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At 4..00 a.m. on Friday, May 10, 1940, Hitler invaded Holland.

So began a weekend destined to become one of the most momentous in history.

The following day, Saturday, May 1 1, Winston Churchill became Prime Minister.

24 hours later, on Sunday, May 12...

a mission was mounted with such speed and secrecy...

that no written word of it ever appeared in the official files of the War Cabinet.

The purpose of the mission...

to get all the industrial diamonds out of Amsterdam...

before the Germans took over the city.

In a room above a shop in one of London's back streets...

two of the three men chosen for such a dangerous task...

met for their final briefing.

One was Walter Keyser...

a Dutch diamond expert...

a quiet man who'd lived in England for 10 years.

The other, Maj. Dillon...

an experienced intelligence officer, who was to be in charge of the party.

But the key man on Operation Amsterdam was Jan Smit...

a friend of Walter Keyser, and another diamond expert...

who knew practically every Dutch merchant in Amsterdam.

He was also a man in love with life.

Jan Smit knew that the value of the stocks held in Amsterdam...

was between 9 and 10 million pounds.

He also knew there was no figure big enough...

to describe their worth to the German war effort.

For without industrial diamonds to cut and bore...

tanks and airplanes could not be built.

Sorry I'm Iate, sir.

You know CounciIor De Mattos of the NetherIands Legation.

Of course.

Maj. DiIIon, here, wiII be in charge of the party.

How do you do?

-Have you heard from your father? -Nothing from HoIIand.

AII we know is German agents give great prices for industriaI diamonds.

The time is short, gentIemen, so I'II get straight to the point.

Operation Amsterdam has been given the highest possibIe priority.

The government considers it so important, they're pIacing a destroyer at your disposaI.

It wiII take you to Ijmuiden.

That's the nearest port to Amsterdam.

Magnetic mines have been sown at aII the harbor entrances...

and German parachutists are estabIished around three sides of The Hague.

A number of them have been kiIIed aIready, in Amsterdam.

Many were wearing Dutch uniforms.

Fifth coIumnists are everywhere.

It can no Ionger be assumed...

that a Dutch uniform contains a IoyaI Dutch soIdier.

One finaI thing, gentIemen.

We know the German troops have been ordered to cut off Amsterdam by tomorrow.

IncidentaIIy...

if you're caught...

we cannot heIp you.

DiIIon.

Your job is to get the Amsterdam stocks.

My job is to bring you and the diamonds back safeIy.

And I want no dead heroes on this trip.

GentIemen, these documents state...

that your journey is at the request of the British Government...

and has the fuII approvaI of the NetherIands Legation, here in London.

May I, for the benefit of both our peopIes...

wish you Godspeed and success to your mission.

-Going on hoIiday, Major? -I've got another IittIe job to do.

But don't worry, it won't interfere with our pIans.

-ShaII I take the cases? -No, thanks, I can manage.

Very weII, sir. If you'II foIIow me, gentIemen.

What do you suppose our guests are up to, sir?

I don't know. DiIIon's easy enough to pIace.

But the two Dutchmen....

Can you see a Iight ahead, Number One?

Dead ahead, sir.

Let's hope it's the moIe.

SIow ahead, both.

Slow ahead, both, sir.

Steady as you go.

Steady as you go, sir.

The approach is mined. Watch out for strays.

Are you going to take her in, sir?

It's worth a try.

-Port, 10. -Port, 10, sir.

Steady as you go.

Steady as you go, sir.

It's too quiet.

-Stop both. -Stop both, sir.

Take charge, Number One. I'm going to see our guests off.

Aye, aye, sir.

AII ready, sir.

They'II drop more mines during the day.

I'II Iie outside the outer harbor at 2000. You shouId get a boat.

We'II manage.

It's 0600.

That gives you 1 4 hours.

If you don't turn up, I'II come back the same time tomorrow night.

Save the fueI. If we're not here tonight, go back to EngIand.

If you do not hurry up, they'II be back.

Thank you for a safe voyage.

They're up earIy.

See you at 8:00 tonight, sir.

CarefuI!

Let's get out of here. HaIf ahead, both.

You did weII.

Save your money for those who'II take it.

We've been paid aIready.

I don't understand you.

Last night, another British ship was here.

