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[crying]

>> There was a man named Charlie Coward, an

ordinary soldier with an ordinary

background.

But sometimes there's a man who stands

out from the crowd.

He's more resourceful, more daring,

more determined than the others.

Sergeant Major Coward was one of these.

This is his story.

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>> Uh Carl.

Carl Joseph.

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>> It just isn't safe.

WHO DID THIS? WHO ATE THE BACON?

IT'S THOSE BLEEDING MICE you've got

round here. You know, we nearly lost him

just now. You're in charge here?

Well, I WAS HERE. IT'S SABOTAGE. THIS IS

THE LAST TIME I TRAVEL BY THIS RAILWAY.

I'll tell you that FOR A START.

WELL, THAT'S NOT FIRST CLASS.

HEY, SARGE. That's an ammunition strike.

What shall I do?

I want to go

Oh, Mr. Porter,

WHAT SHALL I DO?

WELL,

THIS WAS HOME. HOME, SWEET HOME.

STILL, in comparison with those death

factories

or concentration camps, life here really

wasn't well, it wasn't too bad.

As a matter of fact, we even had our own

little palladium.

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>> We were allowed letters from home,

sports, and above all, sometimes we got

parcels from the Red Cross. The food in

these packages often meant the

difference between getting by and going

hungry.

But, they also had another use.

The cigarettes, the chocolate, the soap,

and all that stuff

could all be used for bribing a goon.

Report to the recreation fields

immediately.

Report to THE RECREATION FIELDS

IMMEDIATELY.

I wonder what they're up to.

Good practice by the look of it.

YOU WILL LISTEN. YOU.

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT HAS ALWAYS BEEN

MINDFUL OF THE DUTY OF THOSE AS

PRISONER.

BUT, THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT was shocked

to note that after the recent abortive

enemy raid on the seaboard of Dieppe,

many German soldiers were found

SHOT IN THE BACK, their hands having

been TIED BEHIND THEM.

THEREFORE,

THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT

has no alternative but to show its

horror

AT THIS BARBARIC TREATMENT OF ITS

SOLDIERS by making examples of THE

TERROR GANGSTERS

WHO PERPETRATE the uncivilized crimes.

God almighty.

They're going to shoot us.

In the future,

YOU WILL HAVE YOUR HANDS TIED

FROM 9:00 IN THE MORNING UNTIL 9:00 AT

NIGHT.

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>> ALL RIGHT, YOU IN THIS DIGS.

TIE THEM UP AND SEE HOW FUNNY THEY FIND

IT.

You know, I think I know where to make

these blokes sorry they ever started

this.

It's good, eh?

Go to the latrines. Tell the others.

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>> Go to the latrines. Tell the others.

YEAH.

THANKS.

RIGHT. BACK THERE IN THE LINE. JOIN THE

QUEUE.

You built

What?

Do you see what I see?

Well, there must be 1,000 more to do.

Oh, 1,500 at least.

1,500, you think?

Yeah, easy. I suppose you're right.

We'll be here all night then, won't we?

Ouch.

This is my third time round.

I wonder how long before they start

remembering faces. They're looking at

our wrists AND OUR MUGS.

GOING TO GET DARK SOON.

YEAH, WE'LL HAVE TO BRING the candles

out.

I've got no candles. There are some back

there. No, you used them all up.

Everyone.

Heaven.

No, no, no. It's all right. It's all

right. You get on.

I go.

And so round and around we went. That's

one little game the Jerries didn't try

again.

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>> JERRY'S MOVED UP.

IF THERE'S NO OTHER WAY HERE,

START A NEW TUNNEL.

Is there really any use IN TRYING AGAIN?

IT'S THEM BLASTED SUNKEN MICS that have

done us in.

The Jerries CAN PICK UP THE SOUND OF OUR

SHOVELS 15 EVEN 20 FT AWAY. BUT NOT 25.

THAT'S HOW deep we'll have TO MAKE IT.

THE TUNNEL WILL START IN HUT 110. THAT'S

A bloody long way from the outside.

280 ft to the trees BEYOND THE WIRE.

IT'LL TAKE 4 TO 500 MEN TO PULL IT OFF.

We'll need diggers, stooges, undercover

workers. How many will be in on the

escape? 100, MAYBE.

LOOK, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT THE KRAUTS SAID.

THEY'LL TAKE IT OUT ON ANY OF US LEFT IN

THE COMPOUND. SO 100 BLOKES, 100 BLOKES

GET THEIR BACKS UP. I DOUBT IT. AND THE

REST OF US TAKE THE RAP. YEAH.

YEAH, WITH OUR BLOODY HANDS TIED BEHIND

OUR BACKS FROM 9:00 TILL 9:00.

LOOK, have you gentlemen forgotten

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE FIGHTING THIS WAR?

NOT SITTING ON YOUR BACKSIDES WAITING

FOR YOU TO FINISH? WELL, THERE'S NOT A

LOT OF FIGHTING YOU'LL BE DOING WITH A

BULLET IN YOUR BACK. AND THAT'S LIKELY

TO HAPPEN TO ANY BLOKE THAT GOES THROUGH

THAT TUNNEL. AH, they won't shoot you.

IT'S AGAINST THE RULES.

RULES, MY EYE. THAT WON'T WORRY JERRY

ANY. I'M STAYING.

JUST BECAUSE THERE'S NO TOP BRASS AROUND

HERE to give orders, IT DOESN'T CHANGE A

DAMN THING.

WE ARE SOLDIERS.

WE'VE GOT TO MAKE EVERY EFFORT WE CAN TO

ESCAPE. THAT'S OUR DUTY.

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>> HE'S LOOKING THIS WAY.

HOLD IT. HOLD IT. LISTEN. THIS TUNNEL'S

GOING TO GO THROUGH. IT'S GOING TO BE

DIFFICULT, DANGEROUS, AND DAMN HARD

WORK. YEAH, AND DAMN FOOLISH. NOW LOOK,

ALL RIGHT. Suppose we do get out. We get

caught anyway. Well, of course some of

us will get caught, BUT SOME OF US WILL

GET AWAY. AND WE'LL BE PULLING JERRIES

AWAY FROM THE FIGHTING TO LOOK FOR US.

HE'S HEADING THIS WAY. QUIET.

BUT IT'S WORTH THE RISK JUST TO GET OUT

OF THIS STINKING JOINT.

AS SOON AS HE'S GONE, WE'LL ASSIGN THE

JOBS.

Starting with the undercover workers.

