1 00:00:00,857 --> 00:00:02,256 (SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING) 2 00:00:49,777 --> 00:00:51,256 (BIRDS CHIRPING) 3 00:01:31,817 --> 00:01:33,045 (SOLDIERS CHATTERING) 4 00:02:09,457 --> 00:02:10,572 (INAUDIBLE) 5 00:03:07,657 --> 00:03:09,409 (DOGS BARKING) 6 00:03:20,057 --> 00:03:21,536 (BARKING CONTINUES) 7 00:04:14,057 --> 00:04:15,172 (PANTING) 8 00:05:03,497 --> 00:05:04,896 (MOTORBIKE RETREATING) 9 00:05:19,697 --> 00:05:20,925 (GRUNTING) 10 00:05:26,137 --> 00:05:27,365 (GROANS) 11 00:05:32,337 --> 00:05:33,372 (WHISTLE BLOWING) 12 00:05:34,737 --> 00:05:35,965 (DOGS BARKING) 13 00:05:37,177 --> 00:05:38,371 (MOTORBIKES APPROACHING) 14 00:05:57,977 --> 00:05:59,615 You have given us a great deal of trouble, 15 00:05:59,697 --> 00:06:01,369 Flight Lieutenant Carrington. 16 00:06:01,457 --> 00:06:03,925 You will be taken back to Gestapo Headquarters in Berlin, 17 00:06:04,017 --> 00:06:05,689 where your interrogation will be continued. 18 00:06:06,137 --> 00:06:07,286 (EXCLAIMS) 19 00:06:15,097 --> 00:06:16,576 (VEHICLE APPROACHING) 20 00:07:14,737 --> 00:07:18,491 Oberleutnant Lehr ask you to wait, sir. He is on his way. 21 00:07:18,737 --> 00:07:19,886 Thank you. 22 00:07:20,897 --> 00:07:22,250 (FOOTSTEPS RETREATING) 23 00:07:36,177 --> 00:07:37,974 MUIR: Hey, the new SBO's arrived. 24 00:07:39,337 --> 00:07:40,770 What is it? 25 00:07:40,857 --> 00:07:43,849 Another brown job, only this one's all spit and Brasso. 26 00:07:47,217 --> 00:07:49,367 (LAUGHING) You'll need your sunglasses on. 27 00:07:51,497 --> 00:07:53,055 -Good God! -(MUIR LAUGHING) 28 00:07:53,137 --> 00:07:55,014 Looks as though they picked him up in Whitehall. 29 00:08:29,897 --> 00:08:31,250 Let's try it. 30 00:08:48,777 --> 00:08:50,096 (ENGINE STARTING) 31 00:08:59,537 --> 00:09:00,765 (HORN BLARING) 32 00:09:02,457 --> 00:09:05,210 -All right, keep your hair on. -(HONKING CONTINUES) 33 00:09:06,377 --> 00:09:08,208 Keep your hair on! 34 00:09:10,537 --> 00:09:11,856 Road hog. 35 00:09:16,577 --> 00:09:17,612 (BRAKES SCREECH) 36 00:09:32,337 --> 00:09:34,897 -Oberleutnant Lehr. -Good morning. 37 00:09:35,697 --> 00:09:38,211 The Kommandant hopes to be able to see you shortly. 38 00:09:38,977 --> 00:09:40,376 Shall I go to my quarters first? 39 00:09:40,457 --> 00:09:43,449 No, he won't be long. Is this your batman? 40 00:09:43,537 --> 00:09:44,652 Corporal Baker. 41 00:09:44,857 --> 00:09:47,246 Show Corporal Baker to the Colonel's quarters. 42 00:09:50,977 --> 00:09:52,933 (SOLDIER YELLING IN GERMAN) 43 00:10:11,857 --> 00:10:16,248 Really, Fliegerleutnant Carter? That was a waste of time. 44 00:10:18,897 --> 00:10:21,809 Welcome to Colditz. Shall we go? 45 00:10:34,897 --> 00:10:38,094 -Hey, what's the matter? -Another shambles. 46 00:10:38,417 --> 00:10:39,611 (SIGHING) 47 00:10:46,817 --> 00:10:48,967 -Well, Erich. -Father. 48 00:10:53,017 --> 00:10:54,689 (CLICKING TONGUE) Have you said goodbye to your mother? 49 00:10:54,777 --> 00:10:58,372 Yes, she's given me enough food to last the week. 50 00:10:58,457 --> 00:11:00,607 Well, she worries about you. She can't help it. 51 00:11:00,697 --> 00:11:02,927 I'll be back home again on leave before she knows it. 52 00:11:03,017 --> 00:11:05,895 Yes, I know, I know, but you will write to her, won't you? 53 00:11:05,977 --> 00:11:07,933 -Yes, of course. -When you can. 54 00:11:08,017 --> 00:11:09,928 Just to let her know you're all right, huh? 55 00:11:10,017 --> 00:11:11,291 Sit down, sit down. 56 00:11:11,697 --> 00:11:14,734 I've told her there is nothing to worry about. 57 00:11:15,297 --> 00:11:18,607 I mean, my friends in France are having a marvellous time. 58 00:11:18,697 --> 00:11:21,814 And I'm very lucky to get an operational posting so soon, 59 00:11:21,897 --> 00:11:23,853 especially on junkers 88s. 60 00:11:24,417 --> 00:11:26,453 You know, that's the finest plane in the world. 61 00:11:26,537 --> 00:11:30,530 Yes. Still I expect you'll have more training to do, huh? 62 00:11:30,617 --> 00:11:33,495 With any luck, I shall go straight on to operations. 63 00:11:33,577 --> 00:11:38,048 Well, that's splendid. Splendid. Something easy at first, huh? 64 00:11:38,377 --> 00:11:41,130 Patrols over the North Sea, until you get more experience? 65 00:11:41,217 --> 00:11:44,050 (LAUGHING) I was talking to a friend the other day. 66 00:11:44,137 --> 00:11:45,650 He says everything's been easy 67 00:11:45,737 --> 00:11:48,615 ever since we switched to the night bombing of London. 68 00:11:48,697 --> 00:11:51,575 There are no night fighters, you see, and the anti-aircraft guns 69 00:11:51,657 --> 00:11:54,376 are so inaccurate we just have to laugh at them. 70 00:11:54,457 --> 00:11:55,856 Well, that's excellent, of course. 71 00:11:59,977 --> 00:12:01,808 I must go now, Father. 72 00:12:06,697 --> 00:12:08,176 Look after yourself. 73 00:12:08,697 --> 00:12:11,848 I'll send you some French brandy and some perfume for Mother. 74 00:12:11,937 --> 00:12:14,576 Yes, yes, she'll like that. 75 00:12:27,417 --> 00:12:30,375 -Goodbye, Father. -Goodbye, Erich. 76 00:12:37,177 --> 00:12:38,496 Good luck. 77 00:12:41,257 --> 00:12:44,693 LEHR: You were sent here to Colditz to ensure you do not escape again. 78 00:12:45,137 --> 00:12:46,934 And you will not escape again. 79 00:12:47,017 --> 00:12:49,815 The sooner you grasp that, the better for you. 80 00:12:49,897 --> 00:12:51,569 Have you anything to say? 81 00:12:52,537 --> 00:12:54,926 Thirty days solitary confinement. 82 00:12:55,417 --> 00:12:56,452 Thirty? 83 00:12:57,657 --> 00:12:59,613 The Kommandant has laid down that in future, 84 00:12:59,697 --> 00:13:02,894 that will be the minimum punishment for any attempts to escape from here. 85 00:13:02,977 --> 00:13:04,012 (SNAPS FINGERS) 86 00:13:04,097 --> 00:13:05,212 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 87 00:13:12,497 --> 00:13:13,896 -(KNOCKING ON DOOR) -Come. 88 00:13:16,817 --> 00:13:18,933 Lieutenant Colonel Preston, sir. 89 00:13:20,937 --> 00:13:22,893 Please, uh, sit down, Colonel. 