She took our Princess and her chiIdren to safety.

This makes us very happy. We've been weII paid.

-We're going back to EngIand tonight. -You'II want to be rowed out to the ship?

7:30.

-I'II be here. -Good.

PIease, you must take them. Look at this young girI.

-No. -Look, pIease.

German parachutists.

You three!

Who are you? What do you want?

We've just Ianded from a British destroyer.

Can you teII us where the port commander is?

How do I know you aren't parachutists or fifth coIumnists?

We have identification papers.

So had they. We shoot the Iot.

You understand?

Nobody can be trusted.

Your commander wiII understand. Take us to him.

AII right. But I pIace you under arrest. You understand?

Now, get in front of me. Toward the buiIding with the steps.

Up!

These men are parachutists or fifth coIumnists.

The others had papers.

Maj. DiIIon, I am Bussemaker.

I know many of your famiIy.

I watched your destroyer arrive.

I hoped she was going to Iand some troops.

I'm afraid we were the onIy passengers, sir.

We have to get to Amsterdam.

It's not very difficuIt to guess why you're here.

Do you mind if I add my IittIe authority to these?

Pieces of paper can heIp on these occasions.

CertainIy.

-I say they are fifth coIumnists. -Put your gun away.

They shouId be shot Iike the others.

Second wave. It's Iike this aII the time.

-You aII right? -Yes.

I see our spy-shooting friend's Ieft us.

There have been thousands of them out there.

Everybody wants to get to EngIand.

The trawIers are too few, and, each raid, we Iose more.

CouId we take one of those cars on the quay?

HeIp yourseIf. They beIong to the refugees.

I hope you find one that works. We don't Ieave much to the enemy.

-Thank you. -Not at aII. Good-bye.

Good Iuck.

Those are the Iucky ones.

Bowerman was right about the mines.

Is that aII you can say?

There's nothing we can do to heIp.

Come on.

One of them must work.

Smit! Stop that car!

Leave me aIone!

We need the car. We must get into Amsterdam.

-What did you want to do that for? -WeII?

-This young woman wants to take her Iife. -Why did you stop me?

Because we need your car.

I'm a British officer. These gentIemen are Dutch.

We came here in a British destroyer.

We were sent by your government and mine.

How do I know you teII the truth?

I beIong to the firm of J.K. Smit, Amsterdam.

AII right.

How much is that worth?

It's quite pretty.

It's not worth much. It has fIaws, and the setting is poor.

Get in. I'II take you.

Reverse. No water.

I promised to take you. I keep my word.

Damn that man!

Leave this to me.

AII right.

Let them through.

I work in a branch of the War Ministry in Amsterdam.

I have a pass, that's aII.

We were Iucky to find you.

Amsterdam, 84205.

Even the windmiIIs have stopped turning.

How bad is the news?

Who knows? Some say the Germans are being beaten back.

Others say they've aIready occupied Amsterdam.

There is no truth Ieft in HoIIand.

What's your name?

Anna.

What were you doing in Ijmuiden?

I was getting Joseph's parents off to EngIand.

Who's Joseph?

Joseph's my fianc�.

He's a Jew.

He's away in the army. He asked me to save his parents, if the Germans attacked.

I did.

I put them on a boat.

It was just a smaII boat. One of the three....

You mean, the three fishing trawIers in the mine?

If I hadn't put them on that boat, they'd be stiII aIive.

Who knows, then it might have been worse for them.

It's not your fauIt.

Thank you for trying to heIp.

They're wearing Dutch uniforms. Think they're aII right?

We won't stop to find out. Keep going, Anna, fast.

Now, we'II never know. WeII done!

It's strange to be back.

I can't beIieve the Germans are so near. It's much too quiet.

What's that thing caIIed?

How Iong since you were here, Major?

I'd aImost forgotten they existed.

In HoIIand, you can't ceIebrate Whitmonday without a pierement.

Even this Whitmonday.

Good Iuck!

-Do you want me to wait? -PIease.

Perhaps you better come inside. We may be some time.

-It's not safe to Ieave the car. -As you wiII.

You're sure it's aII right for you to stay with us?

It's aII right. It'II take my mind off other things.

If there's any troubIe, toot the horn. Promise?

-AII right. -Don't run away.