COME ON, MATE. HURRY UP. HURRY UP.

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>> A FACTORY OF UNDERCOVER WORKERS AND ALL

under an umbrella of lassitude.

A bored, frustrated, idle prisoners

miserably waiting for the war [music] to

end.

They converted old uniforms, blankets,

scrap material, anything they could lay

their hands on into civilian clothes.

The forgers laboriously copied

passports, travel papers, work permits.

They duplicated the cloth covers, even

the official seals.

Bits and pieces of information gleaned

from every possible source

were pooled in the making of maps.

Resourceful carpenters fashioned the

digging tools and pinched the wood to

shore up the tunnel.

But perhaps the most important of all

were the engineers.

The blokes who designed the tunnel

itself.

The workers were protected by an

interlocking system of stooges. All

materials could be concealed on a

moment's warning.

Dry runs got it down to a well, a

split-second basis.

25 ft below the surface

was a small room at the mouth of the

tunnel. Okay, Charlie.

Air for the diggers was supplied by a

very ingenious pump. The bellows were

made from kit bags ripped with wire.

The pipes which sent the air through the

tunnel were put together from tin cans

joined end to end.

Go and have a shower. I'll take over.

Up you go.

Mind how you go, boys. Carefully.

Right. Get moving.

Just empty that sack. Don't bring up any

more, boys. It's getting late. All

right. Quick, FRENCH. FRENCH.

GOOD.

BRING ME OUT OF HERE.

BRING ME OUT OF HERE. [screaming] BRING

ME OUT OF HERE. BRING ME OUT OF HERE.

INGOT, HOLD IT.

[ __ ] I CAN'T

I GOT TO GET OUT.

KEEP STILL.

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>> INGOT, KEEP STILL.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, STOP IT. YOU'LL BRING

THE WHOLE THING DOWN ON US. STOP IT.

>> I COULDN'T HELP IT.

I JUST STAY CALM AND I'LL GET YOU OUT.

Come on.

No, no. I wake up in a cold sweat.

THE SAME BLOODY DREAM OVER AND OVER.

TAKE IT EASY. I'M ALWAYS SITTING IN THAT

SPACE. CRAMPED. LIKE A BLOODY COFFIN.

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? IT'S CAVING IN.

GET OUT.

IT'S CAVING.

THAT'S DIRT AND SAND POURING ON TOP OF

ME.

COME ON.

COME ON. COME ON.

I TOLD YOU.

DON'T COME DOWN. IT'S CAVING IN. PUT

YOUR BACK IN THERE NOW.

COME ON.

DON'T BE SCARED. GET OUT YOURSELF.

HOLD ON. NOW, PULL. CAN'T PULL.

NOW, GIVE ME YOUR ARM.

GIVE ME YOUR OTHER ARM.

GOT IT? YEP.

It's caving.

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>> Come on.

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>> WHAT IN THE BLOODY HELL'S GOING ON? WHAT

HAPPENED DOWN THERE? COME ON. ANYBODY

OUT THERE? WHAT HAPPENED? IT WAS ALL MY

FAULT.

YOU'RE ALL RIGHT.

THE NOISE THAT WENT ON.

HE'S GOT CLAUSTROPHOBIA.

IT'S HIM WHO

got him to go down there than any OF US.

HOW THE HELL ARE WE GOING TO GET RID OF

ALL THIS STUFF? I DON'T KNOW. We must

flip and sand behind the walls, in the

eaves, under the buildings, spread it on

the field.

Some of you even shoved it down the

latrines.

In fact, there's only one place we ain't

stuffed it yet, and I might try that

next time I see old Schmidt.

Okay, Sid.

Over here WITH THE BALL.

LET'S GO.

JUST HAD A SIGNAL FROM HUT 112, A goon's

on the prowl. Heading this way?

>> Could be, not sure yet. Let's get

cracking. Hurry up, Peter. There's a

goon on the prowl.

It is a goon. And he is headed straight

for here. Get Coward. GOT THAT.

THE GOON'S COMING. QUICK.

HE'S NOT INSIDE, BUT WE CAN'T TAKE A

CHANCE. PUT THE stove back. Move it.

What about THE SAND?

>> PUT IT ALL BACK IN THE HOLE.

GO ON. HURRY UP.

WHAT ARE WE GOING TO DO NOW?

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>> OH, CAPTAIN, I WAS HOPING I MIGHT SEE

YOU.

>> AH, YES, SERGEANT MAJOR. About your

request regarding more fuel for the

stoves.

>> Yo, it is pretty nippy in the huts in

the evenings now with all this snow and

everything. I thought the men might get

ill. I wanted to see for myself what

it's like in your hut.

>> Yeah. But it is war, and we give all

that is possible.

I'm afraid, Sergeant Major, your men

will have to run, jump, work, and keep

warm. So. Yeah.

SCHMIDT, HE'S GETTING CLOSER.

Frivolous claims we cannot make upon our

great people.

Please offer two for victory. Your RAF

is just little. Just nothing.

Compared with the destruction of Britain

with the Luftwaffe,

Lindsay, give me this very accurate.

>> Yeah. Accurate.

We would like to know. We will find out.

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>> My orders are the RAF officers must be

questioned. They say new invention. No

nothing.

What is the matter of fact? As a matter

of fact,

there there is a new device, but oh,

well, 10 to 1 it's not the one you're

thinking of. So?

Well, when I was working at de

Havilland's just before the war, they

were experimenting then on a

uh on a secret bomb site. That is very

interesting.

Is it true, Sergeant Major?

>> Yes, yes, it's quite true. It's quite

true, but

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>> What you have is very [music] secret.

Of course.

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>> Morning, sir.

Morning, sir.

Morning, Captain.

You see it is cold in here, Sergeant

Major.

It is hot.

Too hot.

Look at the men. They're sweating.

All of them are sweating.

Sweating because of the heat.

More fuel.

No time FOR SUCH NONSENSE.

THAT'S A REAL BEAUTY.

I DON'T THINK EVEN OLD Himmler could

tell which is which.

If it had a photo. Yeah, if it had a

photo.

Ooh, ooh, look who's coming.

And he's in this direction, too.

He couldn't have seen the permit, not

from that distance. We'll soon find out.

Herr Oberleutnant wants to see you.

Come.

I don't like the sound of that. Neither

do I.

Look, if we can bribe a goon into giving

us a permit, why not a camera? Boys,

I've already pooled our cigarettes,

chocolate, soap. We've got a goon on the

hook, we just haven't got any bait. We

can't wait for Red Cross parcels.