90 00:13:27,577 --> 00:13:28,771 Thank you. 91 00:13:30,577 --> 00:13:33,091 I apologise for keeping you waiting so long, Colonel, 92 00:13:33,177 --> 00:13:34,974 but one of your officers attempted to escape. 93 00:13:35,417 --> 00:13:37,055 Yes, I was there. I saw it. 94 00:13:37,137 --> 00:13:39,412 -A very ill-advised attempt, I thought. -So did I. 95 00:13:41,137 --> 00:13:43,651 -Indeed. -Stupid and pointless. 96 00:13:43,737 --> 00:13:45,614 We agree then. We agree. 97 00:13:52,737 --> 00:13:54,090 All right, all right. 98 00:13:56,817 --> 00:13:58,091 (DOOR LOCK CLANGING) 99 00:14:09,537 --> 00:14:10,572 (SIGHING) 100 00:14:20,937 --> 00:14:22,768 KOMMANDANT: I gather that at your last camp, 101 00:14:22,857 --> 00:14:25,576 you did not always agree with your authorities. 102 00:14:25,657 --> 00:14:27,056 Not always, no. 103 00:14:28,457 --> 00:14:30,254 I see you fought in the Great War. 104 00:14:30,337 --> 00:14:32,168 -Yes. -Myself also. 105 00:14:32,257 --> 00:14:34,612 On the Somme. Were you there? 106 00:14:35,377 --> 00:14:36,571 Yes. 107 00:14:37,257 --> 00:14:40,886 I still find it hard to believe that men could go through such slaughter. 108 00:14:40,977 --> 00:14:42,535 So many young men. 109 00:14:43,017 --> 00:14:46,407 At least this time, no one has suffered such terrible losses, huh? 110 00:14:46,857 --> 00:14:49,007 They may do so before the end. 111 00:14:49,537 --> 00:14:51,767 I hope you're wrong, Colonel. 112 00:14:51,857 --> 00:14:55,850 Still, we are out of it. You and I. 113 00:14:58,777 --> 00:15:01,291 Are you looking at my wall map? 114 00:15:01,377 --> 00:15:03,937 This is my way of keeping in touch with things. 115 00:15:04,017 --> 00:15:06,008 -Is it up-to-date? -Oh, yes. 116 00:15:06,097 --> 00:15:12,093 Amended daily to, uh, mmm... Embrace the current military situation. 117 00:15:13,657 --> 00:15:17,366 Nothing on land, of course. It's the Luftwaffe now. 118 00:15:18,017 --> 00:15:21,134 -The main target appears to be London. -Yes. 119 00:15:21,217 --> 00:15:23,287 There have been many other heavy attacks, of course, 120 00:15:23,377 --> 00:15:28,007 against, uh, Coventry and Southampton and so on, 121 00:15:28,457 --> 00:15:30,766 but the main effort is directed against London. 122 00:15:31,577 --> 00:15:35,286 London has now been attacked for many consecutive nights. 123 00:15:39,097 --> 00:15:40,815 Where is your family, Colonel? 124 00:15:41,897 --> 00:15:43,535 My children are evacuated. 125 00:15:43,617 --> 00:15:45,653 Good, good. And your wife also? 126 00:15:46,097 --> 00:15:50,056 My wife, I think, is still in London. I had one letter some time ago. 127 00:15:50,137 --> 00:15:51,331 She was driving an ambulance then. 128 00:15:54,297 --> 00:15:55,491 Hmm. 129 00:15:56,457 --> 00:15:58,732 Churchill should have made peace when he had the chance. 130 00:16:09,697 --> 00:16:10,812 (SIGHING) 131 00:16:13,257 --> 00:16:15,293 Did you know your, uh, um, 132 00:16:16,657 --> 00:16:21,048 predecessor, Major Donaldson, is a former senior British officer? 133 00:16:21,697 --> 00:16:22,732 No. 134 00:16:26,257 --> 00:16:30,091 It is the duty of every officer to attempt to escape, of course. 135 00:16:30,177 --> 00:16:31,530 That is agreed. 136 00:16:32,097 --> 00:16:33,132 Yes. 137 00:16:33,217 --> 00:16:37,608 But, when the situation is hopeless, when escape is impossible, 138 00:16:38,217 --> 00:16:42,210 surely, then, an officer is relieved of that duty. 139 00:16:45,697 --> 00:16:47,927 Major Donaldson did not take that view. 140 00:16:48,617 --> 00:16:52,246 He actively encouraged any attempt at escape, I'm afraid. 141 00:16:52,777 --> 00:16:55,769 Every officer is entitled to his own opinion. 142 00:16:57,657 --> 00:16:59,932 May I ask for yours, Colonel? 143 00:17:00,577 --> 00:17:05,173 When escape is impossible, I disapprove of futile attempts. 144 00:17:06,937 --> 00:17:09,007 (CLICKING TONGUE) I should have asked you before, 145 00:17:09,097 --> 00:17:10,416 uh, do you like a cigarette? 146 00:17:10,497 --> 00:17:12,886 Thank you, no. I've taken up enough of your time, already. 147 00:17:12,977 --> 00:17:14,933 Oh, no, no, no, please. 148 00:17:15,697 --> 00:17:19,849 The one thing we all have here, is plenty of time. 149 00:17:28,817 --> 00:17:31,047 Oh, relax, Corporal, we don't go over that sort of thing here. 150 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:34,174 -We're looking for the Colonel. -He's still with the Kommandant, sir. 151 00:17:34,257 --> 00:17:35,690 Well, how long does it take to say hello and goodbye? 152 00:17:35,777 --> 00:17:36,926 I'm sure I couldn't say, sir. 153 00:17:38,777 --> 00:17:39,846 Well, tell Colonel Preston 154 00:17:39,937 --> 00:17:41,290 that we're looking forward to meeting him, will you? 155 00:17:41,377 --> 00:17:42,446 BAKER: Yes, sir. 156 00:17:49,537 --> 00:17:54,895 You'll find that you have some, uh, um, hot heads here, Colonel. 157 00:17:55,777 --> 00:17:58,814 Young men who think they should fight the war single handed. 158 00:17:58,897 --> 00:18:01,730 But there is no war to be fought in Colditz. 159 00:18:02,257 --> 00:18:05,169 As one professional soldier to another, you might agree with me, huh? 160 00:18:05,257 --> 00:18:06,815 I am not a professional. 161 00:18:07,297 --> 00:18:09,652 I assume, uh, your rank. 162 00:18:09,737 --> 00:18:12,729 -Territorial army. -Ah, yes. 163 00:18:13,657 --> 00:18:16,012 You're, uh, um, 164 00:18:16,097 --> 00:18:18,611 reserve army. Right. 165 00:18:20,857 --> 00:18:23,371 I myself, of course, had a spell in civilian life 166 00:18:23,457 --> 00:18:25,573 under the Weimar Republic. 167 00:18:25,657 --> 00:18:27,090 In a special camp like this, 168 00:18:27,177 --> 00:18:29,896 there are bound to be many restrictions placed upon the prisoners. 