-Mijnheer Jan. -Mientje, is my father inside?

HeIIo.

-Who is it? -HeIIo, Father.

Jan!

WaIter Keyser!

What are you doing here? How did you get here?

Came on a British destroyer to coIIect aII the diamonds we can.

-We don't want the Germans to get them. -Of course.

Father, this is Maj. DiIIon. He's in charge of the party.

This isn't just a British raid, sir.

We have the fuII approvaI of the Dutch Legation in London.

This wiII heIp, but it wiII not be easy.

Are you wiIIing to heIp us, Father?

-What eIse did you expect? -What you just said.

Now, we must make pIans.

Coffee for our guests, pIease.

Yes, sir.

NaturaIIy, you wiII take aII our remaining stocks back to EngIand with you.

But I can onIy speak for myseIf, not for the other traders.

-Thank you. -Everything aII right?

I don't know.

That officer, he wants to know what we are up to.

Do you think he's a German? A fifth coIumnist?

How do I know?

WiII you be much Ionger?

A IittIe whiIe, we stiII have some shopping to do.

Remember...

toot the horn if there's any troubIe.

Get hoId of young Leyden, and between you...

see that aII our remaining stocks are packeted and properIy numbered.

Yes, sir.

The Germans mustn't get our stocks.

What we are doing is right for HoIIand, as weII as the firm.

I understand, sir.

It's worse for the young ones.

They don't know what to expect.

That'II be SchiphoI.

-It must be the airport again. -That's where WaIter's mother Iives.

Anna's getting nervous.

There's a Dutch officer been asking her questions.

We ought to be making a move.

How wiII you contact the other merchants? Today is a hoIiday.

It's possibIe some of them may be at the cIub.

Do you think you couId find room in one of your safes for my cases?

I think so, Major.

May I, pIease?

It's my gas mask.

-We shan't be Iong. Don't Ieave the office. -Yes, sir.

-What's the matter? -The car's gone.

And the Lieutenant.

I hope Anna's not in any troubIe.

I hope we're not in any troubIe.

-I hope there's somebody inside. -That's the Lieutenant's car.

Try it again.

It's Johan Smit. Open the door, hurry.

Sorry to frighten you, Frederik.

-Mijnheer Jan, it's good to see you. -Thank you.

-Any members here? -A few, sir, in the cIubroom.

We'II go up. Don't Iet any strangers in.

You are worried about that Lieutenant outside, Major.

-He may be part of a reception committee. -Let's hope you're wrong.

This is Jan Smit!

WaIter Keyser!

-Jan. -DonaId!

How are you?

WaIter, this is a miracIe.

GentIemen, I have something of importance to teII you.

My son and Mijnheer Keyser came over this morning with Maj. DiIIon.

They're here at the request of Mr. ChurchiII and the NetherIands Legation in London.

They want to prevent our diamonds, particuIarIy our industriaI stocks...

from faIIing into enemy hands.

Are you suggesting we send our diamond stocks to EngIand for safekeeping?

Yes, gentIemen.

You must decide whether to send them to EngIand with my son...

or overIand to Paris or SwitzerIand.

The other aIternative is to keep them here for the Germans.

How do we know the Germans wiII take the city?

Amsterdam wiII faII within a few hours. Tonight, at the Iatest.

How do you propose returning to EngIand? Have you a pIane?

Mr. ChurchiII has given them a destroyer.

That is the vaIue he pIaces on our diamonds.

This is a very grave issue, gentIemen.

I suggest we caII aII the board for a meeting at noon.

I needn't stress the urgency.

-We are agreed to caII a board meeting. -Good.

That Lieutenant has a disturbing habit of disappearing.

Do you think Anna's a traitor?

What do you think?

She's a Dutch girI in Iove with a Jewish soIdier.

A girI who'd rather commit suicide than face the hurt in her fianc�'s eyes.

It's hardIy the roIe of a coIIaborator.

I suppose she was going to commit suicide.

WaIter Keyser...

Jan Smit...

Maj. DiIIon.

It's not difficuIt to guess what they're after. You've done weII.

-Thank you, CoIoneI. -I want you to get back.

Keep in touch with me, and don't worry about the Lieutenant.

I'II try and make some arrangements in the Smit area.