We've got to bribe those goons with

something. Well, you wish me luck. I'm

on my way.

Well, Sergeant Major, this is Hauptmann

Nikki, who wishes to talk with you.

I should like a few words with you.

Herr Oberleutnant, I don't think we need

to detain you. Thank you.

Now, do sit down, Mr. Coward.

Thank you.

Tell me, are you fairly comfortable in

camp?

Well, it's

a bit lonely, you know.

I miss the pubs, but

otherwise, it's all right. Lamsdorf is a

far cry from London, I'm afraid.

Still,

we can be generous, Mr. Coward, as you

will find.

The more intelligent of us have great

respect for the British.

A lovely, comforting thought that is. I

taught in London for a couple of years.

Did you live there?

No.

No, not in London.

Just outside, near the the Havilland

works.

Not far away.

Can you forget for a moment that I am a

German?

Frankly, I'd find that a bit of a job.

I'll have a go.

Why?

You know, don't you?

What was your job in the factory?

Oh, I had all sorts of jobs.

Dummies, sometimes.

Prototypes.

Things like

the experimental bomb site?

No, not exactly.

You heard about it? Oh, yes.

I heard about it, all right. From whom?

Friends, like, you know.

Did they show you anything? Show me

anything?

This was top secret. Will you be

sensible and cooperate?

I'll try.

Cast your mind back and try to recall

the

anything at all about it that you can.

I'm not very good at um

I'm not very good at describing things.

But you could sketch the idea?

No, I can't draw a straight line. I can

just manage a noughts and crosses.

But you could try.

We can piece it together.

Let's start right away.

Look, this is a hell of a thing you're

asking me to do. You realize that, don't

you?

Now, what's in it for me?

What do you want?

First of all, [snorts] I want your

personal word that none of this reaches

the ears of the British government,

right?

And

and

double rations for all the men. Double

rations? All right, then. Cigarettes,

soap, chocolate. I'll settle for that.

This is to us a difficult request,

but perhaps it can be arranged.

That's all.

Milk chocolate.

Marvelous.

Do you want a little piece? Ah, don't be

so greedy. Have a little bit.

What is it, Swiss? Bavarian.

From the Bavarian Alps.

>> It is delicious. Still, there's nothing

like a good cigarette.

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>> Hey. Unless it's freshly brewed coffee.

Hey.

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>> Look here.

Yeah.

Best of luck. Pay attention. All this

can be yours. A lot.

But the camera.

No. No, no, no. We

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>> don't want just a camera.

I want film, developer, printing paper.

No, no, NO, IT'S IT'S TOO DANGEROUS. You

mean it's more dangerous than you

lending me your work permit?

Oh, but this is different. IF THEY

SEARCH ME, I'm supposed to have a work

permit. Oh, yes, I know you are. You're

supposed to.

You're not going to give it back?

Well, I don't know.

That will rather depend, doesn't it?

But the camera. [laughter]

No, I CAN'T DO IT. YOU'RE ASKING too

much. All right, well, I'm afraid we

shall have to go to the camp commandant.

It's a pity. Yes.

You've been trading with prisoners. And

we've got three witnesses, haven't we?

Now,

one of you

You'll be sent to the guardhouse. You'll

be sent to the Russian front.

>> Unless he's very unlucky and gets sent

to a firing squad instead.

>> Yeah. Would they do that to him? Of

course. Of course they would.

All right. All right.

I see what I can do.

Oh, but

I I permit all charges. Permit charges?

Yes. Yes.

On delivery. On delivery. Yeah. Anyway,

take these two on account, see? Pop them

in your pocket. Take them over to

Brunel. That's off you go. There's a

good boy.

What time is it? Hey? What time is it?

Uh

20 past. Well, I've got a very important

meeting with some gentlemen from the

Luftwaffe.

In a few moments, as a matter of fact.

You don't mean you're going to show them

that lunatic plan of yours? It's not a

lunatic plan.

Jerry Walsh could give me a hand,

wouldn't he? He actually worked on the

bomb site?

Oh, no. He he

didn't work on it, but

Well, he's an engineer, you know.

He can make it look a bit more

plausible. Now, look here, Charlie. It's

one thing fooling Schmidt and Necker. I

mean

Well, they don't get the brainy boys to

run a POW camp. Besides, they're not

technicians. But the Luftwaffe

>> Oh, no. I know. But it's just a matter

of Well, spinning this thing out as long

as we can. Well, it might spin you right

into a bloody concentration camp. Yeah.

Yeah, I had thought of that nice

possibility.

A bit late, isn't it?

Anyway, can you two blokes think of any

better way of getting the loot to bribe

the goons with?

No.

So, this has got to do the job for us.

Now, like every uh every brilliant

invention, this is really very simple.

Uh a vent a vent leads from the nose of

the aircraft back this down to this kind

of a vein. And then the air comes in

down here and turns it round like so.

>> Mhm. Well, at the start of every bombing

sortie

this master pointer here is set to any

of the targets you see on this dial,

like Essen, Dortmund, Frankfurt, you

know. Yeah. Yeah. Well, then

This VEIN THEN TURNS

REPORT TO THE RECREATION FIELD

IMMEDIATELY.

Report to the recreation field

immediately.

Well, now what's happened? They've

discovered the tunnel. Oh, The old one.

Not ours.

THIS WILL NOT DO.

YOU ARE CHILDREN TO IMAGINE YOU CAN

outwit the forces OF THE GERMAN ARMY.

EVEN IF YOU DO MANAGE TO CRAWL THROUGH

YOUR RIDICULOUS TUNNELS

you cannot possibly get back to Britain.

IT IS TOO FAR.

BUT WE'VE ALREADY TAKEN THE BOARDS FROM

YOUR TUNNEL.

AND TRUCKS. HEAVY TRUCKS

WILL RUN BACKWARDS AND FORWARDS OVER THE

TOP UNTIL IT IS ALL

CAVED IN. [screaming]

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>> I WELL, I WAS GOING TO ASK YOU.

NOW, WHAT'S UP?

NOW, what are they up to? The big brass

has been here before, but nothing like

this.

Attention, please.

Attention, please.

Sergeant Major Howard.

Sergeant Major Howard.

You are wanted by the commandant.

Perhaps they want you to have tea with

Hitler.

And if they do, I'll get you an

invitation, too.

Tell him I only take three lumps of

sugar, though.

All right.

What do you want?

Holland and Rhine.

SERGEANT MAJOR, HERE, PLEASE.

