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Stop!

What's the matter?

Look, we're at Duar Al Mushur oasis.

Well, so what?

Don't you realize?

It's beautiful!

I don't like it at all!

But you can get out if you want.

Oh, yes. Great!

And I'll get out of the car to stretch my legs.

I'm sick of the desert.

Listen, I don't like this place at all!

Come on, don't be silly. This is a really famous oasis.

I don't know why, but everything seems rundown, half dried up, neglected...

It's a thousand year old oasis.

So what?

Don't you find it poetic?

No. I don't find it poetic at all!

Silly!

Why don't we leave now?

It's beautiful!

It all looks the same.

Why don't we leave now?

But what's the matter? Are you afraid?

Well, to be honest, all this is really sinister.

Come on, don't talk nonsense, come here.

You have to remember that, a long time ago, caliphs came here with their lovers.

In those days everything would have been cleaner.

So beautiful!

Did you hear that?

Don't laugh. There's something weird here.

Silly.

I... I wanna leave now.

Come on.

All right.

Come on, let's go, let's go.

Ok, just a second. Let me take a look!

What for?

I didn't know you where so scared!

I didn't know you were going to bring me to a country so dirty and poor.

I'd be happy now in Torremolinos wearing just my bikini bottoms.

This is the land of our ancestors.

Really? I'll have to talk with my grandfather when I go back home.

You're being a child.

So I'm a child, but let's go now!

How curious, look, they seem like old weapons!

Now you're interested in weapons?

No, don't touch it!

They look like cannons.

Let them be, they could be dangerous.

A battle took place here or something like that.

There are many weapons.

Come on, please. Let's leave now!

Ok, we're leaving.

Look, a rifle. It's intact!

I see. Intact.

Let's go!

Yes, let's go.

Let's leave this place now. I... I think it's haunted.

You have a very lively imagination.

I'm going back to the car. If you're not there soon, I'll go.

Kurt?

Don't tell me that the captain lives here!

Yes.

But isn't he from Europe?

He stayed here after the war. He's a bit strange.

Will he come with us?

I don't know.

But I think I'll get a map of the place where the chests are.

He won't give it to you if he isn't coming with us.

Come on.

No, no. You wait here for me.

But isn't he a friend of yours?

Yes, a close friend. But he's a weirdo. A misogynist.

He won't say anything in front of strangers.

I'll be back soon.

Don't be long. -No

Captain Blabert?

Come in, Mr. Meitzell.

Thanks.

How's my old friend Mohamed Al-Kafir?

He has grown old.

He's not the same since the death of his daughter.

The Sheik said you wanted to talk to me about something important.

You're English, aren't you?

And you German.

I know you commanded 'The Witch' detachment during the desert campaign.

That's right.

April 24, 1943...

...you took part in an operation were a German squadron was ambushed.

Korf Squadron.

I see you know a lot about me.

Yes, I got information before coming to see you.

More than you think.

I have to say that the squadron carried, by order of Marshal Rommel, some chests of German valuables.

All those men swore to their superiors to defend those chests with their lives.

I didn't know that detail.

It's precisely that detail that has brought me here.

I see.

Did you belong to that squadron?

Hmm. Almost.

But don't worry, I'm not here to avenge my soldiers.

Your soldiers?

And what do you want from me?

Well.

I'm Colonel Kurt Meitzell, the man who gave the Korf squadron the order to carry those chests.

Between you and me we have all the details... to become rich.

I know what those chests contained.

And you know the exact place where the squadron was ambushed.

And the most important thing is that...

...those chests contain more than 20 million pounds sterling in gold ingots.

Could you find the place?

Yes, I'm sure of that.

Well, Captain. The war finished long ago.

Our governments are now allied.

Why don't we do the same?

Perhaps you're right.

We'll split the fortune 50-50.

I'll organize the expedition.

Come with me.

I reconstructed a detailed map of the area some time ago.

It's Duar Al Mashur oasis, isn't it true?

True.

And didn't you ever go back to the place of your... heroic deed?

I wanted to, but our friend the Sheik discouraged me.

I see. Because of the legends, no doubt.

Yes, those legends say that all who dare to stay at the oasis lose their lives in an atrocious way.

I see. My soldiers are still guarding the treasure even after death.

Do you really believe that?

I don't. Just joking.

That makes me feel better. A German with such ideas!

They're more, Jewish, ideas!

And above all, coming from a Nazi. You are one, aren't you?

No, of course not.

And if those legends are true?

I hope my soldiers still remember me and obey me.

Look, it's just here.

Come closer. Take a look.

Here.

What are you doing?

I don't like to share German property with an Englishman.

Besides, I always wanted to avenge my soldiers.

Everything is ok. I got the map.

Isn't he coming?

He isn't. I already told you, he's a weirdo.