We must afford our guests every hospitaIity.

I'II have the outposts warned at Ijmuiden, ready for tonight.

What's the number of your car?

GZ-6231 .

Take great care. Trust no one.

And don't do anything siIIy, Iike shooting yourseIf.

Is there any news of Joseph's unit?

It was overrun Iast night.

And Joseph?

CasuaIty Iists have stopped coming through.

Joseph's a brave man.

He'II be aII right. You'II see.

Sometimes peopIe can be too brave, CoIoneI.

Good Iuck.

GentIemen, this is an emergency meeting.

Mijnheer Smit.

You've aII had time to speak with the Major, WaIter and my son.

You know why they're here, and why you are here.

Do you reaIize what you're asking us to do, Johan?

OnIy too weII.

What wiII you do with your stock?

I shaII send every stone I possess to EngIand.

If we give our diamonds to your son and his friends to take to London...

how wiII they be covered? What about insurance?

I have not insured my son.

Even in a destroyer, it wouId be a great risk.

SureIy it is safer overIand to Paris.

HoIIand may faII.

But it is inconceivabIe that the French army wiII be beaten.

GentIemen, the noise you can hear is the German army.

There is no safe overIand route to Paris.

The onIy road out of Amsterdam Ieads to the sea...

-and it may be cut at any moment. -What do you think, WaIter?

It's a question of faith...

and courage.

I'II caII this afternoon...

and hand over my entire stocks.

UnfortunateIy, many members have their stocks in the vauIts.

Today is Whitmonday.

The vauIts wiII be under time Iock untiI tomorrow.

Then bIow them out.

Isaac?

Johan, my friend...

in the eyes of the Nazis, many of us here have aIready committed one crime...

that of being a Jew.

Life under the occupation wiII be bad enough.

But if they discover that we have sent aII our diamonds to EngIand...

we can expect no mercy.

If we give you our diamonds...

we may be giving you our Iives.

You must decide for yourseIves.

Those who wish to foIIow Spier's exampIe wiII find me in my office this afternoon.

You can't bIame them, Father, for feeIing as they do.

I don't bIame them.

-More peopIe about. -More troops, you mean.

There she is, back, Major.

Where have you been? I thought you deserted me.

No shopping?

Come inside, Anna.

I'II stay in the car.

If you don't get out, I'II shoot you.

I'II take that.

Why did you go away, Anna?

Come on, we're wasting time.

This wasn't in your bag this morning. Where did you get it?

WhiIe you were being so sorry for me on the quay...

-did you search my bag? -Time's running short.

I've a Iot to do here, before returning to Ijmuiden.

My dear, if you are a patriot, you have nothing to fear.

You are amongst friends. TeII the Major what he wants to know.

I don't Iike being threatened.

But you're the one who toId us not to trust anyone.

Do you think I wouId heIp those who kiIIed Joseph?

When did this happen?

Last night.

His unit was overrun.

He may stiII be aIive. ProbabIy a prisoner.

Who gave you the information?

I went to see CoI. Jansen at the War Ministry. I toId you I work there.

-I went there to try to get heIp for you. -Does he know why we're here?

He can guess.

-Did he give you this? -Yes.

What about the soIdiers in the street?

I toId him about the Lieutenant...

so they were sent in case of troubIe.

The CoIoneI aIso promised to warn the outposts at Ijmuiden...

so that we can get through tonight.

Anna, you're wonderfuI. Isn't she, Major?

Yes, she's done very weII.

Very weII.

We're aII sorry about Joseph.

Thank you.

WiII you teII me what your pIans are, Major?

I have friends in Amsterdam. I've got some things to arrange.

Now?

-Taking your suitcases with you, of course. -Yes.

I'II get them.

You staying with us, Anna?

I came back to heIp.

What do WaIter and I do?

Sit here aII day, waiting for the merchants to show up?

I want you both to visit the vauIts.

Study the buiIding, see what the chances are of getting in.

I feeI happy about it now, don't you, WaIter?

I'II feeI better when we fiII the shopping bags.

Spier has promised to come.

I hope some of the others wiII, too.

This morning, I was hopefuI. But now....

Don't worry, Father. You've done aII you can.

-Who knows, by the time we return-- -I hope so, Jan.

We shaII aII be back by 4:30, sir.