HOWARD, WE ARE NOT entirely satisfied

with your story.

I'm very sorry.

I don't understand that, I'm sure.

Sergeant

I suggest that this this contraption of

yours is complete fabrication from THE

BEGINNING TO END. WELL, I KNOW what you

mean, SIR. DO YOU TAKE US FOR IDIOTS,

SERGEANT MAJOR? NO, OF COURSE NOT, SIR.

NO, NO. Don't deny it. These gentlemen

here left important work merely to find

that your so-called bomb site is

absolute nonsense.

Are you calling me a liar? Don't use

>> no, no. Listen to me. If you're calling

me a liar

first of all, you force a YOU FORCE A

PRISONER OF WAR TO COMMIT AN ACT OF

TREASON. A FORCE.

>> YES. FORCE.

>> [snorts]

>> OH.

ACCORDING TO THE TERMS OF THE GENEVA

CONVENTION SHUT UP.

>> [screaming]

>> SHUT UP.

QUIET.

A TOAST

TO THE SERGEANT MAJOR'S RETURN TO OUR

FOLD.

THEY GIVE HIM 90 DAYS, HE'S OUT IN 10.

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>> THAT'S HOW JOLLY.

THE COMMANDANT AND I THE COMMANDANT AND

I are like that AT THE MOMENT.

WE WE MADE A LITTLE DEAL TOGETHER. DEAL?

What kind of a deal?

Oh, well, I

I agreed to head a work detail.

At a ruddy lumber mill, no less.

That's why you were let out of solitary.

Yeah. It wasn't for his health.

And they made it too easy for him. Them

Jerries are up to something, if you ask

me.

>> [laughter]

>> Yeah. Where Where are they sending you?

Poland.

Where in Poland?

>> I don't know. Breslau, I think.

I think.

Oh, well, I'm going with him. You what?

>> I volunteered. Well, somebody's got to

keep an EYE ON HIM.

TO BILLY POPE AND THE SERGEANT MAJOR.

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>> SOUNDS LIKE YOU'RE WALKING INTO

SOMETHING, CHARLIE. HOW WOULD YOU SAY

THAT? It's a bit late now. I hope I'm

wrong. I hope you're wrong, too.

If I am

there might be a way you can turn all

this into an advantage.

>> Yeah, well, I thought of that myself.

You see, we need more things for the

escape. More [music] detailed maps,

latest timetables. Yeah, well, I've got

a list of all those things. You see, I

worked it out that a prisoner of war

would be a bit more free in a prison

camp like that rather than this sort of

a place.

Considerably more.

Under some conditions, they'll allow a

POW into town. With a guard. Yeah.

Even without one.

Really?

You see, um

we have a possible contact in Breslau.

With the Polish underground.

In Breslau? Mhm.

Blimey, that's a coincidence.

That could mean something. It could mean

a bullet in the head for you. And you

get this straight.

When you're fooling with the

underground, you're no longer considered

a POW but a spy.

Yeah.

>> [music]

>> Do you uh

Do you know who the contact is? Well,

the person's connected in some way with

um optometry. With what? Uh

Well, you know, glasses.

>> Oh, yeah. Yeah, I know. I know.

>> [music]

>> And the password is cleaning cloths.

Mhm? Cleaning cloths? That's all we

know.

>> [music]

>> Not much to go on, is it? Dangerously

little.

It could be a trap.

>> [music]

>> Anything.

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>> Not locked.

This way is easier.

Well, well, Sergeant Major.

Let me welcome you to the camp. Come.

We will try to make your stay agreeable.

What's all the red carpet and all?

>> If you will cooperate with us, Mr.

Colliert, we will cooperate with you.

Yeah, eh?

Now, perhaps

Um, where are the men?

Yeah, I'd like to meet them and get them

bedded down. Of course, Mr. Colliert.

Come, please.

After you, Mr. Colliert.

The Sergeant Major last one was very

good man. He get men work very hard. I

like.

I make Sergeant Major nice spirit.

We friends, too, eh?

Well, that depends. Yeah, Sergeant

Major.

How do you like?

You mean you're going to give me a room

to myself? YEAH, YEAH. AND SPECIAL

RATIONS. You eat with us. Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, yeah. But where do the men sleep?

They sleep over there. They are lazy.

They need good Sergeant Major work them.

>> [music]

>> All right.

I understand you've got a spare bunk

here.

Uh, I like this one.

>> [music]

>> I like this if you don't mind.

And look, mate, if it's all right Okay.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

ALL RIGHT, CHAPS.

>> [music]

>> THIS IS A FUNNY KIND OF A WELCOME.

WELL, THEY all doing all right, are

they?

Bloody Hitler.

What's it all about?

I'm Sergeant Major Colliert. Would you

mind explaining what the trouble is?

LOOK, FOR THE LAST TIME, WHAT'S THE

TROUBLE?

ALL RIGHT.

I'LL TAKE YOU ALL ON.

One at a time.

And that goes for you, too, JACKER. DROP

THAT.

>> [screaming]

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>> WE KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE.

PLAN TO WORK THE FREEMEN AND GET YOUR

CUT OUT OF US. LIVE LIKE A LORD

YOURSELF.

Get everything you want FROM THAT FAT

SLAG of an under officer.

Break a head of you tried it.

This slag of his kisser LIKE GROUND

MEAT.

AND WHO'S NEXT?

THE JERRY'S TOLD US ALL about you. How

you got their blasted interests at

heart. And that you're worse than the

other bloke would have thought of then.

You see, I told you they was up to

something. They made it too easy. Yeah,

they want one of these blokes to do me

in and save them the bother. And you

know why? Because he's been giving them

too much trouble. Yeah, I'm going on

giving them too much trouble, too, and

you're going to help me. A great new

chapter starts from tomorrow.

My first problem was to get to town

without a guard.

Without a guard.

Without

a guard.

Gradually, an idea began forming in my

mind.

I noticed that with Germanic precision,

the under officer in charge of the

lumber camp lit his pipe every day at

the same time

and at the same place.

It's funny how many fights there were

amongst the POWs.

Blokes made it look pretty real, too.

And they did divert attention.

Soon we'd got more petrol stashed away

than a whole refinery.

There was petrol in the fire buckets,

in the extinguishers,

even in the emergency water tank, and

all for a purpose.

We waited for the first hot day.

Everything was rigged.

Waiting for a match.

A match carelessly tossed.

What are you doing? WE'RE TRYING TO

CHOKE THE FIRE.

USE THAT, NOT THE WOOD.