169 00:18:29,977 --> 00:18:33,253 -Inevitably. -Are all those restrictions inevitable? 170 00:18:36,497 --> 00:18:39,853 Are you seeking special privileges for the British officers? 171 00:18:39,937 --> 00:18:41,529 I'm asking a question. 172 00:18:43,897 --> 00:18:47,856 Strict measures are tedious for everyone, not least my staff. 173 00:18:49,537 --> 00:18:53,246 Any relaxation would require your personal cooperation 174 00:18:53,337 --> 00:18:55,897 and the weight of your authority over your own men. 175 00:18:56,297 --> 00:18:58,731 You may take it that I shall accept responsibility 176 00:18:58,817 --> 00:19:00,489 for any order that I may give. 177 00:19:03,777 --> 00:19:07,213 It would be convenient for security 178 00:19:07,297 --> 00:19:10,687 if we could segregate the nationalities, 179 00:19:10,777 --> 00:19:13,928 the Poles from the British, except in the courtyard, of course. 180 00:19:14,017 --> 00:19:15,609 And why haven't you enforced that before? 181 00:19:15,697 --> 00:19:17,494 Uh, the Poles have been here a long time, 182 00:19:17,577 --> 00:19:22,207 and what is more, they all appear to be expert locksmiths, Colonel. 183 00:19:22,817 --> 00:19:26,412 They can open a door with a piece of wire that I cannot open with a key. 184 00:19:27,057 --> 00:19:33,576 And Major Donaldson encouraged a policy of what he called International Liaison. 185 00:19:35,217 --> 00:19:37,890 When was this camp last visited by the protecting power? 186 00:19:38,417 --> 00:19:42,649 Unfortunately, the Swiss authority has not yet visited this camp. 187 00:19:44,297 --> 00:19:46,936 When was the last issue of Red Cross parcels? 188 00:19:47,017 --> 00:19:48,928 As yet, there has been no issue at all. 189 00:19:52,337 --> 00:19:54,805 There are administrative difficulties. 190 00:19:58,217 --> 00:19:59,570 I am in command of Colditz 191 00:19:59,657 --> 00:20:02,694 but I cannot always do what I would wish to do, you understand? 192 00:20:05,777 --> 00:20:07,449 I can make no promises. 193 00:20:07,897 --> 00:20:10,536 You seem to expect promises from me. 194 00:20:14,417 --> 00:20:16,692 Your request for parcels is a fair one. 195 00:20:16,777 --> 00:20:17,926 Before Christmas? 196 00:20:18,017 --> 00:20:22,090 In the meantime, I have your word as a Senior British Officer, 197 00:20:22,177 --> 00:20:24,611 to co-operate with me in the matter of segregation? 198 00:20:25,377 --> 00:20:26,605 You have. 199 00:20:27,457 --> 00:20:31,291 -(DOOR OPENING) -Oh, hello, sir. I'm Captain Grant. 200 00:20:31,377 --> 00:20:33,811 -Pat Grant. -Hello, Grant. 201 00:20:37,337 --> 00:20:39,851 -Who's the officer of the day? -GRANT: Sir. 202 00:20:40,297 --> 00:20:41,491 The officer of the day? 203 00:20:41,577 --> 00:20:42,896 (MEN CHUCKLING) 204 00:20:42,977 --> 00:20:44,296 (CHUCKLING STOPS) 205 00:20:54,937 --> 00:20:57,007 Where do you post Daily Routine Orders? 206 00:20:57,177 --> 00:20:58,496 (MUTTERING) Good God. 207 00:20:58,817 --> 00:21:00,694 Well, don't have those either, sir. 208 00:21:02,217 --> 00:21:04,173 Gentlemen, I will be obliged in future, 209 00:21:04,257 --> 00:21:06,896 if you would take it in turns to be officer of the day. 210 00:21:06,977 --> 00:21:09,252 DRO's may not come out daily in fact, 211 00:21:09,337 --> 00:21:11,532 but I think they will help communication. 212 00:21:12,057 --> 00:21:13,649 -Yes, sir. -Yes. 213 00:21:14,937 --> 00:21:17,849 And now I would like to meet everyone if you please. 214 00:21:17,937 --> 00:21:19,450 -(PANTING) -(DOOR OPENING) 215 00:21:28,177 --> 00:21:29,735 The wine's cold. 216 00:21:30,537 --> 00:21:32,846 And I asked for grouse, not pheasant. 217 00:21:34,577 --> 00:21:36,772 You don't happen to have a pencil, do you? 218 00:21:37,137 --> 00:21:41,050 Pencil, uh, pencil. Schreiben! 219 00:21:52,297 --> 00:21:54,891 -Now, this is Captain Downing, sir. -Downing. 220 00:21:54,977 --> 00:21:57,172 -Lieutenant Player, RN. -Yeah. 221 00:21:57,257 --> 00:21:58,292 How do you do, sir? 222 00:21:58,377 --> 00:21:59,856 Flight Officer Muir. 223 00:21:59,937 --> 00:22:01,655 -Hello, Muir. -Hello, sir. 224 00:22:01,737 --> 00:22:04,331 And this is Lieutenant Griffiths. 225 00:22:04,417 --> 00:22:05,770 -Griffiths. -Sir. 226 00:22:06,057 --> 00:22:07,809 -Lieutenant McCloud. -Sir. 227 00:22:07,897 --> 00:22:08,932 McCloud. 228 00:22:09,017 --> 00:22:11,485 Oh, and this is Flight Lieutenant Carter's bunk. 229 00:22:11,577 --> 00:22:12,726 Oh, yes, I'll see him tomorrow. 230 00:22:12,817 --> 00:22:14,808 Oh, you can't, sir. Not when he's in solitary. 231 00:22:15,417 --> 00:22:17,692 Well, no one can. It's, uh, against regulations. 232 00:22:18,617 --> 00:22:19,766 I see. 233 00:22:21,497 --> 00:22:22,771 (WATER RUNNING) 234 00:22:45,817 --> 00:22:48,968 -Well, gentlemen... -Where did they pop you in the bag, sir? 235 00:22:49,057 --> 00:22:50,570 Near Dunkirk. 236 00:22:50,657 --> 00:22:52,249 I was on my way to a conference, 237 00:22:52,337 --> 00:22:54,897 no one knew how far forward the Germans had got, 238 00:22:54,977 --> 00:22:56,933 I drove slap into a squadron of jerry tanks. 239 00:22:57,017 --> 00:22:58,973 (SCOFFS) Perhaps you would have been better off 240 00:22:59,057 --> 00:23:00,934 if you'd stayed with your unit, sir. 241 00:23:01,017 --> 00:23:03,008 -Possibly, yes. -MUIR: And how far did you get, sir? 242 00:23:03,097 --> 00:23:04,849 -What do you mean? -When you escaped. 243 00:23:05,537 --> 00:23:08,734 At my last camp, I was a special advisor to Colonel Dawson, the SBO. 244 00:23:08,817 --> 00:23:10,296 I made no escape attempts. 245 00:23:10,377 --> 00:23:12,937 Well, I... I wonder why they sent you here then, sir? 246 00:23:13,017 --> 00:23:15,531 I don't know. Those officers who aren't regulars, 247 00:23:15,617 --> 00:23:17,414 what were their occupations in peace time? 248 00:23:17,497 --> 00:23:19,533 Oh, we've got all sorts, sir. 249 00:23:19,657 --> 00:23:22,410 I was a civil engineer, uh, John was a printer. 