And the sound I heard?

What sound?

It sounded like a shot.

There has not been any shot, do you hear me? No shots.

Kurt, what's happened? What have you done to that man? Nobody gives something like that willingly. What have you done to him?

Shut up! From now on I forbid you to ask questions. You will do only what I tell you to do and keep your mouth shut.

Blabert.

Hey, Blabert!

A telegram. It has just arrived.

Who's it from?

It's... my father.

Is he coming to see you?

No.

He's died in Africa.

Captain Herbert Blabert's journal. 1943

Monday, April 3.

We've been waiting for three days for the rest of the column.

We still don't know what mission they're going to send us on.

18th day: We have received orders to intercept a squadron of Rommel's troops which are heading west.

We have to capture a secret shipment they're carrying, but we don't know what it's all about.

In this baking heat, it's doubtless going to be hard work.

23th day: We've been persuing the squadron for 5 days.

The natives call them 'The Death Squadron'.

When we arrived at Al Man Der, an oasis where they'd already been, we found scenes of pain and devastation.

We tried to help those poor people.

Suddenly, I saw them. Rising from the desert. About 30 men.

Some tanks. A sinister apparition.

There's no doubt they're heading to Duar Al Mushur oasis.

We have friends there. We rushed to arrive first. With the tanks, the German squadron is slower.

When they knew 'The Death Squadron' was coming, the native people hid their belongings, and they also hid us.

Al Ber, what's happened?

They killed my daughter.

They're going to come back. They're evil. You have to help us.

Or we will all die. Please, don't leave.

Protect us. We're your friends. And they know it. They're looking for you.

If they don't find you, they're going to kill us.

They'll find us. Don't worry.

It was an awful massacre. I still don't know what power kept me alive.

I wandered, lost and exhausted, under the torrid sun. Walking with no course, acting on survival instincts.

...falling again and again, until I completely lost my strength.

I don't know how long I lay there, but I vaguely remember the silhouette of the men that rescued me.

Stop. Stop!

Come on. Lift him up. Come on, help me.

It must have been a long journey through the desert.

The nomad people took me to the palace of the Sheik of the region, Mohamed Al-Kafir.

I don't know how long I lay fighting for my life in that peaceful place, the house of the Sheik Al-Kafir.

My earliest memory of Aisha is the touch of her delicate hands.

...which seemed to magically take away the fever which devoured me.

Then it was her exotic face. Her big eyes. Then once again the abyss full of ghosts and death.

When I could open my eyes

she was there. Looking at me in silence.

For the first time in a long while, I could clearly hear a voice.

Aisha, you can go. The captain is much better. He doesn't need you anymore.

In that moment I realized they had saved my life. Thanks to their hospitality. Thanks to the calmness that reigned around me.

Some days later, I could get out of bed.

Good morning, Sheik.

Allah guides you, my friend. I see you're much better.

Much better. I know I owe you my life. I owe you both my life.

To you Sheik, and to that girl.

To that charming girl who looked after me.

She is my daughter, Aisha.

In my thoughts, I can't seperate the memory of Aisha,

her calm, deep eyes, the smell of mint and unknown flowers

from the purity you could breath in that place.

It was a kind of break in my life. A break of peace, calm and love. Out of time.

Hung up in some corner, from another dimension.

But one evening, while taking tea, in silence, with the Sheik...

...a sinister messenger from civilization brought me back to reality.

He's one of yours. His camp is three days away from here.

It is said a great battle is coming.

I think I must go back to my people. If a great battle is coming, my place is with them.

Those words honor you. I myself will go with you to the camp.

Thank you, Sheik, but first, I'd like to go to the oasis where I almost died.

Forget that place. Wipe it from your memory. My men told me everybody there died.

The oasis is damned. Since the battle nobody wants to camp at that oasis.

Are they afraid of a lot of dead people?

No. According to the nomads, the bodies were buried by the sand, but the spirits of 'The Death Squadron' are still there. Making evil.

I'm not afraid of spirits, but I respect your wise advice. I won't go to that oasis.

When hearing the news of my departure, Aisha said nothing. She stayed with me all day.

At dusk, she held my hand and took me silently into the vast, naked, solitude of the desert.

There, she did something unexpected... and wonderful.

Three days later, I joined my troops. War raged on, fiercely, for two more years.

I thought of only one thing, to go back to that magic place where I had known such happiness, and ask the Sheik for his daughter.

And that was the first thing I did when peace was declared.

I found him alone. As though abandoned by everybody. Staring absently, lost.

When at last he saw me, his words were the most painful I have ever heard.

My daughter died.

No.

Giving birth to your son.

So, my father never saw Aisha again. Some time later, my mother died here in London and he went back to Africa.

There, someone told him that the German squadron carried a great treasure.

And do you think it can still be there?

It's possible.

