1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:00,000 (ALL THANKING PAT) 2 00:00:48,486 --> 00:00:50,477 -What do you think? -Fine. 3 00:00:51,446 --> 00:00:53,164 Okay, let's try it. 4 00:00:54,126 --> 00:00:55,400 Scramble. 5 00:01:13,646 --> 00:01:15,921 How do you do? I'm Tim Downing. 6 00:01:16,646 --> 00:01:17,761 Phil Carrington. 7 00:01:17,846 --> 00:01:20,485 DOWNING: There's a spare bunk up here. 8 00:01:36,966 --> 00:01:38,285 (EXHALING) 9 00:01:41,926 --> 00:01:43,598 GRANT: Carrington? 10 00:01:44,166 --> 00:01:46,157 The SPO said you wanted to talk to me. 11 00:01:46,246 --> 00:01:48,680 I'm Pat Grant, the Escape Officer. 12 00:01:52,166 --> 00:01:53,281 Bad luck. 13 00:01:54,126 --> 00:01:56,560 -You've had a rough stretch of solitary. -Never mind that now. 14 00:01:56,646 --> 00:01:57,761 Well, you'll feel odd for a while. 15 00:01:57,846 --> 00:02:01,361 Take you a few days just to adjust physically to other people being around. 16 00:02:01,446 --> 00:02:03,960 -Get all the exercise you can. -Look, 17 00:02:06,126 --> 00:02:07,957 I'm not asking you for medical advice. 18 00:02:08,046 --> 00:02:10,162 I want to talk to you about escaping. 19 00:02:12,926 --> 00:02:14,041 It works. 20 00:02:14,126 --> 00:02:15,878 CARTER: Yeah, magic. 21 00:02:16,086 --> 00:02:18,884 So you will put my plan to the Escape Committee? 22 00:02:18,966 --> 00:02:20,240 All right. 23 00:02:20,326 --> 00:02:23,204 When? How long before I get an answer? 24 00:02:23,286 --> 00:02:25,117 Well, it's April the second now. 25 00:02:25,206 --> 00:02:28,801 I should be able to get back to you by beginning of june. 26 00:02:32,886 --> 00:02:35,195 -june? -Look, there's quite a waiting list. 27 00:02:35,286 --> 00:02:37,436 At the moment there are 1 7 separate plans 28 00:02:37,526 --> 00:02:39,403 waiting to be considered and discussed with other nationals 29 00:02:39,486 --> 00:02:42,284 so there's no duplication. No one fouling anyone else up. 30 00:02:42,366 --> 00:02:44,641 -I can't wait until june... -I know, I know. 31 00:02:44,726 --> 00:02:46,364 It's a natural reaction to solitary confinement. 32 00:02:46,446 --> 00:02:47,674 It's got nothing to do with solitary confinement. 33 00:02:47,766 --> 00:02:48,755 Quiet! 34 00:02:48,846 --> 00:02:50,199 (WHISTLING) 35 00:02:51,486 --> 00:02:53,920 I'm sorry. I'm wanted in the yard. 36 00:03:01,206 --> 00:03:02,764 We'll have another talk in a week. 37 00:03:02,846 --> 00:03:05,235 I'll try and get you on the list somewhere. 38 00:03:05,326 --> 00:03:08,363 You should be out of here within six months, with luck. 39 00:03:08,446 --> 00:03:10,914 A lot of luck and careful planning. 40 00:03:21,046 --> 00:03:22,638 (ALL CLAMOURING) 41 00:03:27,206 --> 00:03:28,958 It's time, isn't it? 42 00:03:31,206 --> 00:03:32,480 Isn't it? 43 00:03:40,006 --> 00:03:41,485 Three minutes. 44 00:03:41,926 --> 00:03:44,121 You said that 1 0 minutes ago. 45 00:03:44,246 --> 00:03:46,885 I said 1 3 minutes 1 0 minutes ago. 46 00:03:46,966 --> 00:03:48,115 Right! 47 00:03:50,086 --> 00:03:54,443 (EXHALES) Funny how slowly time passes when you're waiting for something. 48 00:03:54,526 --> 00:03:57,563 Yeah, well, it depends what you're waiting for. 49 00:03:57,806 --> 00:03:59,444 How do you mean? 50 00:04:00,046 --> 00:04:04,198 When my wife and I were married I'd just got out of training school. 51 00:04:04,486 --> 00:04:07,239 I was waiting to be posted to a squadron. 