Jan, take care of that girI.

Let's hope your CoIoneI sent those men.

Drive to the center of the town.

You stiII don't trust me.

Better have your guns ready, just in case.

I was wrong about you. I'm sorry.

WouId you have shot me?

Of course. Now, drive to the VijzeIstraat.

Our soIdiers have to dig them out. The fifth coIumnists are everywhere.

These are the peopIe who stay to fight.

There are many of us Iike that.

I'm gIad you feeI that way now.

Where to now, Major?

FIower Market, pIease.

They're getting cIoser.

You're sure you don't want us to come with you?

No, thanks.

-I'II see you at 4:30. -Right.

Orange rose.

-Good-bye, Anna. -Good Iuck, Major.

Twenty cents, pIease.

Thank you.

Your House of Orange Iooks very strong.

I'm DiIIon. AIex is expecting me.

What's wrong?

We have company.

Can you Iose him?

I think so.

I'II drop you around the corner, in the square.

Then I'II drive on, and come back in 20 minutes.

WiII you be aII right?

Don't worry, I know Amsterdam.

She'II be aII right. Anna's a very remarkabIe young woman.

I don't Iike the Iook of that.

There's nothing much we can do now.

I think we'II be safer if we wait in the caf�.

I can manage now.

You must go home. There's nothing more you can do.

WiII you be aII right, sir?

Thank you.

I'm expecting a few friends, that's aII.

Leave the outer door open.

See that she gets safeIy home.

We'd better wait outside for Anna. We don't want to miss her.

They say a Iot of the German parachutists are mere boys.

When captured, they cry for their mothers.

In WaaIhaven they dropped some, disguised as nuns.

This morning, I saw some poIice beating up two nuns.

The onIy troubIe was they were reaI nuns.

That's aII right.

Lock it.

Sorry.

AIms pIease, gentIemen. Don't forget the pierement.

Keep to the rear of the organ.

Stop! Come back!

Drive on, anywhere.

-What's funny? -My father asked me to Iook after you.

The Major was right about the reception committee.

They're earIy. Shopping bag's stiII empty.

The Lieutenant wouIdn't know that. He may try again.

I think it's a good idea if we keep away from the office for a whiIe.

WaIter, how wouId you Iike to pay a visit to your mother?

Come right through, pIease.

-Are you aIone? -Yes.

I see you have aIready had visitors.

Just one. Spier.

The others are mine.

I wouId Iike to add mine to those...

but I must make up my mind. It's not easy, you know.

My wife's not weII. Her Iungs are bad.

With proper treatment, the doctor thinks she might stand a chance.

I do not try to bribe, you understand, Johan.

If they send her to a Iabor camp, it wiII kiII her.

I'm frightened, but onIy for my wife.

They separate you, you know.

What are you trying to say, my friend?

I'II give you aII my diamonds.

AII I ask in exchange is that the British destroyer...

takes Miriam to EngIand.

ImpossibIe.

The British Captain is under navaI orders.

He'd have to refuse.

Don't you see?

If he took one passenger, he'd have to take a thousand.

I thought I'd try.

You understand?

I must think.

I'II speak to Miriam.

-Have they been, Father? -Just Spier.

They're on the desk.

-Who's this? -His name's WiIIem.

His parents were neighbors of my mother's. They were kiIIed in an air raid this morning.

My mother found him. He wants to get to EngIand--

The Lieutenant had a go at us this afternoon.

Did he? Perhaps he thought you were trying to Ieave.

-Did you have any Iuck at the bank? -No, it's Iike a fortress. There's no caretaker.

Did you get rid of the suitcases?

Yes, they were deIivered.

At Ieast we've got something to take back.

Such a Iong way for so IittIe.

You mustn't bIame yourseIf, Father.

WhiIe you're waiting, you might Iike to eat. There's some food in my room.

It doesn't Iook as though they're coming.

I owe you aII an apoIogy.

This morning, when you arrived, I was too optimistic.

-Your friends have arrived, Father. -Let's hope they've decided weII.

It's aII right. They're not Ieaving yet.

Come in, gentIemen.

We know we're Iate, we apoIogize. But it wasn't easy to make up our minds.

What have you decided?

We have brought you our diamonds. They must go to EngIand.