GET BARRELS.

LOOK, BLANKETS.

WATER.

WATER.

LET'S GO.

LET'S GO.

SORRY, CAPTAIN.

CAPTAIN, I CAN'T DRIVE A TRACTOR.

>> GET UP.

NOT MUCH LONGER.

>> [music]

>> EXCUSE ME, SIR. CAN I HAVE A WORD with

you?

>> [snorts]

>> Well, I just um

I just hope you don't think that we had

anything to do with this very nasty

business here behind us.

I mean, everybody saw you start that

match in the wood pile, you know. It was

accidental. Spontaneous wood sort

combustion.

>> Now, look, you know very well it wasn't

an accident, and you know it wasn't

combustion, now don't you?

Well, then.

But we think you're a very nice old

bloke, and I'm going to have a talk to

the men and see if they'll Well, keep

quiet about it.

Yeah, yeah. Yeah, but I want a favor

from you in return.

Oh.

What?

Well, I'm not getting enough freedom at

the moment, if you know what I mean, and

I would like to go into town without a

guard. No escapes. No what? No, no, no,

no, no escapes, no escapes.

I'll give you my word of honor on that.

And a British officer never, never,

never changes his word of honor. As an

officer of the glorious Third Reich, I

accept the solemn word of honor of a

British soldier. Well, it's very nice of

you. Thank you.

But you don't try to escape. No, no, I

won't escape.

Rest assured, I won't escape.

Hey, Charlie. Yeah. What happened? You

get it? Yeah.

All without a guard?

>> Well, you know, he's in a spot. I said

I'd speak to the blokes and ask them to

keep quiet about it. But you don't trust

him, do you?

>> Well, of course. What else could he do?

He could have you shot in the back.

>> talk like that. You get caught in town

without a guard, he'll get you for

trying to escape.

He will, and no messing.

Straight up.

Yeah, straight up. You bloody will now.

>> [music]

>> Ja, [music] bitte.

Um

uh glasses.

Kommen Sie mit.

Nehmen Sie Platz, bitte.

Versuchen Sie bitte die Buchstaben zu

lesen.

Uh O W P T L Z B D G H R O C S E

F E P A K.

Noch einmal.

Hm?

Noch einmal, bitte.

O W P T L Z B D G H R O C S E E P F A K.

There's nothing wrong with your

eyesight, Major. They're perfect.

>> [music]

>> It's your memory that's bad.

Well, I don't really understand that.

You'd forgotten on the first run-through

it was not the F and P that caused you

difficulty, but the E and F.

There's not much wrong with your memory,

is there? Or your English. Why did you

come here?

Um

Would you like a cigarette?

Yes, please.

Uh what what's your name?

Irena will do.

Mine's uh Coward, Charlie Coward.

Something wrong?

No, no.

I was just surprised to see a woman

optician, that's all.

And why not?

No reason.

How very fortunate for you, Mr. Coward,

that they should allow a prisoner of war

to town without a guard.

Well, you know about the honor system,

don't you?

For special prisoners, of course.

Of course.

Very special.

Oh, I know what it is. You think I'm one

of those Jerry stooges, don't you? From

up at the lumber mill.

>> [bell]

>> It's none of my concern, Mr. Coward.

Please excuse me.

Auf Wiedersehen.

Ihre Kleider. Danke schön. Einen Moment.

Danke.

Auf Wiedersehen. Vielen Dank.

Well, Mr. Coward. I wanted to know if

you could help me to get some materials.

Materials?

Cleaning cloths.

That's a very strange request.

Could you help?

Such luxuries are hard to come by.

I'm afraid there's nothing I can do for

you. Well, there's just one other thing,

then. Good day, Mr. Coward. Do you know

if there's another optician in the town?

Yes. There is one other.

But if you don't wear glasses, why do

you want cleaning cloths? Would you mind

giving me the address, please?

I'll do better than that. I'll take you

there.

>> not necessary, really. It's very kind of

you, but it's not not a bit necessary.

But it might be difficult for you to

find it by yourself.

Where'd you learn your English?

I'm sorry, I forgot something.

I'll be right back.

>> [music]

>> I promised to phone a customer.

Oh.

What about your English? I've been for

about 1 year in London. Oh, what were

you doing? Refraction work at a clinic.

Oh, where?

You're very inquisitive, Mr. Coward.

Well, you don't mind telling me, surely.

Well, um at an eye hospital. Oh, which

one? The one in Kensington?

That's right. Oh, I know.

It's in Marlo's Road, isn't it? Yes.

You know, I don't know whether to chance

it and make a run for it and get a

bullet in my back, or tag along with you

to the Gestapo. I'm a Gestapo agent?

>> Yeah, and a very stupid one. You've

fallen for a very old trick.

I described to you perfectly the

location of a hospital, St. Mary's

Hospital. How interesting. And the eye

hospital is in Soho, not in Kensington.

Not the one I referred to, Mr. Coward. I

referred to Moorfields Eye Hospital,

that's on City Road. And for your

information, Sergeant Major, you

described the location of St. Mary

Abbot's Hospital.

However, a

an understandable confusion. St. Mary's

is in Paddington, opposite the station.

Yeah, well.

Maybe you're right.

It's in Praed Street. Shall I describe

the building? No, no, thank you. No, I

know it very well, thanks.

As you said, Mr. Coward, it's a very old

trick. But it works two ways.

>> Well, it's like a broken coin, isn't it?

I mean, the two pieces fit together.

Not entirely.

The shop is over there, and again, Mr.

Coward,

a good day.

Incidentally, you'll find that

optometrist a loyal Nazi.

Oh, Irena.

Irena.

All right.

I haven't got very much time to play

around any longer.

Are you with the underground?

May I offer you some advice, Sergeant

Major?

It's so dangerous for a prisoner of war

to linger in town for too long. You

should know better than your privileges.

I've been overdoing them already.

Every visit to town counts.

Exactly. What do you need, Mr. Coward?

Look,

everything that's on that list, maps,

timetables.

Verdammt noch mal.

Das ist doch viel schlimmer als wir

dachten.

Hau und lauf jetzt hier.

He looks a bit angry, didn't he? Wie

werden Sie das alles erklären? Es war

die Hitze. Es explodierte von sich

selbst. Die Hitze explodierte von sich

selbst? Sie werden eine Erklärung

abgeben, hier auf der Stelle.

Oder ich werde Sie erschießen wie einen

Hund.

>> [whistles]

[whistles]

>> Komm her.