What a wonderful story and you only thinking about the money. -Hi Robert.

Hi.

And how much is the treasure worth?

In the journal they talk about six million.

Six million!!

That was the price of the gold at that time. Now it's much more.

And do you know where it is?

I think that knowing the location is vital.

There are many more vital things.

Do you know...

Ask him later. Now we're talking about serious stuff. -Well, well.

The only thing we have to do is find the Sheik. He will tell us where the oasis is.

But do we know how to find him?

Of course, yes.

Look, this is the Al Mushur village.

Are you sure the Sheik is still there?

I hope so or we're lost.

We must go there now. Do you realize? Six million!

Yes, we leave now and miss the end of term, right?

Miss the end of term? You're not going to pass anyway!

Bah!

We could go on holiday. We have three summer months.

Pretty holidays!

And we won't run out of sun!

My father left me some money. I'll loan it to the expedition.

Are you coming too?

Come, Ahmed!

I'll come if you want. So I'll have an excuse to be here in Europe next year.

And you, Silvia?

If all of you go...

Great, Silvia! You're going to enjoy it.

Above all I like...

...the millions.

Damn it, we cannot go on.

The wheels slip in the sand. Come on, everybody down.

Stop it. We'll get it out. Come on, lets go!

That's all it needed!

One, two, three... -Nothing. It's not working.

We didn't count on this. Come on. Get down.

Kurt, Kurt!

What do you want?

Kurt, come here!

I'm coming.

Look.

That must be it.

That's it.

Yes. Yes.

Guys, we're close to the oasis.

Come on, guys. We'll camp here tonight. Come on. Faster!

Ok, chief. Get down boy. Wake up!

Is it here?

It's about one kilometer away.

We're going to rest here tonight. At dawn you and I will go alone.

Dan, you'll be on guard duty first.

Yes, Mr. Kurt.

Wake me up at three o'clock.

All right.

And pay attention. Wake me up if you hear or see anything.

Yes, chief.

Let's go inside. Are you listening to me?

I'd prefer to stay here for a while.

I said to go inside or... I'll slap you in... Come on!

Do you want something?

No. -No, sir.

Good night.

Move over.

We're going to take a stroll around. I'm sure he's looking for something big.

But he said you were to stay here on watch.

It doesn't matter to me. If I find something valuable I'm taking it... and the girl.

Come on.

Do you want to shut up?

We'll start work at dawn.

Look at that!

It's a mauser holster!

I understand it now. It's the famous oasis. There was a big battle here.

It seems that the Nazis carried a great treasure.

I always thought it was just a stupid legend.

It's also said the place is damned and the Nazis corpses come out of the ground.

It's possible those legends are true!

A woman of my village... -In that case, the story of the treasure can also be true.

Yes, but nobody can get it.

I can assure you that, if there's a treasure here, it will be mine.

I'm not afraid. You're going to see that.

If you don't help me, I'll look for it alone.

Daniel. Daniel. Look there!

Daniel!

Who are you? What do you want from me?

Get back. Back I said. Back or I'll shoot!

Get back!

Back.

Listen, what was that?

I don't know.

Don't move. Stop I said!!

He's dead. No!

Don't move. Stop, soldiers. I'm your Colonel. Don't move!!

Stop!!!

I'm your commander. Get back. Back or I'll shoot!

This is Colonel Meitzell. Get back. Back!

Don't you recognize me? I'm your Colonel. No!!

It can't be true. No!!

No. No!

Don't move. Stop!!

No, it can't be true. No. They were my soldiers. It can't be true. No!!

Eh, friend, please!

What do you want?

Take a look at this. We're going for a stroll.

Silvia, look.

That's not bad at all.

Always thinking about clothes.

Eh, what are you doing?

You see, we're here working. When we can.

Interesting, eh?

Cut!

Hi.

Hi, this is Robert.

What's up!

And these are my friends. -Hello.

What's up!

Nice to meet you. -Hello.

We're working for Profesor Deniken. What's the matter, you don't know him?

No, I don't.

No, I don't know him either.

It's a very old film camera, isn't it?

It's not Hollywood, you know?

No, I see.

See you later.

Bye.

Those old fogeys. -Those youngsters!

How did it go?

We will see.

And the sound?

Very good. A new Julio Iglesias.

Hi, how are you?

I'm working with Professor Deniken.

Hi. -Hi.

Are you on holiday?

No, we're going to... -Yes, we're on holiday.

Excuse me, someone has told me there's a very ill European in the neighboring village.

Let's go see him. -Yes, lets go.

Could we go with you?

If you want. Let's go.

Do you know where the European is?

In the house, 100 meters away from here.

Thanks.

We're looking for an ill man.

A European man. -Come in, come in. You'll find him there. He's very sick.

Thanks.

No. Go back!!