250 00:23:22,497 --> 00:23:25,170 We've got two bankers, accountant, lawyer. 251 00:23:25,457 --> 00:23:28,893 Let me have a list of everyone's profession and if they were regulars, 252 00:23:28,977 --> 00:23:30,012 their speciality. 253 00:23:30,097 --> 00:23:33,487 Very well, sir. Is there any particular reason? 254 00:23:33,577 --> 00:23:35,169 I thought we might start some classes, 255 00:23:35,257 --> 00:23:37,213 hope to pass the time more constructively. 256 00:23:37,297 --> 00:23:38,730 Classes, sir? 257 00:23:39,897 --> 00:23:41,933 Yes, uh, Downing. 258 00:23:42,017 --> 00:23:44,326 There's a great deal that we can learn from each other. 259 00:23:44,417 --> 00:23:48,615 But I thought this was a special camp for confirmed escapers, sir. 260 00:23:49,937 --> 00:23:53,407 Who have failed to escape, since you are all here. 261 00:23:55,057 --> 00:23:56,570 Good night, gentlemen. 262 00:23:57,977 --> 00:23:59,171 (MEN CHATTERING) 263 00:24:03,017 --> 00:24:06,054 (SCOFFS) Definitely a chairborne warrior... 264 00:24:06,137 --> 00:24:08,935 -Bah! He's not even a regular. -Nor are lots of us. 265 00:24:09,777 --> 00:24:12,291 -How do you know, anyway? -Oh, come on! 266 00:24:12,377 --> 00:24:14,652 I can spot a jumped up terrier a mile off. 267 00:24:14,737 --> 00:24:17,410 He put on his accent with his uniform for a start. 268 00:24:17,497 --> 00:24:19,806 He couldn't command a country club. 269 00:24:36,697 --> 00:24:37,925 Well, thanks. 270 00:24:38,657 --> 00:24:40,010 Hey, thanks very much. 271 00:24:56,937 --> 00:24:58,689 You asked for a brief interview, Colonel? 272 00:24:59,297 --> 00:25:01,527 To request permission to visit Flight Lieutenant Carter. 273 00:25:01,617 --> 00:25:04,848 Well, that's impossible. Carter is in solitary confinement. 274 00:25:04,937 --> 00:25:07,326 I claim the support of the Geneva Convention. 275 00:25:07,417 --> 00:25:10,409 Upon arrival, the Senior Officer is entitled to interview all the officers 276 00:25:10,497 --> 00:25:13,170 under his command, to satisfy himself about their welfare. 277 00:25:16,777 --> 00:25:19,655 Surely that cannot be taken to mean men under punishment. 278 00:25:19,737 --> 00:25:22,809 There is no reference to punishment whatsoever in this context. 279 00:25:22,897 --> 00:25:25,695 I am therefore entitled to interview Flight Lieutenant Carter. 280 00:25:29,497 --> 00:25:31,772 Very well, Colonel. Your request is granted. 281 00:25:35,137 --> 00:25:36,252 Thank you. 282 00:25:38,337 --> 00:25:39,531 (DOOR OPENING) 283 00:25:40,777 --> 00:25:41,892 (DOOR CLOSING) 284 00:26:00,817 --> 00:26:01,852 (DOOR LOCK CLANGING) 285 00:26:08,457 --> 00:26:10,766 Good morning. My name is Preston. 286 00:26:11,257 --> 00:26:12,770 Flight Lieutenant Carter, sir. 287 00:26:12,857 --> 00:26:15,325 Yes, I know who you are. Uh, carry on, won't you? 288 00:26:18,777 --> 00:26:20,574 Is everything all right? 289 00:26:20,657 --> 00:26:22,648 Thirty days is a long time, sir. 290 00:26:22,737 --> 00:26:23,806 Yes, it is, I'm afraid. 291 00:26:24,257 --> 00:26:25,372 How did you get in here, sir? 292 00:26:25,457 --> 00:26:26,970 I thought I wasn't supposed to see anyone. 293 00:26:27,137 --> 00:26:29,810 I claimed the support of the Geneva Convention. 294 00:26:29,897 --> 00:26:32,855 Oh. I don't know anything about that, I'm afraid. 295 00:26:33,377 --> 00:26:35,447 No. Not many people know it off by heart. 296 00:26:37,617 --> 00:26:39,494 -Any more? -No, sir. 297 00:26:41,017 --> 00:26:43,656 -Look something up for me, would you? -Sir. 298 00:26:44,657 --> 00:26:48,445 The provision regarding the rights of a newly appointed Senior Officer. 299 00:26:50,897 --> 00:26:53,013 -Newly appointed... -Not now. 300 00:26:54,017 --> 00:26:56,770 In your own time, there's no hurry. 301 00:27:06,257 --> 00:27:08,407 He couldn't wait to suck up to jerry, could he? 302 00:27:08,697 --> 00:27:10,494 Perhaps he's got it in for the Poles. 303 00:27:10,577 --> 00:27:14,047 A nice quiet life and no trouble, that's what he wants. 304 00:27:15,377 --> 00:27:16,935 He must have some good reason. 305 00:27:17,017 --> 00:27:20,248 He hasn't got the guts to stand up to jerry, that's his good reason. 306 00:27:25,417 --> 00:27:27,726 -Why did you try to escape? -Why, sir? 307 00:27:28,377 --> 00:27:30,572 Just to cause the Germans a bit of trouble, was that it? 308 00:27:30,657 --> 00:27:31,885 To get back home. 309 00:27:34,057 --> 00:27:36,491 -You're married, I believe. -just about. 310 00:27:37,257 --> 00:27:40,249 Two months. But I was on ops most of the time. 311 00:27:41,697 --> 00:27:44,495 -What's her name? -Kathy. 312 00:27:45,697 --> 00:27:48,291 -Had you known her long? -Not really. 313 00:27:49,897 --> 00:27:52,855 She was my girl, and then we got married. 314 00:27:54,297 --> 00:27:55,935 Yes, I know. It's not easy. 315 00:27:56,737 --> 00:27:59,012 -What's she like? -She plays the violin. 316 00:27:59,257 --> 00:28:00,736 (CHUCKLES) 317 00:28:01,217 --> 00:28:03,253 It's funny how someone's face lives with you. 318 00:28:04,497 --> 00:28:05,646 Is she pretty? 319 00:28:07,617 --> 00:28:11,929 She's got nice hair, brown eyes, and a funny way of smiling. 320 00:28:13,737 --> 00:28:16,012 So you wanted to get back to your wife, did you? 321 00:28:16,097 --> 00:28:17,496 Yes, sir. 322 00:28:17,617 --> 00:28:19,687 Now, wouldn't that also mean going back on operations? 323 00:28:19,977 --> 00:28:21,092 I suppose so. 324 00:28:22,137 --> 00:28:24,526 You know, I think this war is going to last a long time. 325 00:28:25,017 --> 00:28:28,771 As an operational pilot, your chances of survival will be very slim indeed. 326 00:28:29,097 --> 00:28:30,166 What's the alternative? 327 00:28:30,257 --> 00:28:33,249 Do nothing and sit it out here and not see her again for years? 