520 --> 00:48:40,800 Hey! Hey! Listen! Listen! 718 00:48:43,560 --> 00:48:45,120 OVERHEAD DRONE 719 00:48:49,040 --> 00:48:50,120 Incoming! 720 00:48:50,120 --> 00:48:51,280 THEY ALL SHOUT 721 00:48:51,280 --> 00:48:52,440 Fuck! 722 00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,480 Jock! On me! 723 00:49:06,480 --> 00:49:07,960 Go! One, two, three! 724 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:10,200 They'll come back around! 725 00:49:10,200 --> 00:49:12,520 Take positions! 726 00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:18,400 Right, Jock... Take cover! 727 00:49:18,400 --> 00:49:20,520 Shit, shit, shit, shit! 728 00:49:23,760 --> 00:49:25,160 PLANES QUIETEN 729 00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,440 Here we go, hold! Hold. 730 00:49:32,080 --> 00:49:33,480 Go! 731 00:49:45,320 --> 00:49:47,040 Magazine in! 732 00:49:47,040 --> 00:49:48,440 Loaded! 733 00:49:50,240 --> 00:49:52,160 THEY ALL CHEER 734 00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:53,760 Yes! 735 00:49:55,560 --> 00:49:58,360 That Stuka is mine, huh? I claim it. 736 00:49:58,360 --> 00:50:00,120 It's number eight for me. 737 00:50:00,120 --> 00:50:01,800 You keep count? 738 00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:02,960 I keep count. 739 00:50:06,240 --> 00:50:08,480 Cosa Nostra have no real allegiances. 740 00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,480 For them, everything is personal. 741 00:50:10,480 --> 00:50:12,040 They gave you up to the Germans. 742 00:50:12,040 --> 00:50:14,440 What did you do to offend them, huh? 743 00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,840 Paddy, the lady asked you a question. 744 00:50:19,360 --> 00:50:21,560 This breakfast was not my idea... 745 00:50:24,360 --> 00:50:26,160 ..but it has taught me a lesson. 746 00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:31,400 Be selective about the orders that you obey. 747 00:50:38,000 --> 00:50:39,680 Oh, that was close, man. 748 00:50:49,240 --> 00:50:52,040 Where's that priest? He's gone. 749 00:50:52,040 --> 00:50:53,200 Gone where? 750 00:50:53,200 --> 00:50:55,760 North, across the front line. 751 00:50:55,760 --> 00:50:58,640 And he's with the Germans. So, he set the breakfast table 752 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:00,520 and then called the Luftwaffe. 753 00:51:00,520 --> 00:51:03,280 I smelt collaboration on his breath under the wine. 754 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,240 Your commanding officer saw only the crucifix. Well, then, you've 755 00:51:06,240 --> 00:51:07,800 brought it on yourself, Paddy. 756 00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,520 I heard about your behaviour in the church. About my what? My behaviour? 757 00:51:11,600 --> 00:51:14,680 If you let loose your magazine in the desert, you kick up sand. 758 00:51:14,680 --> 00:51:17,600 If you do it here, people are watching. 759 00:51:17,600 --> 00:51:19,920 And God is watching. 760 00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:21,800 Look, you don't even hate. 761 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:25,800 Not really. You just... You get mad and then you squeeze the trigger. 762 00:51:25,800 --> 00:51:28,520 And then you make other people mad to make your madness seem all right. 763 00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,320 Jesus Christ, Jimmy, that's fucking... 764 00:51:30,320 --> 00:51:32,240 Speaking as someone who doesn't usually give a toss, 765 00:51:32,240 --> 00:51:34,440 you have to change, Paddy. 766 00:51:34,440 --> 00:51:36,280 Someone has to make you change. 767 00:51:37,400 --> 00:51:39,560 Be it God, or me... 768 00:51:40,800 --> 00:51:43,760 ..or the ghost of that Catholic boy 769 00:51:43,760 --> 00:51:45,240 that you left buried in the desert. 770 00:51:47,760 --> 00:51:51,160 I wish to speak with the Colonel 771 00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:55,720 who ordered me and my men into a deathtrap. 772 00:52:03,800 --> 00:52:05,960 Hand that to Greville-Bell. Dismissed. Yes, sir. 773 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:19,760 My order to you to break bread with people who had 774 00:52:19,760 --> 00:52:23,120 bad intentions was the result of a misjudgment on my part. 775 00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,120 I trusted Father Cavalli. I was wrong. 776 00:52:27,120 --> 00:52:29,080 You were right. I apologise. 777 00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,680 I will accept your apology on one condition. Ah! 778 00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:40,520 I would like to request that Staff Sergeant Almonds 779 00:52:40,520 --> 00:52:42,600 is transferred to join my detachment. 780 00:52:45,840 --> 00:52:49,880 Paddy, after the attack on Cannizzaro, you will embark 781 00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:53,280 for the mainland, where part of our mission is about hearts and minds... 782 00:52:53,280 --> 00:52:57,120 I need a man with Staff Sergeant Almonds' specific capabilities. 