52 00:04:07,846 --> 00:04:09,438 What about that? 53 00:04:10,686 --> 00:04:14,679 I was just thinking how quickly the time passed then. That's all. 54 00:04:17,006 --> 00:04:19,042 You should try not to think about it so much. 55 00:04:19,126 --> 00:04:20,320 I know. 56 00:04:21,046 --> 00:04:22,638 I can't help it. 57 00:04:22,926 --> 00:04:25,042 It's just that, looking back, 58 00:04:25,126 --> 00:04:28,402 we don't seem to have had any time together at all. 59 00:04:30,326 --> 00:04:32,362 Thank God I'm not married. 60 00:04:36,166 --> 00:04:37,485 I'm sorry. 61 00:04:38,086 --> 00:04:40,759 I told you yesterday. You've got to be patient. 62 00:04:40,846 --> 00:04:45,397 I know what you told me yesterday. And now I'm going to tell you something. 63 00:04:46,726 --> 00:04:49,001 Oh, come on, Dick, one minute's not going to make that much difference 64 00:04:49,086 --> 00:04:52,362 -one way or the other. -Do you want to wind up in Sardinia? 65 00:04:52,446 --> 00:04:54,118 -No. -(DOG BARKING) 66 00:04:57,806 --> 00:04:58,841 Now. 67 00:05:14,446 --> 00:05:16,038 CARTER: Get out of the sun, will you? 68 00:05:16,126 --> 00:05:17,718 Go ahead and play. 69 00:05:19,486 --> 00:05:20,680 Oh, for God's sake, Yank. 70 00:05:25,326 --> 00:05:27,282 Keep it still, will you? 71 00:05:31,366 --> 00:05:32,515 Black. 72 00:05:40,326 --> 00:05:42,396 Thanks for your help, Yank. 73 00:05:43,006 --> 00:05:45,156 My name's Carrington, limey. 74 00:05:46,046 --> 00:05:48,719 Did you hear that, Dick? He called me a limey. 75 00:05:48,806 --> 00:05:50,637 You called him a Yank. 76 00:05:56,326 --> 00:05:58,635 You see that punching bag there? 77 00:05:58,726 --> 00:06:00,876 Why don't you go and hit it? 78 00:06:01,286 --> 00:06:03,322 Hit it as hard as you can. 79 00:06:03,886 --> 00:06:06,161 We all get like this sometimes. 80 00:06:13,126 --> 00:06:15,640 Another tactical British withdrawal. 81 00:06:18,126 --> 00:06:20,560 MAN: March the 28th, 38.2. 82 00:06:21,326 --> 00:06:23,840 March the 30th, 38.1 . 83 00:06:24,366 --> 00:06:27,039 -CARTER: What happened to the 29th? -Rain. 84 00:06:27,126 --> 00:06:29,686 March the 31 st, 38.2. 85 00:06:30,406 --> 00:06:33,762 -No, no, that's a mistake. -You kept joggling the conker. 86 00:06:34,806 --> 00:06:37,923 -Yeah. And what's next? -April the first, today. 87 00:06:39,806 --> 00:06:40,921 37.7. 88 00:06:43,126 --> 00:06:45,959 (SIGHS) We're going to need at least another week's readings 89 00:06:46,046 --> 00:06:48,560 before we can begin to make accurate tables. 90 00:06:48,646 --> 00:06:51,206 91 00:06:51,286 --> 00:06:54,995 Oh, not again, Simon. That's enough. That's enough, Simon! 92 00:06:56,086 --> 00:06:57,405 Come on, pack it in, Simon. 93 00:06:57,486 --> 00:07:00,478 over there 94 00:07:01,446 --> 00:07:04,324 I hope I didn't sing anything to offend you. 95 00:07:04,406 --> 00:07:06,124 Oh, I don't blame you. 96 00:07:06,206 --> 00:07:07,878 I'd feel the same. 97 00:07:09,006 --> 00:07:11,679 At least I've got a country I can go home to one day, 98 00:07:11,766 --> 00:07:13,484 without the Germans there ahead of me. 99 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:17,115 -Years since I saw a German in England. -CARTER: Would you mind explaining that? 100 00:07:17,206 --> 00:07:19,162 Maybe you haven't heard. 101 00:07:20,166 --> 00:07:22,361 The British Army is bogged down in Greece, 102 00:07:22,446 --> 00:07:23,799 there's going to be another Dunkirk. 