328 00:28:33,337 --> 00:28:35,851 No, no. I couldn't face that. 329 00:28:42,657 --> 00:28:45,296 -You're not supposed to be here, Willy. -Why not? 330 00:28:45,617 --> 00:28:48,415 -Orders. -(SCOFFS) The Germans? 331 00:28:49,297 --> 00:28:50,696 British orders. 332 00:28:56,017 --> 00:28:59,566 It's the new SBO. A dirty trick if you ask me. 333 00:29:00,217 --> 00:29:02,333 Also very awkward. 334 00:29:05,097 --> 00:29:07,133 But perhaps not. 335 00:29:09,857 --> 00:29:11,688 When you got into that truck, what were your plans? 336 00:29:12,777 --> 00:29:13,846 To get away. 337 00:29:15,057 --> 00:29:16,809 -Do you speak German? -No. 338 00:29:17,577 --> 00:29:19,647 -You have some German money? -(LAUGHS) No. 339 00:29:20,217 --> 00:29:22,856 -Civilian clothes hidden away anywhere? -No. 340 00:29:23,177 --> 00:29:25,896 Identification papers, maps, a route, anything at all? 341 00:29:25,977 --> 00:29:27,456 If I'd got out, sir, I'd have had a chance. 342 00:29:27,977 --> 00:29:30,696 Deep in Germany, wearing RAF uniform, 343 00:29:30,777 --> 00:29:32,733 you didn't stand a snowball's chance in hell. 344 00:29:34,057 --> 00:29:35,206 I'd do the same again, anytime. 345 00:29:35,497 --> 00:29:37,169 How much nearer to your wife do you think 346 00:29:37,257 --> 00:29:39,771 another 30 days solitary confinement is going to get you? 347 00:29:39,897 --> 00:29:42,013 You've probably been married a long time, sir. 348 00:29:42,097 --> 00:29:43,325 It's different for you. 349 00:29:45,217 --> 00:29:46,809 You know the period between the wars 350 00:29:46,897 --> 00:29:49,411 was a difficult time for a great many of us. 351 00:29:49,977 --> 00:29:52,616 I was one of those who even tried a chicken farm. 352 00:29:53,377 --> 00:29:54,492 Then there was the depression. 353 00:29:54,577 --> 00:29:56,135 After that things did get a little better, 354 00:29:56,217 --> 00:29:58,173 I went into the motorcar industry, 355 00:29:58,257 --> 00:30:00,851 but because of those ups and downs I married rather late. 356 00:30:01,657 --> 00:30:04,012 I was 40 when I met my wife, Caroline. 357 00:30:04,897 --> 00:30:07,855 We have two children now. We've been married seven years. 358 00:30:08,737 --> 00:30:11,046 It doesn't seem a very long time to me. 359 00:30:12,937 --> 00:30:14,052 (KNOCKING) 360 00:30:14,417 --> 00:30:16,009 That feeling you say you have, 361 00:30:16,097 --> 00:30:19,089 you know that doesn't change with the passing of a few years. 362 00:30:20,697 --> 00:30:22,574 Well, at least you've had years, sir, not weeks. 363 00:30:23,457 --> 00:30:24,856 Yes. 364 00:30:24,937 --> 00:30:28,407 But stupid escape attempts only keep the Germans alert and on their mettle, 365 00:30:28,497 --> 00:30:31,057 which is bad for all the other prisoners. 366 00:30:31,657 --> 00:30:34,091 Another time think about that, will you, Carter? 367 00:30:38,137 --> 00:30:39,331 (DOOR OPENING) 368 00:30:41,097 --> 00:30:42,132 Oh, hello, Grant. 369 00:30:42,217 --> 00:30:43,730 Hello, sir. Could I have a word with you? 370 00:30:43,817 --> 00:30:45,250 Oh, yes, of course. 371 00:30:45,657 --> 00:30:47,409 All right, leave that now, Baker, will you please? 372 00:30:47,537 --> 00:30:48,731 Yes, sir. 373 00:30:52,017 --> 00:30:55,168 -Now, sit down, won't you? -Well, perhaps I'd better not, sir. 374 00:30:59,337 --> 00:31:00,611 Well? 375 00:31:00,697 --> 00:31:04,167 This order enforcing the segregation of the British and the Poles... 376 00:31:05,257 --> 00:31:06,372 Yes? 377 00:31:06,737 --> 00:31:09,297 And it reverses the policy of the previous SBO, sir. 378 00:31:09,377 --> 00:31:10,696 I'm aware of that. 379 00:31:10,777 --> 00:31:12,176 Look, sir, I don't want to seem impertinent... 380 00:31:12,297 --> 00:31:13,412 I hope not. 381 00:31:15,017 --> 00:31:18,896 Major Donaldson was very well liked. He always told us what the score was. 382 00:31:19,777 --> 00:31:22,291 The score now is in accordance with DRO's. 383 00:31:22,617 --> 00:31:24,130 Now, what I'm trying to say, sir, is... 384 00:31:24,217 --> 00:31:25,366 (SIGHS) 385 00:31:25,457 --> 00:31:28,369 Well, we may seem a bit bolshie but this isn't like a fighting unit. 386 00:31:28,457 --> 00:31:30,448 After all we've got nothing to do all day, 387 00:31:30,537 --> 00:31:32,607 except talk, think about escaping. 388 00:31:34,097 --> 00:31:36,452 (LAUGHS) We're all slightly mad, I suppose, 389 00:31:36,537 --> 00:31:37,936 or we wouldn't be here in the first place. 390 00:31:39,177 --> 00:31:42,806 But if you could talk to everybody, tell them how you see the situation. 391 00:31:45,177 --> 00:31:47,372 -That all? -That's all, sir. 392 00:31:49,137 --> 00:31:51,970 Very well. I'll talk to everybody tomorrow morning after Appell. 393 00:31:52,377 --> 00:31:53,412 Right, sir. 394 00:32:09,497 --> 00:32:10,532 Gotcha! 395 00:32:10,697 --> 00:32:12,494 PRESTON: Captain Grant has indicated 396 00:32:12,577 --> 00:32:15,808 that you might like to know some of my thinking about Colditz. 397 00:32:17,097 --> 00:32:18,610 First of all, 398 00:32:18,697 --> 00:32:21,052 I have seen, like most of you, too many men killed. 399 00:32:21,137 --> 00:32:23,207 But at least they were killed in action. 400 00:32:24,417 --> 00:32:27,932 Now, the Germans here are entitled to shoot at escaping prisoners, 401 00:32:28,177 --> 00:32:29,371 and they will. 402 00:32:29,897 --> 00:32:32,650 I don't want to see any men killed in useless escape attempts. 403 00:32:32,737 --> 00:32:34,534 Look, sir what's that got to do with the Poles? 404 00:32:37,017 --> 00:32:38,814 This is a very special camp. 405 00:32:38,897 --> 00:32:41,365 Security is much stricter here than elsewhere, 406 00:32:41,657 --> 00:32:43,056 conditions much tougher. 407 00:32:43,617 --> 00:32:45,733 The Germans are constantly on the watch. 408 00:32:46,177 --> 00:32:48,054 You've all caused them a great deal of trouble in the past, 409 00:32:48,137 --> 00:32:50,731 so they're going to bear down very hard to make sure it doesn't happen again. 