This man is a prisoner of war.

How dare he go to town without a guard?

How dare he come here sauntering like it

was his own private club?

What is the meaning of this?

>> I just had some personal business to do

in town.

So, how have I not officially

accommodated you?

Don't be too hard on him. He's only

trying to be a good scout. Good scout?

HE'S PERFECTLY ALL RIGHT.

He had my word. I gave him my word of

honor.

You thought dumb dang lender.

Now, just what about this fire? Things

always happen when you are around. What

do you know about it? How did it start?

It was the heat combustion. I'm asking

you again, Mr. Conrad. What happened? I

saw it start. A pile of logs, they

just went poof. Exactly. What happened?

It burned down.

Our next assignment was in the railroad

repair yards.

The buildings were of brick and steel

and completely fireproof.

However, to show their good intentions,

the POWs went about their work with a

soul-stirring display of willingness and

boundless energy.

The Jerries were delighted.

Of course, there were one or two things

they didn't know about.

A carload of green paint consigned to a

concentration camp would suddenly be

shunted to the Russian front.

While the carload of canned meat

intended for the front

would go to the concentration camp.

Propellers for a submarine base

would head for the farmlands.

And plows

to the submarine base.

Watch it.

Okay.

I'm counting the bolts on the the guard,

THE ARM GUARD.

GOOD.

For this sabotage, you will be shot.

All of you. Several times.

The visor was made of cardboard polished

with boot black. Insignia carved from

wood and covered with tin foil. The coat

was cut from a blanket with the fuzz

shaved off and blackberry jam from the

Red Cross parcels boiled down and the

strainings used as dye. The boots cost a

tin of cigarettes and two uh cakes of

soap.

All carefully hidden

between the walls

until

until the first delivery of our repaired

cars.

Yeah, what's the jam for over there?

That do Reuben.

Hi Hitler. Hi Hitler.

He may have suspected something. I'm not

sure.

>> I know. And the German uniform, where

did you get it?

>> at the camp made it for me. It doesn't

fit anywhere, but it just had to do. Did

you have to take such a terrible risk?

>> me, it was the only way to get here. I

get the papers.

You didn't give us much time.

We're being moved out. What happened?

It's too involved to tell you.

But if I'm right,

we'll be shipped back to Lamsdorf

tomorrow.

We did the best we could.

>> That's marvelous. There's maps and

timetables.

Everything we need. Thank you.

Did you set the date? I mean, for the

escape?

>> We're aiming for the 26th. That's the

night with no full moon. How do you get

to the border? By the dawn train from

Lamsdorf the next morning.

But if you don't speak German, you don't

have any chance.

>> I'm sure.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> How far do you think you're going?

>> The part of me knows.

All right.

Show us your papers. Yeah.

WHAT ABOUT US?

>> [screaming]

>> HEY.

HI HITLER.

HI

>> [applause]

>> WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?

WHERE do you think I've been?

Come on, get cracking. Get weaving. Now.

Ah, good. GOOD. SOUNDS GOOD.

WHY DO I DO ALL THE WORK AROUND HERE?

You're blimey, you're fit. Maybe you've

GOT A SPLINTER.

COLE.

HERE COLE.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT I JUST heard in there?

They were saying who do you think you're

talking to. Don't you have to get out of

your pocket. Do your collar up.

What do you think you are on your

father's yacht? What do you want? I was

just going to tell you about the news,

that's all. What news?

Charlie Coward's on his way back.

Charlie Coward's on his way back? Yeah.

Where'd you get this? I was just

sweeping up in the office there. It came

over the telephone.

That's a turn up for the book, isn't it?

It's uh

I wonder if he got the maps and

timetables. Now, even if he did, how's

he going to get the past inspection?

Charlie.

We're nearly there. Yes, I know we are.

Come on, I'll think of something. I

always get my best ideas just before the

dawn. Yeah, well, don't look now, mate,

but it's daylight. I said I'd think of

something.

Hey,

where are they?

What? The papers, where are they?

They're with me, Kit. In your kit? Me

kit is me clothes, what's the

difference? They'll search everything.

Kit, clothes, down to the skin, for

they're finished.

You know what's wrong with you?

You're still worried about that girl,

aren't you?

Of course I am.

I left her in a terrible hole.

I shouldn't have done it.

From the look of things, it might bloody

well all be for nothing, too. you tell

me, for God's sake. Well, I'm lucky.

>> [snorts]

>> I'll tell you what we'll do.

We'll pull the old switcheroo, Guy.

We don't You mean I've got to find

another bloody fit? fit. You'll have a

fit. You drank Marvel's. Yeah, I know.

All right, if they found these papers on

me, they'll know they came from the

underground. Where else could I have

gotten them from?

But they still have to trace them back

to her.

I shouldn't have done it to her.

I really shouldn't. In a bit.

No, it's all right. I shouldn't have

done it.

COME.

HALT HERE!

DOWN ON THE GROUND!

REMEMBER TO KEEP AHEAD.

DOWN! STAND STILL! DOWN!

DON'T STAND!

DOWN! DOWN!

DOWN! STAND!

STICK YOUR HANDS UP!

OPEN YOUR KIT BAGS!

>> [laughter]

>> He's having a fit. THIS IS COME ON, GET

HIM OFF THE FLOOR. QUICK.

HE'S ONLY DOING THIS,

IT'S THE FOOD.

You're all right.

All right.

>> [applause]

>> Come on.

You've got his kit.

Oh, have I?

Name is Adams, sir.

I'm sorry, sir.

I fainted.

I'll be all right now.

GO TO THE NEXT ROOM

AND STRIP!

HALT!

TAKE YOUR CLOTHES OFF!

HALT!

STRIP!

WHAT NOW?

YOU DO WHATEVER I DO.

HURRY UP!

START SCRATCHING. SCRATCHING?

>> IT.

It's you again!

First of all, you tried to make idiots

of us with your ridiculous

What's the matter with you? Hey?

Lice.

And I warn you, if you think you can go

on

Lice?

Oh, terrible.

I've got it.

But it's Andrew's mower.

Look, once

There it is.

Don't move.

Missed. GET OUT [screaming] OF HERE!

BOTH OF YOU! OH, TIGHT.

>> [music]

>> ON THE 22ND,

THE ESCAPE COMMITTEE SWUNG INTO ACTION.

A strange, electrifying tension crept

through the compound.

It was nearing that crucial day,

the day set for the tunnel break.

November 26th. Well, we're stopped.