103 00:07:23,886 --> 00:07:27,561 Only this time, the Germans are ready to cross the Channel. 104 00:07:28,206 --> 00:07:30,322 DOWNING: Where did you get that from? 105 00:07:30,406 --> 00:07:31,805 CARRINGTON: I was on the run for a couple of months 106 00:07:31,886 --> 00:07:33,558 before I got caught and sent here. 107 00:07:33,646 --> 00:07:37,195 Well, Hitler's given up the idea of invading England. It's too late. 108 00:07:37,286 --> 00:07:40,005 I remember them saying that about France. 109 00:07:40,086 --> 00:07:45,080 Wasn't it dear Mr Chamberlain who said ''Hitler's missed the bus''? 110 00:07:46,086 --> 00:07:48,998 And then six weeks later, the Germans were in Paris. You remember that? 111 00:07:49,086 --> 00:07:51,725 GRANT: There's no comparison. 112 00:07:51,806 --> 00:07:54,115 The French were all divided against themselves. 113 00:07:54,206 --> 00:07:55,958 No politics, please. 114 00:07:57,286 --> 00:07:59,675 War is only an extension of politics. 115 00:07:59,766 --> 00:08:02,883 When you abandoned Czechoslovakia for political reasons, 116 00:08:02,966 --> 00:08:04,638 that was your last chance to win the war. 117 00:08:04,726 --> 00:08:06,318 I grant you, at the moment, Carrington, 118 00:08:06,406 --> 00:08:09,045 it's pretty difficult to see how we're going to win this war. 119 00:08:09,126 --> 00:08:10,115 But we'll never lose it. 120 00:08:10,206 --> 00:08:12,720 MAN: Hear, hear! CARTER: You said it. 121 00:08:13,966 --> 00:08:16,526 I'll give you six months after the fall of Greece. 122 00:08:18,566 --> 00:08:21,603 DOWNING: I thought we might liberate the occupied countries first 123 00:08:21,686 --> 00:08:24,154 -before we give in? -That's an idea. 124 00:08:25,046 --> 00:08:26,923 That's a very good idea. 125 00:08:27,006 --> 00:08:29,122 Why don't you liberate India? 126 00:08:29,206 --> 00:08:31,640 There's an occupied country. Liberate India. 127 00:08:31,726 --> 00:08:37,084 No, I'll tell you what, we'll swap India for Hawaii and the Philippines. 128 00:08:37,166 --> 00:08:39,157 -(ALL LAUGH) -And Lana Turner. 129 00:08:39,246 --> 00:08:41,316 -And joan Bennett. -And Deanna Durbin. 130 00:08:41,406 --> 00:08:42,725 Deanna Durbin's Canadian. 131 00:08:42,806 --> 00:08:45,001 I do wish you'd stop talking about women. 132 00:08:45,086 --> 00:08:46,405 Can you think of a better subject? 133 00:08:46,486 --> 00:08:49,239 DOWNING: No gentleman talks about women behind their backs. 134 00:08:49,326 --> 00:08:50,839 MAN: Certainly not. 135 00:08:50,926 --> 00:08:53,804 -I'm glad you think it's funny. -You don't, do you? 136 00:08:53,886 --> 00:08:56,320 You're serious. Do you really think we're beaten? 137 00:08:56,406 --> 00:08:59,284 -Yes, I do. -MAN 1 : Then why did you join the RAF? 138 00:08:59,366 --> 00:09:02,085 -To observe. -MAN 2: But you're a pilot. 139 00:09:02,166 --> 00:09:03,758 To observe what's going on. 140 00:09:03,846 --> 00:09:06,519 It's a pity you didn't join the Luftwaffe. 141 00:09:06,606 --> 00:09:10,724 I might have done that if I'd have been in Berlin instead of London at the time. 142 00:09:10,806 --> 00:09:13,240 That doesn't mean that I want the Nazis to win. 143 00:09:13,326 --> 00:09:16,636 One of your English writers said, ''I am a camera. 144 00:09:17,406 --> 00:09:19,476 ''Cameras don't take sides.'' 145 00:09:19,766 --> 00:09:21,199 If I hadn't been shot down, 146 00:09:21,286 --> 00:09:22,719 I might have been one of the few Americans 147 00:09:22,806 --> 00:09:26,162 to record the decline and fall of the British Empire. 