410 00:32:50,817 --> 00:32:54,412 Now what I want to do is to lower the temperature, 411 00:32:54,497 --> 00:32:56,772 get some of the restrictions lifted, 412 00:32:56,857 --> 00:32:59,735 give ourselves a breathing space so we can work out some sort of 413 00:32:59,817 --> 00:33:02,047 strategy, a plan that we can cope with this place. 414 00:33:02,337 --> 00:33:03,929 -I'll buy that, sir. -(MEN MUMBLING) 415 00:33:04,257 --> 00:33:06,168 Now, the Poles are a damn good lot. 416 00:33:06,257 --> 00:33:07,372 ALL: Hear, hear. 417 00:33:07,457 --> 00:33:08,685 So why sell them short? 418 00:33:09,777 --> 00:33:12,769 I gave away little of practical advantage to either side, 419 00:33:12,857 --> 00:33:14,575 in exchange for a possible benefit 420 00:33:14,657 --> 00:33:16,807 which depends upon the good offices of the Kommandant. 421 00:33:17,097 --> 00:33:19,133 Since when did we start holding hands with the Germans, sir? 422 00:33:19,337 --> 00:33:20,816 You just pray to God that we remain 423 00:33:20,897 --> 00:33:22,535 under the control of the Wehrmacht, Muir. 424 00:33:22,977 --> 00:33:24,854 The SS would dearly like to get their hands on us. 425 00:33:24,937 --> 00:33:28,054 They think that they can solve the problem of escapers in one. 426 00:33:28,137 --> 00:33:30,890 -And they probably could. -I'm sorry, sir. 427 00:33:30,977 --> 00:33:34,253 But that all sounds like a barrelful of excuses for doing nothing to me. 428 00:33:34,777 --> 00:33:36,608 Well, some of us think there's still a war on. 429 00:33:36,697 --> 00:33:38,449 And we're not afraid to go on fighting. 430 00:33:40,057 --> 00:33:43,732 Want you think, Downing, is your own affair. 431 00:33:44,897 --> 00:33:48,128 I have given an order, and I expect it to be obeyed. 432 00:33:58,537 --> 00:34:01,210 You were mistaken about Geneva Convention. 433 00:34:01,337 --> 00:34:03,851 There is no such provision as the one you quoted. 434 00:34:04,217 --> 00:34:07,175 I did not actually quote it. I claimed its support. 435 00:34:11,577 --> 00:34:15,172 I could regard this as deliberate deception and take the matter seriously. 436 00:34:16,177 --> 00:34:18,088 I'm no longer sure I can rely on your word, Colonel. 437 00:34:18,537 --> 00:34:22,052 I gave my order on the understanding that I could rely upon yours. 438 00:34:23,097 --> 00:34:25,292 You will kindly extend to me the same courtesy. 439 00:34:28,097 --> 00:34:29,849 Very well, Colonel, you may go. 440 00:34:36,857 --> 00:34:38,927 I see he's finished fawning on the jerries. 441 00:34:40,137 --> 00:34:43,573 You're wrong, sir. Excuse me for saying so, sir, but you are. 442 00:34:43,657 --> 00:34:45,932 That's all right, Corporal, we know you're bound to stick up for him. 443 00:34:46,017 --> 00:34:47,655 Sir, I've seen him in action. 444 00:34:50,537 --> 00:34:54,576 You see, sir, he always said that jerry would try and break through with tanks, 445 00:34:54,657 --> 00:34:57,569 and we had to find some way of knowing what was happening or there'd be panic. 446 00:34:57,737 --> 00:34:59,375 So he used motorcyclists, sir. 447 00:35:00,017 --> 00:35:01,086 DOWNING: Hmm? 448 00:35:01,737 --> 00:35:04,809 He formed a long Range Reconnaissance and Penetration Group, sir. 449 00:35:04,897 --> 00:35:06,808 Sixty of us armed with light machine guns. 450 00:35:08,017 --> 00:35:10,406 We could move faster than jerry, you see, sir. 451 00:35:10,617 --> 00:35:12,528 And we ambushed a column of infantry lorries, 452 00:35:12,617 --> 00:35:15,689 destroyed all the lorries, and made jerry turn tail and run, sir. 453 00:35:16,857 --> 00:35:20,167 Yes, good try, Corporal, but that's typical. 454 00:35:20,257 --> 00:35:23,294 Play tip-and-run instead of going for them bald-headed. 455 00:35:23,617 --> 00:35:26,336 And then he finds a convenient conference he can slope off to. 456 00:35:39,617 --> 00:35:42,848 I don't like all of this. You'd think he was infectious. 457 00:35:57,377 --> 00:35:58,526 (DOOR OPENING) 458 00:36:41,297 --> 00:36:42,889 (WATER RUNNING) 459 00:36:56,337 --> 00:36:58,248 -(WHISPERS) Wotcher. -(WHISPERS) Hello. 460 00:37:16,937 --> 00:37:18,336 (GRUNTING) 461 00:37:26,617 --> 00:37:27,732 How long do you think? 462 00:37:28,177 --> 00:37:32,011 At this rate, nearly a month before it is big enough. 463 00:37:32,297 --> 00:37:33,969 With any luck, you'll be home by Christmas? 464 00:37:34,057 --> 00:37:35,570 Yes. 465 00:37:36,137 --> 00:37:38,287 My home was in Warsaw. 466 00:37:39,297 --> 00:37:40,650 Was? 467 00:37:47,297 --> 00:37:48,730 DOWNING: I don't believe it. 468 00:37:50,217 --> 00:37:51,775 Red Cross parcels. 469 00:37:52,337 --> 00:37:53,611 Red Cross parcels. 470 00:37:57,497 --> 00:37:58,850 (LAUGHING) 471 00:37:58,937 --> 00:38:01,167 Hey, Red Cross parcels! 472 00:38:01,297 --> 00:38:03,936 -(ALL EXCLAIMING IN EXCITEMENT) -Hey, Red Cross parcels! 473 00:38:04,457 --> 00:38:06,288 Red Cross parcels! 474 00:38:15,097 --> 00:38:16,655 About time too. 475 00:38:17,177 --> 00:38:19,930 You will be glad to know the reason for the delay. 476 00:38:21,097 --> 00:38:23,691 The first consignment of Red Cross parcels has arrived. 477 00:38:25,097 --> 00:38:28,089 They say that the Fuhrer himself has authorised this 478 00:38:28,177 --> 00:38:30,645 as a gesture of Christmas goodwill. 479 00:38:30,937 --> 00:38:32,848 I'll bet my Aunt Fanny told you that. 480 00:38:33,577 --> 00:38:36,933 No. No, it was the lorry driver, who heard it in Leipzig. 481 00:38:42,897 --> 00:38:47,015 -Meatloaf, butter. -Condensed milk, tea! Real tea! 482 00:38:47,297 --> 00:38:48,525 Chocolate! 483 00:38:48,617 --> 00:38:51,051 -Anyone know what powdered egg is? -I know what corned beef is. 484 00:38:51,177 --> 00:38:52,451 I used to give my bit of skirt chocolate. 485 00:38:52,537 --> 00:38:54,175 Give it away, mind you. I must have been out of my mind. 486 00:38:54,257 --> 00:38:56,771 Who the devil gave authority for those parcels to be issued? 