The dead... the dead!

The soldiers coming out from their tombs. No!!

Nooo!!!

Listen. Who are you? What has happened to you?

Colonel Kurt.

Are you Kurt Meitzell? What did you do to the captain?

I, I... killed him.

Why do you burn the corpse?

We must do it. If we don't they come back again and again.

We have to burn the corpses of the damned men. He fell at the hands of the guardians of the great secret of the oasis.

'The Death Squadron' is there. They're still there and anyone who gets away alive also becomes a damned man.

How cold!

Hmm, it's nice!

Erika, Erika.

Have you seen Erika?

No, we haven't. -I thought she was with you.

We're leaving.

It's the Professor.

We have to go back. I love you.

I'm going.

Sorry Professor, I was taking a bath.

Eh! Wake up. We're leaving.

It seems it's true that love turns people into fools, isn't it so Ronald?

Go to hell.

This is Robert Blabert. I'd like to see the Sheik. -Come in.

An old house.

Wait here.

Yes.

A lovely place, eh?

Bah!

Don't you like it?

No.

You can leave now.

This is Robert Blabert.

And you are Aisha's father.

I have read in my father's journal she died giving birth.

Your father despaired when finding out. But I gave him his son.

What did he do with him?

Your father told me his English wife couldn't have children. He could't avoid it.

He took him to London as an adopted son.

Yes, you're Aisha's son.

But you're not here looking for your family.

You're here looking for something else.

I'll introduce you to my friends.

Silvia.

Ronald and Ahmed.

Welcome.

That oasis, it's populated by evil spirits.

Listen to me. We've come more than 3,000 kilometers to be here.

For three days we've crossed the desert in a Jeep.

We're not going to go back now just because of some tales invented by ignorant, superstitious people.

Sit down, Ronald. Don't be stupid.

Stupid!

How can you be so rude? He's a great man.

I wanted to know the house where my father was happy.

Do you want to go to the oasis?

Perhaps in that place you'll find your destiny.

I'll take you to the path to the oasis tomorrow.

It's absurd. Ridiculous. It makes no sense.

This ignorant old man offers you his hospitality for tonight.

Go south and you'll find the oasis.

Thanks, Sheik. Thanks.

Bye. -Come on, let's go.

Stop!

There's only sand here.

We can't be far away.

The Sheik said we where just some hours away from the oasis.

Yes, but he didn't say how many hours.

I am done with all this sand.

At your service, milord.

Ehh!!!

Well, there you have it.

Satisfied?

Let's go.

Come on.

Look there!

That's the Professor's Land Rover.

Where can he be?

It seems abandoned.

Yes, that's true.

We must look for them. They can't be far away.

Yes, let's search for them.

You go that way. We'll take this way.

Professor. Erika. Professor. Erika!!

Erika.

Where are you, Professor?

Erika!

Where can they be?

Erika.

Let's go this way.

Professor.

Professor.

Erika. Professor!!

Erika.

Professor!

Erika!!

Professor!

Erika!!

Erika!!!

Erika!!!

Can you hear me, Professor? This is Robert. Where are you, Professor?

Erika!!

My God!! -Don't come any closer. -What has happened to them?

Erika. Erika!!

Erika. Erika.

Erika!

She's alive!!

The living dead!

'The Death Squadron'.

They're here. Coming out of the sand.

They'll kill all of us. They'll kill us. The living dead.

Professor.

Who could have done this?

Like that?

No, not like that.

The Professor is very ill.

We shouldn't stay here. They may come back.

We'll go to the oasis at dawn. We'll be standing guard tonight.

Well said.

We'll take turns.

Shit. It's cold here.

As soon as the sun disappears. Didn't you know that?

Dope! -Aren't we in danger here?

The Sheik said they only come at night.

I'm not staying here for three days.

If we don't find the treasure soon, I'm leaving. Even if I have to walk all the way back to London.

Eh! There's something buried here!

Let me see.

Of course it's valuable, but I don't think there's enough gas to make us rich.

Come on, let's go back.

Bah!

Haven't we still to find the treasure?

But, we have found each other.

It was worth it to come.

The funny thing is that we came for the same reason.

Get out. Fast!

My God. It's terrible. Make a fire. Make a fire!

Fire destroys them. We must hold them off until the dawn.

Make a fire!!! -To the Land Rover, run!

Run!!

Run, run. Come on!

Quick, quick.

Come on, around the tents. Around the tents. Quick. Come on. Around the tents.

What's Ronald doing?

Molotov cocktails. Like at the college.

Erika. Erika! Where are you?

I've fallen over. I can't get up. Help!!

Erika. Erika!!

Help!!

Erika. Professor!

Erika!!

Enough!!

Enough!!!

Have you found what you were looking for?

I've found myself.

I'll take you to the path.

Thanks.