148 00:09:26,766 --> 00:09:28,245 At first hand. 149 00:09:34,926 --> 00:09:37,156 Is that what that's all about? 150 00:09:38,886 --> 00:09:39,921 More or less. 151 00:09:42,486 --> 00:09:45,478 (GRUNTING) Do you think he meant all that? 152 00:09:45,566 --> 00:09:47,636 Yes, he meant it, all right. 153 00:09:52,286 --> 00:09:54,322 What do we know about him? 154 00:09:54,886 --> 00:09:57,684 Well, anyone could say they were American. 155 00:09:58,326 --> 00:10:01,124 -Carrington's an American, all right. -Really? How do you know? 156 00:10:01,206 --> 00:10:02,639 Jimmy Corbett knew him in Spain. 157 00:10:02,726 --> 00:10:06,116 -Yeah, which side was he on? -He was a journalist. 158 00:10:06,206 --> 00:10:09,198 -DOWNING: For the Berliner Zeitung? -For the Berliner Zeitung? 159 00:10:09,286 --> 00:10:11,277 We'll keep an eye on him. 160 00:10:13,486 --> 00:10:15,397 Shine, damn you, shine. 161 00:10:15,846 --> 00:10:19,077 The German Ministry of Propaganda ensures us a warm, dry spring. 162 00:10:19,166 --> 00:10:21,043 Yeah, but it's the third day in a row. 163 00:10:21,126 --> 00:10:22,605 We've got to get one more reading this week. 164 00:10:22,686 --> 00:10:26,679 There'll be plenty of sun on the Med this time of the year anyway. 165 00:10:26,766 --> 00:10:29,200 What's it like there in peacetime? 166 00:10:29,966 --> 00:10:32,241 All dress whites and cocktails. 167 00:10:32,966 --> 00:10:34,957 The French used to make a big fuss over us. 168 00:10:35,046 --> 00:10:38,163 It was rather chic to have a British Naval officer at their parties. 169 00:10:38,246 --> 00:10:40,806 That's where I met these friends at Saint-Tropez. 170 00:10:40,886 --> 00:10:42,717 We used to go sailing. 171 00:10:43,006 --> 00:10:45,395 My wife and I were planning to go to Cannes on our honeymoon. 172 00:10:45,486 --> 00:10:46,714 -I've been thinking. -I had a week's leave... 173 00:10:46,806 --> 00:10:49,115 It's about time we went over our whole scheme again with Pat, 174 00:10:49,206 --> 00:10:51,845 so he can put it up to the other Allied escape officers. 175 00:10:51,926 --> 00:10:52,961 Oh. 176 00:10:56,806 --> 00:10:58,444 No conkers today? 177 00:10:59,806 --> 00:11:01,444 Not quite the weather for it. 178 00:11:01,526 --> 00:11:03,562 Why are you so interested? 179 00:11:03,846 --> 00:11:08,556 I have a theory that the British suffer from arrested development. That's why. 180 00:11:08,646 --> 00:11:09,874 Yeah, we have a theory about you, too. 181 00:11:09,966 --> 00:11:12,400 -Steady on, Simon. -Let him finish. 182 00:11:12,966 --> 00:11:17,244 Well, it wouldn't be the first time the Germans had planted a stooge. 183 00:11:20,526 --> 00:11:21,754 (GRUNTS) 184 00:11:27,126 --> 00:11:28,923 Oh, Simon, steady on! Steady on! 185 00:11:29,006 --> 00:11:30,234 (DOGS BARKING) 186 00:11:30,326 --> 00:11:32,886 Steady, Simon. Come on! 187 00:11:34,286 --> 00:11:35,514 Steady! 188 00:11:35,606 --> 00:11:39,884 Are officers allowed to fight among themselves in the Royal Air Force? 189 00:11:40,806 --> 00:11:43,081 -No, sir. -Nor in the Wehrmacht. 190 00:11:43,606 --> 00:11:46,359 It is also against the rules in Colditz. 191 00:11:46,926 --> 00:11:50,123 The penalty for disturbing the peace, as you English put it, 192 00:11:50,206 --> 00:11:53,198 is seven days solitary confinement. Dismissed. 193 00:11:54,086 --> 00:11:55,485 (DOOR OPENS) 194 00:12:02,766 --> 00:12:04,757 You provoked the assault? 