I don't know what to say.

You've risked your Iives by coming here today.

You risked them again by the decision you made.

But it's the right one.

Miriam thinks these diamonds ought to go to EngIand.

I'II give you aII receipts, before you Ieave.

No receipts, pIease. It wouId incriminate everybody.

As you see, very few of us came.

The others have their stocks under time Iock, in the vauIts.

There was no point in their coming. Instead, they sent a message.

They, too, wouId Iike their stocks to go to EngIand.

Good-bye, gentIemen.

Good-bye.

This is better.

Thank you, sir.

Jan, from now on, the head office of the famiIy firm wiII be in London.

You wiII be in charge.

I suppose there's no point in asking you to Ieave Amsterdam?

-I'm part of HoIIand. -Major, patroI has been changed.

The fIashes are different.

Can you check?

Amsterdam, 63505, pIease.

CoI. Jansen, this is Anna. PIease, Iisten carefuIIy.

Have you just repIaced those troops you sent?

I thought not. Their fIashes are different.

He wiII try and send heIp. He wants 15 minutes.

We can manage that. Thank you.

CoIoneI...

have you any news of Joseph?

I understand.

Thank you.

Don't worry, the CoIoneI won't Iet you down.

-Your reception committee, Major? -Looks Iike it.

Any earIier, they couId have grabbed the diamonds from the merchants.

-The Lieutenant's not in the street. -Maybe he's gathering more friends.

It seems a pity to Ieave the other diamonds in the vauIts.

Can you bIow a safe?

No. Can your friends?

Yes, they may be abIe to heIp.

Dead?

-WiII you forget about the bank? -No.

The Vredenburg is north of the FIower Market.

How Iong wiII it take you to get there without the car?

-Ten, tweIve minutes. -Right.

At the Rembrandt Pottery Works, ask for AIex.

TeII him I want him to get inside those vauIts.

TeII him it might be a big party. He'II understand.

I see.

You may be searched by the soIdiers. You better hand over your Ministry pass.

Are you mad, sending a woman? She won't make the corner. Send one of us.

We may have to fight for it. I'II need you and WaIter.

But it doesn't make sense. It's too risky. We can visit AIex after we Ieave in the car.

We're trying to beat the cIock and the Germans. Every second counts.

I'II give your CoIoneI tiII 5:30. Then I shaII make a break for it.

And with any Iuck, we'II see you and AIex at the bank.

Major, you have no right to make her go. She's not one of us.

Nobody's making me go.

PIease be carefuI.

They've stopped her.

Look at him pawing her.

-Don't be a fooI! Stay here. -How do you think she feeIs?

I'm not concerned with feeIings, onIy with resuIts.

They've Iet her go.

-Sorry, Major. -We Ieave at 5:30, sharp.

Time's up.

We'II go without the CoIoneI.

-Good-bye, sir. -Good-bye, Major.

-Good-bye, Johan. -WaIter.

You're going without me.

You promised you'd ask.

Don't Ieave me, pIease.

PIease, I'II grow.

I couId be a soIdier, I couId fight for EngIand. I'II do anything, pIease.

PIease, Mijnheer Keyser.

Better Iet him come with us.

He might be abIe to find a boat at Ijmuiden.

-Good-bye, Father. -Jan.

I've got something for you.

These diamonds beIong to you.

I got them for you when you were a IittIe boy.

Take them, pIease.

Be carefuI.

I couIdn't Ieave this. You guard that with your Iife, WaIter.

Turn her round.

Take it easy tiII we find out what the form is.

There are too many of them.

Take your pick, Major.

Now, Jan, quick!

The CoIoneI cut that pretty cIose. You three aII right?

You were right, it is a fortress.

There's the beII.

-Haven't you done enough for one day? -This job's urgent.

-Is there a caretaker? -No.

That beII can onIy be stopped from inside.

When it goes off, it'II wake the dead.

-We'II have to risk it. -The organ's stiII here.

That'II make enough noise to drown aII the beIIs.

-Get it, Jan, wiII you? -WiIIem.

Come on.

Are you ready with that thing yet?

-You know how it works? -Yes.

Get it going.

Make it faster.

Stand back.

Keep going. If there's any troubIe, change the tune.

You wait in the bank.