487 00:38:56,857 --> 00:38:59,496 -The Germans, sir. -Did they? Who's the officer of the day? 488 00:38:59,577 --> 00:39:01,647 -I am, sir. -I want the entire consignment collected 489 00:39:01,737 --> 00:39:03,807 taken to my quarters, until I decide the rate of issue. 490 00:39:04,017 --> 00:39:05,086 Yes, sir. 491 00:39:05,177 --> 00:39:07,930 PRESTON: And that includes every piece of string and every scrap of cardboard. 492 00:39:08,017 --> 00:39:09,052 Yes, sir. 493 00:39:09,257 --> 00:39:10,610 There's one parcel for each of us, sir. 494 00:39:11,057 --> 00:39:13,173 And what do you intend to do? Eat all yours now? 495 00:39:13,257 --> 00:39:15,487 You, Downing, will take an inventory of the entire contents. 496 00:39:15,937 --> 00:39:18,212 You will then discuss with me which parcels are issued 497 00:39:18,297 --> 00:39:20,049 and which are kept back for emergencies. 498 00:39:20,137 --> 00:39:22,014 -All of it, sir? -Yes, all of it. 499 00:39:22,097 --> 00:39:24,327 It may be months before we receive any more parcels. 500 00:39:24,417 --> 00:39:26,408 So until then we conserve our resources. 501 00:39:30,577 --> 00:39:33,808 Come on. We're behaving like a bunch of idiots. 502 00:39:49,577 --> 00:39:50,896 Sorry. 503 00:39:59,777 --> 00:40:00,892 Count them again. 504 00:40:20,657 --> 00:40:21,772 Yes? 505 00:40:22,537 --> 00:40:24,334 One Polish officer missing, sir. 506 00:40:26,097 --> 00:40:27,928 Any sign of an escape trail? 507 00:40:28,017 --> 00:40:30,326 A rope made from strips of torn up sheet, hanging from a window. 508 00:40:30,417 --> 00:40:32,772 -But I don't think it was used. -Why not? 509 00:40:33,497 --> 00:40:36,295 The rope's too short. Underneath, the ground is muddy. 510 00:40:36,377 --> 00:40:39,767 If he had dropped from the rope there would be impressions in the mud. 511 00:40:45,417 --> 00:40:48,773 So he's lying low somewhere in Colditz. 512 00:40:48,857 --> 00:40:50,336 In my opinion, yes, sir. 513 00:40:52,297 --> 00:40:55,130 Very well. Search the Polish quarters and the adjoining areas. 514 00:40:55,497 --> 00:40:58,409 -Including the British quarters? -No, that's not necessary. 515 00:40:58,497 --> 00:41:00,806 Colonel Preston wouldn't allow him to be concealed there. 516 00:41:11,697 --> 00:41:14,655 -I hear one of the Poles got away. -Mmm. Apparently. 517 00:41:15,497 --> 00:41:17,852 Though jerry's searching the castle for some reason. 518 00:41:20,617 --> 00:41:24,132 What's all this about the Poles not being allowed near our quarters? 519 00:41:25,697 --> 00:41:27,130 It happened when you were in solitary. 520 00:41:28,177 --> 00:41:29,849 SBO's orders. 521 00:41:32,937 --> 00:41:35,371 You know, he tore me off a strip for trying to escape. 522 00:41:37,897 --> 00:41:40,172 I suppose he wants a nice, quiet war. 523 00:41:42,697 --> 00:41:43,891 (GATE OPENING) 524 00:42:03,337 --> 00:42:04,770 He looks in a bad way. 525 00:42:09,017 --> 00:42:11,531 If he's been in the hands of the Gestapo, I'm not surprised. 526 00:42:17,777 --> 00:42:18,971 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 527 00:42:19,657 --> 00:42:20,692 Come in. 528 00:42:23,657 --> 00:42:25,966 My apologies for disturbing you, Colonel. 529 00:42:29,897 --> 00:42:32,889 You have heard that one of the Polish officers is missing? 530 00:42:33,457 --> 00:42:36,415 -Yes. -We think he is still here in Colditz. 531 00:42:36,497 --> 00:42:39,295 -In hiding somewhere. Or being hidden. -Yes. 532 00:42:40,217 --> 00:42:43,607 However, a thorough search of the entire castle has revealed nothing. 533 00:42:44,537 --> 00:42:47,574 The entire castle, that is with the exception of the British quarters. 534 00:42:48,137 --> 00:42:51,095 I gave my order, and made it clear that it was to be obeyed. 535 00:42:52,537 --> 00:42:54,971 I must ask you to understand my difficulty. 536 00:42:55,057 --> 00:42:56,331 Difficulty? 537 00:42:56,417 --> 00:42:59,932 My security officer now wishes to search the British quarters. 538 00:43:00,457 --> 00:43:03,767 If I were to refuse it would place me in an impossible situation 539 00:43:04,417 --> 00:43:06,726 in relation to higher authority. 540 00:43:08,737 --> 00:43:12,776 I did not give my word to higher authority. I gave it to you. 541 00:43:13,297 --> 00:43:16,255 I must make it understood that any search of the British quarters 542 00:43:16,337 --> 00:43:18,851 for a Polish Officer will be a direct breach of good faith. 543 00:43:20,137 --> 00:43:23,732 I respect everything you say, Colonel, but I have no choice. 544 00:43:24,857 --> 00:43:27,929 Now, you and I know that it is a mere formality, nothing more. Mmm? 545 00:43:30,097 --> 00:43:31,894 But, with regret, 546 00:43:32,657 --> 00:43:36,127 I must ask you to assemble all your officers in their quarters at once. 547 00:43:39,817 --> 00:43:41,170 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 548 00:44:01,977 --> 00:44:03,615 OFFICER: Herr Leutnant! Herr Leutnant! 549 00:44:08,457 --> 00:44:09,572 (LEHR SPEAKING GERMAN) 550 00:44:09,657 --> 00:44:10,772 (OFFICER SPEAKING GERMAN) 551 00:44:11,257 --> 00:44:12,292 LEHR: Gut. 552 00:44:15,537 --> 00:44:17,926 Colonel Preston, if you please. 553 00:44:32,977 --> 00:44:34,649 LEHR: You can come out now. 554 00:44:52,417 --> 00:44:53,645 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 555 00:45:04,017 --> 00:45:06,656 From your Red Cross parcels, I think, Colonel. 556 00:45:09,137 --> 00:45:11,605 I shall inform the Kommandant of this, Colonel, 557 00:45:11,697 --> 00:45:14,006 He will no doubt wish to speak to you about it. 558 00:45:31,857 --> 00:45:34,769 Which one of you disobeyed my orders? 559 00:45:40,137 --> 00:45:43,573 Gentlemen, you are officers who hold the King's Commission, 560 00:45:43,657 --> 00:45:47,093 not a bunch of schoolboys, I will ask the question once again. 561 00:45:47,177 --> 00:45:49,168 Which one of you disobeyed my order? 