195 00:12:07,966 --> 00:12:10,480 You went right up to Flight Lieutenant Carter 196 00:12:10,566 --> 00:12:12,602 and hit him, for no reason? 197 00:12:14,206 --> 00:12:15,719 I had a reason. 198 00:12:16,646 --> 00:12:19,524 It seemed like a pretty good way of getting 1 5 days in a cell. 199 00:12:19,606 --> 00:12:21,278 Please, no joking. 200 00:12:21,486 --> 00:12:23,522 No, it would suit me fine. 201 00:12:23,606 --> 00:12:26,359 Besides, it would give me time to finish. 202 00:12:26,926 --> 00:12:28,325 Finish what? 203 00:12:30,286 --> 00:12:33,244 I want permission to speak to the Kommandant. 204 00:12:33,326 --> 00:12:36,602 Why do you wish to be sent to solitary confinement? 205 00:12:37,766 --> 00:12:39,484 I'm writing a book. 206 00:12:40,526 --> 00:12:42,721 I want privacy, time to finish it. 207 00:12:42,806 --> 00:12:46,003 You'll have plenty of time in Colditz, Lieutenant. 208 00:12:46,526 --> 00:12:48,005 Perhaps years. 209 00:12:48,286 --> 00:12:49,878 Not for this one. 210 00:12:49,966 --> 00:12:53,322 My publisher in the United States wants it as soon as possible. 211 00:12:53,406 --> 00:12:55,840 All written material addressed to the United States 212 00:12:55,926 --> 00:13:00,636 must be submitted to the Central Bureau of Censorship in Berlin. 213 00:13:01,606 --> 00:13:03,198 They'll pass it. 214 00:13:05,286 --> 00:13:08,278 -What is the subject of the book? -Germany. 215 00:13:09,206 --> 00:13:10,924 Germany in the war. 216 00:13:11,566 --> 00:13:12,840 (EXHALES) 217 00:13:13,286 --> 00:13:16,995 You must have seen a great deal of the country in the... 218 00:13:17,766 --> 00:13:21,600 How many days was it before you were recaptured and sent here? 219 00:13:22,526 --> 00:13:23,561 6 3. 220 00:13:25,446 --> 00:13:29,359 In nine weeks you became such an expert on Germany 221 00:13:29,446 --> 00:13:31,835 that you decided to write a book? 222 00:13:32,526 --> 00:13:34,596 You will also see that I was a foreign correspondent 223 00:13:34,686 --> 00:13:36,802 for the United Press in Spain. 224 00:13:36,886 --> 00:13:41,038 That I worked for The Herald Tribune in France, Holland and Denmark. 225 00:13:41,406 --> 00:13:43,874 That I covered the Blitz in London. 226 00:13:44,366 --> 00:13:47,085 I've seen a good deal of the Germans during this war. 227 00:13:47,166 --> 00:13:48,963 From the Allied side. 228 00:13:49,566 --> 00:13:51,158 The losing side. 229 00:14:03,806 --> 00:14:05,080 Leave us. 230 00:14:09,726 --> 00:14:11,956 -(DOOR CLOSES) -Mmm, stand easy. 231 00:14:16,886 --> 00:14:19,923 Why are you in such a hurry to finish the book? 232 00:14:20,366 --> 00:14:23,563 Roosevelt has already repealed the Neutrality Act. 233 00:14:23,686 --> 00:14:26,962 I would imagine that he's going to push Lend-Lease through Congress. 234 00:14:27,046 --> 00:14:31,358 As a German Army officer and no doubt a student of the last World War, 235 00:14:31,446 --> 00:14:33,801 what would you think his next move would be? 236 00:14:33,886 --> 00:14:36,275 Germany has no quarrel with the United States government. 237 00:14:36,366 --> 00:14:38,926 There is no reason why our two countries should go to war. 238 00:14:39,006 --> 00:14:41,440 I think that, too. I believe that. 239 00:14:42,646 --> 00:14:44,602 Roosevelt's been able to do what he wants 240 00:14:44,686 --> 00:14:46,483 because he's had public opinion behind him. 241 00:14:46,566 --> 00:14:49,160 And you think one book will change it? 242 00:14:50,846 --> 00:14:55,442 No, I don't. But I think it'll at least show the other side of the argument. 