Shillings walking east between 118 and

119, heading for the generator house. By

the 23rd, the stooges had been

quadrupled, and a vast system installed

for checking the movements of the goons.

The undercover factory was put on an

all-out basis.

Work permits, travel papers, everything

had to be stamped the 26th. Okay.

Just help me with this.

>> Yeah, stick it on the chair. All right.

So, what? Don't just stand there. Grab a

pen. We haven't got much time left. On

the 24th,

a group leader was assigned to every 12

men.

I was one of them.

Anybody else here who only speaks

English? Yes, sir.

Let me bring the whip to you. And it

goes, "Stand to attention! STAND UP WHEN

YOU'RE talking to me!"

Well, you go up with Robinson, then

he'll do the talking for both of you.

Now, you'll need maps, timetables,

money, travel permits. They'll all be

fixed and arranged. You know, we'll work

out the details later. Sounds good. Yes,

sir. Who's next?

Jim Marshall, sir. I intend to get to

the Czech border on foot.

Yeah, well, you'll need maps and a

compass.

You speak any other language?

No, sir.

Aren't you the bloke that was against

this idea in the theater that time?

Yes, sir, that's right. And what's given

you a change of heart? Thought for a

nice little holiday, didn't you? No,

sir. I was

I've been thinking about what you said.

You know, about being a soldier and duty

and all that. Well, all I know is he's

done a lot of work on it.

He's our chief engineer.

Well, that's my game, isn't it? That's

what I used to do in civilian street.

Dig tunnels.

>> All right, all right, we don't want your

life history. Yes, sir. You take a

chance on him?

Yes.

All right, you're on.

Thank you very much, sir. Now, what's

your story? Well, I thought if I'm

trying to move down south On the 25th,

each group leader held a final dress

rehearsal.

What's your name? Jacques de Vivier.

Where are you employed?

>> Zahl Industries, Hamburg, 8359

Bergstrasse. Here's my permit and letter

from the company. When did you start

there? July 16th, 1942. And where'd you

come from? Uh uh Lyon, number 77 Rue

General Pelissier. My wife's name is

Yvonne, we have three children.

What's your name? Otto Metz. Here,

Charlie.

This is the schedule for tomorrow night.

Go through which might want to brief the

men on it.

>> Yeah, thanks.

This is the schedule.

Every 30 seconds, starting at 7:00 p.m.,

a man will be dispatched to hut 110. By

20:30, all 180 should be there, ready to

go.

Each one of you will be given the

precise second at which you are to leave

your hut, the precise route, and the

precise moment of your arrival.

Well, what about the chaps who bunk in

10? I mean,

the ones that aren't going. Well,

they'll change over with the ones that

are going. All right?

Yeah.

All right.

Now, that's the end of the first dummy

run. Now, remember, on the night, behave

as if it was all perfectly normal.

You've got to be absolutely natural.

>> [music]

>> 15 seconds left.

Good luck.

See you at Piccadilly Circus.

See you.

>> [music]

>> That's it, Pringle.

Now, let's see.

18 men leave from the other huts. You'll

be the next to go from here, Martin.

In 9 minutes.

>> [music]

[music]

>> Right.

Skill, you're up.

Pringle. Yes, sir. Right.

Good luck, Pringle. I won't let you down

this time, Charlie. Right. Sir.

I promise I won't. I know you won't.

Hence to get you out.

Well, that's it. We've checked every

bloody inch of shoring your bloody

length of that tunnel. But they're not

guaranteeing anything.

Bankers laid. Car with a motor washer.

My name is Paul Vandrick from Amsterdam.

I'm an attorney. How's your German? I'm

fine. Gut zu Hamburg. Well, I hope it's

all right for your sake, and I know what

it means.

From your heart?

Yeah.

You

You'll see her again. Sure of [music]

that.

You all right?

Yeah. Mhm? Just want to get going,

that's all.

>> Yeah, we all do. You'll all be [music]

going soon enough.

You all right? It's the waiting that

gets you. Yeah, I know, doesn't it?

You'll be off.

>> [music]

>> Hoffmeier and Krosman have almost

completed their rounds. Good.

That's Hoffmeier out of the way. He's

out of the guard room.

Right on schedule.

>> [music]

>> My name's Krosman. He's also out of the

guard room. There are no more goons

patrolling the huts. Good.

I'm on my way. Safe home. Thanks.

some. Great. Right.

23rd, yeah? Yeah, I know.

Have they all arrived?

This is the last man, the Connelly? Yes,

sir. All right.

Now pay attention.

As you know,

Charlie Coward goes first. He'll make

the break through at the other end.

We've left 2 ft of earth to the surface.

Now, if everything goes according to

plan,

he'll come out in the pine grove.

Just a couple of points before we start.

It's going to be very tricky going

through this tunnel with all your gear.

So, whatever you do, don't whack the

shoring.

Don't even brush up against it.

Otherwise, we shall have a disaster with

the whole lot collapsing in on top of

us. Second point is, those going by rail

will leave first. They've got very tight

time schedules to fill.

The first 20 men will wait in the tunnel

until I've broken through.

We aim to get one man out every 4

minutes.

The rest of you will wait here

in this hut

until your names are called.

Well, after all that,

this is it.

So, good journeys. Keep moving.

And good luck to you. Good luck, mate.

Good luck, mate.

Okay. All right. Poop. Here.

Here you are, mate. Your last will and

testament. All right. Cheers. Cheerio.

Bennett. Here.

Here you are, Bennett. Good luck,

Bennett. Thank you, sir.

Good luck, mate.

You take the high road, and I'll take

the

Campbell. Here.

Foyle. Sir.

Davis. Sir.

Okay, mates.

You'll make the 20th, and it for the

moment.

>> Yes, sir.

All right, Charlie.

No,

I've s-

struck a

a root.

TIME TO MOVE IT.

>> [snorts]

>> CHARLIE, THE THE AIR DOWN HERE IT IT'S

GETTING BAD.

WELL, DON'T WASTE IT TALKING, THEN.

I never said a word.

>> [cough]

>> Krosman suddenly left the guard room.

He's starting back this way.

Krosman left the guard room. He's

starting back this way. Krosman Krosman

left the I can't really be bothered

about half A BLOCK UP. KROSMAN left the

guard room. Of all nights for this to

happen. Just because he left the guard

room, it doesn't mean that's how he's

going to come in this hut. What must he

be doing? What's he up to?

Charlie, I I can't come and give you

air.

No, stay where you are.

You can see there's only room for one up

here.