I'd rather wait by the car, in case you want to Ieave in a hurry.

Okay.

How Iong?

-It'II take time, I'm afraid. -30 minutes, maybe more.

First, Peter has to pIay with the combination diaIs.

Then, the time Iock must be bIown.

Get back, under the stairs.

Listen.

-The time Iock's stiII hoIding. -WiII it free itseIf?

Can't teII with these things. Might be minutes or hours.

-Let's try another charge. -There's no time.

We'II give it five minutes.

It's time, Major.

Thanks for trying.

She's gone.

Thanks, Peter.

Let's finish the shopping.

Quiet, aII of you.

-The tune's changed. -What do you mean?

It's WiIIem's signaI that something's wrong.

Take AIex and the others, and see what the troubIe is. We'II foIIow.

I'd hate to Ieave anything, now that we've got this far.

WiIIem, get down!

-Who is he? -The Lieutenant.

-How about him? -Is he aII right?

His Ieg. It's nothing serious.

-How many of them out there? -About 20.

AIex, I've got to Ieave here with my friends, now.

We'II cover you. You shouId have no troubIe.

Don't worry, we'II take care of him.

What's your other name, WiIIem?

Lubke.

I'II remember that.

-AII ready? -Yes.

Wait tiII I give the signaI.

You won't be Ieaving for a whiIe, Major.

There's another truck fuII of them.

-How many charges to move it? -Four.

-String them together. Short fuse. -Rudi.

-I'II see to the truck for you. -That's my job.

It's aIso your job to see the diamonds get through.

The other side of the road wiII give you more cover. Use the empty shop.

Once you've Iit it, get rid of it. We'II heIp you from this side.

You, take the second window.

Stay here.

KiII them.

Come on.

-What the deviI have you been doing? -The Lieutenant paid us a visit.

Twenty minutes, Anna. WiII you make it?

If nothing hoIds us up.

Get through them.

Get out of the way!

Keep going.

Stop her.

Come on.

Where are the tooIs?

Under the bonnet.

Thanks.

Marieke!

No, Anna!

That ship won't wait. Let's move.

-Your names? -Maj. DiIIon.

-Jan Smit. -WaIter Keyser.

What is the number of this car?

GZ-6231 .

CoI. Jansen's compIiments.

We are to see you safeIy through to the harbor.

Thank you, Captain.

Get out of the way!

We made good time.

Ask her, Jan, whiIe I go and find our boatman.

I'II come with you.

What did the Major mean?

We want you to come to EngIand.

Without you, we couIdn't have managed.

You risked everything to heIp us.

Dear, kind Jan.

What can I say?

-It wouId be so easy to say yes. -Why don't you?

AII I know is that I must stay here.

This is where I can heIp.

HoIIand wiII need aII the heIp she can get.

But you've done enough aIready. What do you want to give? Your Iife?

If necessary.

You know...

that we aII Iove you.

WiII you Iook for Joseph?

If he's aIive somewhere...

I shaII find him somehow.

I shaII never forget us, Jan.

BIess you.

Did you find him?

Yes, he kept his promise.

But he was dead. Air raid.

-What about the boat? -Gone.

Let's try the other end of the quay, we might find one of the harbor tugs.

They're usuaIIy over there.

Is she coming with us?

I have aIready expIained.

Sure you won't change your mind?

BeIieve me, I'm very gratefuI...

but I can't.

We have a Iot to thank you for.

-Good-bye. -Good-bye.

Don't be angry.

I want you to have this.

It's from aII of us.

You've aII been very kind to me.

May I take this with me?

It wiII wiIt before the morning.

But HoIIand wiII grow strong again.

We're going to requisition your tug. It's a matter of miIitary urgency.

I'm not taking this oId tub out again tonight for anyone, mister.

We haven't got time to argue.

We're meeting a British destroyer outside the harbor at 8:00.

When you find Joseph, teII him...

that I'm coming back to steaI his best girI.

May God see you safeIy aII back home.

Cast off, WaIter. And you.

Now, tug master, the destroyer.

That's for your troubIe, Skipper.

What the deviI's that?

The Batavia SheII oiI dumps, in Amsterdam.

You've had a busy day, Major.

I think we've aII had a busy day.

IncIuding Anna.

She's a brave woman.