783 00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:00,560 Paddy, engage with what I'm saying. I am engaging. 784 00:53:00,560 --> 00:53:04,000 Staff Sergeant Almonds is a religious man himself. 785 00:53:04,000 --> 00:53:09,160 Perhaps he might be able to advise me with regards to my behaviour. 786 00:53:10,280 --> 00:53:14,160 Oh. Even just now, he and I exchanged a few words, 787 00:53:14,160 --> 00:53:16,560 and I am already considering those words. 788 00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,880 His advice to me is that I must change. 789 00:53:24,520 --> 00:53:27,120 You see, the problem with you, Paddy, as well as everything else - 790 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:32,720 the good and the bad - is that you are very, very smart. 791 00:53:34,960 --> 00:53:37,240 I suck my thumb, you see, sir. 792 00:53:37,240 --> 00:53:40,160 You use your deplorable behaviour on this island 793 00:53:40,160 --> 00:53:42,760 as an argument for stealing away one of my best men. 794 00:53:42,760 --> 00:53:46,520 No, it's the name of the SAS that has been stolen. 795 00:53:50,560 --> 00:53:53,960 Request denied, Major Paddy Mayne. 796 00:53:54,920 --> 00:53:58,200 Now, you have one hour to gather your troops 797 00:53:58,200 --> 00:54:01,360 and fuck off north to Cannizzaro, 798 00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:04,680 where the Germans, the Italians and, most likely, the Sicilian Mafia 799 00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:05,880 will be waiting for you. 800 00:54:05,880 --> 00:54:09,240 Oh, I'd say one hour is more than enough time for us 801 00:54:09,240 --> 00:54:14,600 to organise our withdrawal from this pretty wee seaside town 802 00:54:14,600 --> 00:54:18,440 which, in many ways, reminds me so much of home. 803 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:19,600 Sir. 804 00:54:25,520 --> 00:54:26,840 Gosh. 805 00:54:26,840 --> 00:54:28,400 Very good. 806 00:54:43,200 --> 00:54:45,440 Woo-ho-ho-ho-ho! 807 00:54:45,440 --> 00:54:47,480 LAUGHTER 808 00:54:49,760 --> 00:54:52,320 This is Fascist Government money, lads, remember that. 809 00:54:52,320 --> 00:54:53,760 Fill your nets. 810 00:54:55,120 --> 00:54:57,120 No pasaran, eh, Pad? Go on by. 811 00:54:59,360 --> 00:55:01,360 OK, roll up, roll up! 812 00:55:14,640 --> 00:55:16,960 Paddy! I thought the Resistenza 813 00:55:16,960 --> 00:55:18,840 made us all look a wee bit pedestrian... 814 00:55:18,840 --> 00:55:21,240 LAUGHTER ..so help your fucking selves, like. 815 00:55:28,360 --> 00:55:33,280 I, er, gave the donkey the Freedom of the City, 816 00:55:33,280 --> 00:55:37,040 and we left the churches alone, Paddy, as per your orders. 817 00:55:37,040 --> 00:55:39,600 Not my fucking orders. 818 00:55:39,600 --> 00:55:41,160 That man's orders. 819 00:55:48,680 --> 00:55:50,880 What did you tell your CO? 820 00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,400 I told him that if he let me go... 821 00:55:54,480 --> 00:55:57,720 ..that I would take charge of Paddy Mayne's mortal soul 822 00:55:57,720 --> 00:55:59,480 till the day we reach Berlin. 823 00:56:00,640 --> 00:56:02,480 Shook me hand and wished me luck. 824 00:56:05,880 --> 00:56:07,920 Reg. 825 00:56:07,920 --> 00:56:09,040 Johnny. 826 00:56:12,280 --> 00:56:13,520 HE WHISTLES 827 00:56:15,160 --> 00:56:16,680 Men of the SAS - 828 00:56:16,680 --> 00:56:19,840 known to the uninitiated as the SRS - 829 00:56:19,840 --> 00:56:23,040 can I invite you to welcome back my good friend, 830 00:56:23,040 --> 00:56:26,720 my conscience and my voice of reason? 831 00:56:26,720 --> 00:56:28,560 Staff Sergeant Jimmy Almonds! 832 00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:30,600 THEY CHEER 833 00:56:40,240 --> 00:56:41,800 Hey, good man. 834 00:56:44,320 --> 00:56:46,040 Cheers, lads. 835 00:56:46,040 --> 00:56:48,440 MUSIC: Counting The Beat by The Swingers 836 00:56:51,720 --> 00:56:54,120 Give me those field glasses, will you? 837 00:56:54,120 --> 00:56:55,200 Yeah. 838 00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,880 839 00:56:58,880 --> 00:57:01,800 840 00:57:01,800 --> 00:57:03,840 841 00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:05,960 space, I'm an asteroid... 842 00:57:05,960 --> 00:57:07,160 Oh, David! 843 00:57:07,160 --> 00:57:08,880 when you're paranoid 844 00:57:08,880 --> 00:57:12,680 and nothing else 845 00:57:12,680 --> 00:57:14,920 about me 846 00:57:14,920 --> 00:57:17,560 the beat 847 00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,720 848 00:57:21,720 --> 00:57:23,960 849 00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:26,440 850 00:57:26,440 --> 00:57:30,000 no place I'd rather be 851 00:57:30,000 --> 00:57:32,360 852 00:57:32,360 --> 00:57:34,600 853 00:57:34,600 --> 00:57:37,360 854 00:57:37,360 --> 00:57:39,760 855 00:57:39,760 --> 00:57:42,440 856 00:57:42,440 --> 00:57:44,640 857 00:57:44,640 --> 00:57:47,240 858 00:57:48,600 --> 00:57:50,800 859 00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:53,200 860 00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:55,880