>> [clears throat]

>> Krosman's still headed this way. What do

we do? Just wait here like sitting

ducks? What else? There's no way to

cover up.

>> Not 180 blocks in all this rig. Look.

Maybe we could just make it if we chuck

all these clothes and gear on the shot.

You want the 20 men in the tunnel to

suffocate? And that's what would happen

if you put the soil back over the hole.

>> DON'T WE JUMP THE GOON THE MINUTE he

comes in? And how long do you think we'd

get away with that?

>> They check on the goons every few

minutes.

>> Quiet. All of you.

>> [cough and clears throat]

>> Charlie, this air's getting very bad.

I I won't last longer.

I don't know.

You'd better warn Cole.

You got pencil, Bennett?

Yeah? Yeah.

Here.

Here's quick, Bennett. Pass it back.

Here's a note, mate. Coward's having

trouble.

Pass it back.

Coward's having trouble. Pass it back.

Pass it back. Pass it back. Coward's

having trouble.

Pass it back. Coward's having trouble.

Looks very bad, boys.

Krosman seems to be heading straight for

this hut.

>> He must be suspicious. So many men

coming in and out of here. It's always

that much activity when we have a party.

But this doesn't seem a bit like a

party.

Wait a minute.

Doc's right.

You mean a party? Yeah. It's a long

shot, but it's worth a gamble. Come on,

BOYS. A PARTY. SING. COME ON.

>> YES, COME ON.

I NEED ALL OF YOU HERE.

>> [chanting]

[chanting]

[music]

[cheering]

>> HEY, YOU. YOU'RE DRUNK.

YOU'RE DRUNK.

WE'LL GET YOU, STAHLSCHMIDT.

QUIET.

QUIET.

QUIET. [screaming]

>> [music]

>> HEY.

It's It's darling.

>> [music]

>> Yeah.

>> [music]

>> DARLING IS BROKEN THROUGH.

THANK GOD FOR THAT. PHIL.

NOW, listen to me.

We miscalculated.

He comes out this side of the trees.

40 ft from a goon tower. Oh my god, no.

Yeah.

And listen.

The first chap who gets out gets into

the trees, see?

Soon as he sees it's all clear, he

chucks a pebble into the hole. That's

the signal for the next bloke to run.

All right? Yeah. You've got it in your

silly head now? Yeah. You're quite sure?

>> Yeah. Right, then.

Pass it on.

Innes. Right.

Okay, Robinson.

Come on. Come on.

Are you all right?

No.

No, I'm not all right.

And I'm not going.

Who are you going with? I'm to join

I'm to join Osmond at the station. Well,

go on. Get going.

Look, I don't want to get a bullet in

the back. This war can't last forever.

You've been teamed up with Pringle. He

can't speak French. HE'S DEPENDING ON

YOU.

>> WITH HIM.

THE HELL WITH A LOT OF YOU.

A MAN LIKE THAT WILL BE NO USE TO

PRINGLE.

>> OR TO ANYONE ELSE.

How about it, Pringle?

I'm on my way. When do we go?

Get a few more out first.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Robinson pulled out on me.

What?

What?

He wants to take a chance on my French.

Come with us. I'm afraid I can't do

that. It's much too dangerous.

>> [snorts]

>> You better replace Robinson and go with

him.

And dump you? You have no choice.

I know my French is lousy, but without

it you don't stand a chance. Oh, no.

Should've thought of that before.

Well, I'm off. See you at the Rose and

Crown.

Watch it.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

[music]

>> Thank god you're all right. He's only

got a few seconds to talk. Elizabeth,

what are you doing here?

You told me about this cape, the 26

Lamb's Dock.

You're crazy, your majesty. You should

never have come here, but

I'll never forget you for it.

Thank you.

They won't look for an escaped prisoner

if he's traveling with a woman.

>> can't come with me right now.

If they search you, I have nothing to

If they catch you with me with this

cape, they'll shoot you.

Whenever I talk German to you, say "Ja."

Please. It's too dangerous. It's

dangerous to talk English here.

Mein Gott.

Köln ist ausgebombt. Was steht in der

Zeitung? Gib ihm die Zeitung, Liebling.

Äh, entschuldigen Sie.

Meine Gläser sind zerbrochen. Ich ich

ich ich ich ich ich ich kann nicht

lesen. Bitte lesen Sie mir es vor. Was

steht da drin?

Ach,

nichts Besonderes. Ein ganz normaler

Angriff.

Liebling, ich bin hungrig. Wollen wir

nicht essen gehen? Ja.

Where are we going? The dining car. I

had to get you away from that old man.

No space.

All in.

All going in.

This is good.

Do you think we got away with this?

I'm not sure, but

we'll find out as soon as we reach

Vienna.

No, no, no, no. Just stay here a minute.

But not for long.

We're supposed to be in the dining car,

remember? I didn't like that way that

old man looked at us.

He could be here any second. We could be

caught at any second.

And never see each other again.

Did that mean much to you?

Yes.

All I can do now is get your ticket

straight through to Budapest and

see you safely aboard.

Elizabeth.

When this war is over,

I'm going to come back and try and drag

you out of trial. I promise you.

You'd better start, majesty.

We must go now.

It's not safe for you here on this

station.

They always check up on people. I think

I'll better go ahead and get your

ticket.

All right.

But I'll give you the money.

Will 50 do?

I'll follow you.

Bitte Vorsicht nehmen an der

>> [music]

>> In the entire history of mankind.

Finally, when the allies closed in, we

were driven relentlessly further and

further to the west

until one day Billy Pope and I managed

to escape somehow and

we posed as workmen

cleaning up the rubble.

All right, put your hands over your

head.

Look behind you.

Hello, mate. Are we glad to see you.

I'm Sergeant Major Coward, the Royal

Artillery.

I'm trying to make my way to the

American lines. Yeah, and me too. You

only have a mile to go. Only a mile?

You'll never make it, buddy. There's a

road full of Krauts between here and

there.

Good luck, anyway. Good luck to

Four years awaiting.

All right.

And one little mile full of Krauts.

One tiny bloody mile.

Might just as well be a thousand.

You ever wanted to be a farmer? Have I

what?

A farmer, cuz now's your chance. COME

ON, KRAUTS.

OH, CROSS YOUR LEGS, CHARLIE. They come.

Too late, mate.

>> [bell]

>> Rather we don't wait.

All fair thee well. All right, I must

leave you gentlemen now. My parting

greeting, remember that the best OF

FRIENDS MUST PART, MUST PART.

>> [music]

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