562 00:45:53,617 --> 00:45:55,369 -You? -Yes, sir. 563 00:45:57,097 --> 00:46:00,294 -Why? -It seemed like a good opportunity, sir. 564 00:46:00,897 --> 00:46:02,296 PRESTON: Explain yourself. 565 00:46:02,497 --> 00:46:03,976 I didn't think they'd look for him here, sir. 566 00:46:04,577 --> 00:46:05,692 Go on. 567 00:46:06,577 --> 00:46:09,091 He was going to hole up till the hue and cry died down, 568 00:46:09,177 --> 00:46:11,372 then he was going to take my place when we went to the exercise park 569 00:46:11,457 --> 00:46:15,848 and go to ground in the air raid shelter there and then try and... 570 00:46:16,657 --> 00:46:19,808 -With whom did you discuss this plan? -No one, sir. 571 00:46:21,097 --> 00:46:24,453 Just a bright idea that the pair of you cooked up, is that it? 572 00:46:25,057 --> 00:46:27,810 -Yes, sir. But it could have worked... -Could it? 573 00:46:29,737 --> 00:46:33,491 So far, I have witnessed two escape attempts from this camp, 574 00:46:33,577 --> 00:46:36,569 neither of which stood the remotest possible chance of success. 575 00:46:37,537 --> 00:46:40,768 Now, gentlemen, just get it through your heads that you are not escapers. 576 00:46:40,857 --> 00:46:42,575 You are failed escapers. 577 00:46:42,977 --> 00:46:44,376 And you will go on failing 578 00:46:44,457 --> 00:46:47,130 as long as you behave like boy scouts at a summer camp. 579 00:46:50,217 --> 00:46:54,005 We are deep in Germany, 400 miles from the Swiss border. 580 00:46:55,657 --> 00:46:57,375 Now, to have any chance of success, 581 00:46:57,817 --> 00:47:00,456 an escape attempt must be discussed and approved, 582 00:47:00,937 --> 00:47:02,370 knowledge pooled and help given. 583 00:47:02,457 --> 00:47:05,130 How far do you think you are going to get 584 00:47:05,257 --> 00:47:08,055 without civilian clothes, identification paper, 585 00:47:08,297 --> 00:47:10,811 money, maps, a route, a cover story. 586 00:47:11,537 --> 00:47:14,768 Now, all these things need careful planning and good discipline. 587 00:47:15,617 --> 00:47:17,175 We needed time, gentlemen. 588 00:47:17,257 --> 00:47:20,806 We needed the Germans off our backs, lulled into a false sense of security. 589 00:47:20,897 --> 00:47:24,128 Now, we had some prospect of gaining that time, but now we won't get it 590 00:47:24,497 --> 00:47:26,249 because you had a bright idea. 591 00:47:26,737 --> 00:47:28,375 Because you thought you saw a good opportunity. 592 00:47:28,457 --> 00:47:30,925 Because at your age you think you know it all. 593 00:47:31,017 --> 00:47:32,689 You and a number of others amongst you. 594 00:47:36,617 --> 00:47:39,085 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 595 00:47:50,457 --> 00:47:54,416 A direct breach of good faith I believe you said, Colonel Preston. 596 00:47:56,217 --> 00:47:59,766 Am I to assume I can no longer take the word of the Senior British Officer? 597 00:48:02,577 --> 00:48:04,488 I am entitled to an explanation, Colonel. 598 00:48:05,417 --> 00:48:06,532 I have none to offer. 599 00:48:08,017 --> 00:48:11,373 You agreed to cooperate with my policy of segregation, 600 00:48:11,977 --> 00:48:15,208 if, in return, I would obtain your Red Cross parcels. 601 00:48:16,537 --> 00:48:19,290 I went through considerable trouble to get that consignment. 602 00:48:19,377 --> 00:48:22,813 It was not easy, but I felt I was dealing with an honourable man. 603 00:48:23,977 --> 00:48:28,414 So, having got your parcels, you at once break your word. 604 00:48:29,977 --> 00:48:32,127 Is this your conception of honour in the British Army? 605 00:48:32,217 --> 00:48:33,809 -Sir. -The Kommandant is addressing me, Muir. 606 00:48:33,897 --> 00:48:35,694 -Yes, sir, but I... -Be quiet, man! 607 00:48:40,737 --> 00:48:43,934 May I ask if one of your officers disobeyed your orders, Colonel? 608 00:48:45,457 --> 00:48:48,813 Internal discipline among the British officers is my concern. 609 00:48:49,297 --> 00:48:52,175 That, of course, would put a completely different 610 00:48:53,017 --> 00:48:55,087 complexion on the matter. 611 00:48:56,177 --> 00:48:58,407 The officer concerned will be punished, 612 00:48:58,497 --> 00:49:00,852 but there would be no need to withdraw any privileges. 613 00:49:01,697 --> 00:49:04,530 There is only one officer responsible and that is myself. 614 00:49:05,617 --> 00:49:09,053 I respect what you say, Kommandant, but I accept full responsibility. 615 00:49:12,457 --> 00:49:16,689 Very well, Colonel. It will be 1 4 days' solitary confinement. 616 00:49:18,937 --> 00:49:20,689 Also there will be five Appells a day 617 00:49:20,777 --> 00:49:23,337 at two hourly intervals for the next seven days. 618 00:49:23,417 --> 00:49:25,135 If there is any breach of the rules during that time, 619 00:49:25,217 --> 00:49:27,526 this will be extended to another seven days and so on. 620 00:49:27,617 --> 00:49:30,768 You have no right to issue a general punishment for a specific offence. 621 00:49:31,737 --> 00:49:34,649 If you choose to make up your own rules, Colonel, 622 00:49:35,337 --> 00:49:36,975 I must make up mine also. 623 00:49:38,177 --> 00:49:40,566 Perhaps it will teach your officers to obey orders. 624 00:49:49,977 --> 00:49:51,171 (PRESTON SIGHS) 625 00:49:52,217 --> 00:49:56,449 Well, gentlemen, I'm sorry, it appears you're going to be spending 626 00:49:57,417 --> 00:49:59,885 the next week more or less permanently on parade. 627 00:50:00,217 --> 00:50:03,095 No, jerry'll get just as fed up with it as we shall, sir. 628 00:50:03,577 --> 00:50:05,329 Yes, possibly. 629 00:50:05,417 --> 00:50:07,453 As regards the Polish officers, 630 00:50:07,537 --> 00:50:10,005 we revert to the former policy of liaison. 631 00:50:10,857 --> 00:50:14,247 But gentlemen, I will be obliged in future 632 00:50:14,857 --> 00:50:17,166 if my orders are carried out to the letter. 633 00:50:41,937 --> 00:50:43,575 Thank you, Baker.