243 00:14:58,926 --> 00:15:02,555 Germany's been getting some pretty bad press in the United States lately. 244 00:15:03,166 --> 00:15:04,724 We're not going anywhere near Switzerland? 245 00:15:04,806 --> 00:15:06,239 Switzerland's too obvious. 246 00:15:06,326 --> 00:15:08,044 Everybody heads for the Swiss border. 247 00:15:08,126 --> 00:15:09,764 It's the closest. 248 00:15:10,366 --> 00:15:12,038 It's not much closer than France. 249 00:15:12,126 --> 00:15:14,799 Well, we've got some good contacts in France. 250 00:15:14,886 --> 00:15:16,365 The escape route into Spain is pretty well organised. 251 00:15:16,446 --> 00:15:18,596 No, no, no, no. Spain's out. 252 00:15:18,846 --> 00:15:22,282 -We're going for a little sea voyage. -Oh, you've done that before, Dick. 253 00:15:22,366 --> 00:15:23,685 With the whole coast of France occupied, 254 00:15:23,766 --> 00:15:25,484 it's next to impossible to get any kind of boat. 255 00:15:25,566 --> 00:15:29,081 I've got some friends in Saint-Tropez. They've got a 1 4-foot yacht. 256 00:15:29,166 --> 00:15:31,885 What he means is that they won't mind our stealing it. 257 00:15:31,966 --> 00:15:33,843 It's only a week's voyage to Malta. 258 00:15:33,926 --> 00:15:38,522 And what about instruments? You need more than a compass to steer a course. 259 00:15:38,606 --> 00:15:40,198 Go on. Show him. 260 00:15:42,966 --> 00:15:44,285 A sextant. 261 00:15:44,846 --> 00:15:47,724 The length of the shortest shadow gives you the angle of the sun at midday. 262 00:15:47,806 --> 00:15:48,795 -Right? -Hmm. 263 00:15:48,886 --> 00:15:51,684 We made a complete set of latitude tables. 264 00:15:51,766 --> 00:15:54,758 All we have to do is to measure the length of the shadow anywhere 265 00:15:54,846 --> 00:15:57,041 and then check it with Greenwich time. 266 00:15:57,126 --> 00:16:01,438 We've got our latitude and longitude right by a couple of miles, anyway. 267 00:16:03,766 --> 00:16:06,360 Well, I suppose the Navy knows what it's doing. 268 00:16:06,446 --> 00:16:08,038 I'll check the whole scheme out with our friends 269 00:16:08,126 --> 00:16:10,162 in case there's any conflict. 270 00:16:10,406 --> 00:16:12,795 Nice little nook you've got here. 271 00:16:14,326 --> 00:16:15,441 Cosy. 272 00:16:16,846 --> 00:16:20,475 Marvellous what friends in the right place can do for you. 273 00:16:21,846 --> 00:16:25,964 Which of them do you fancy most? Heydrich, Himmler, Hess or Hitler? 274 00:16:26,326 --> 00:16:28,999 Bergman, finish up and get out of here. 275 00:16:30,326 --> 00:16:32,362 I don't hold with the Nazis much myself, 276 00:16:32,446 --> 00:16:35,597 but then I'm prejudiced, of course, being jewish. 277 00:16:36,286 --> 00:16:38,356 Member of an inferior race. 278 00:16:39,566 --> 00:16:42,763 Like Spinoza and Freud and Einstein. 279 00:16:44,926 --> 00:16:47,315 Not to mention jesus of Nazareth. 280 00:16:48,406 --> 00:16:50,476 All those other sub-humans. 281 00:16:52,126 --> 00:16:54,162 -In my personal opinion... -Bergman. 282 00:16:54,246 --> 00:16:56,157 Oh, I'm sorry if I've said anything at all to offend you... 283 00:16:56,246 --> 00:16:57,474 Bergman! 284 00:16:58,046 --> 00:17:01,243 Get on with your work and let me get on with mine. 285 00:17:01,646 --> 00:17:02,920 Yes, sir. 286 00:17:12,566 --> 00:17:15,034 Am I breathing too heavily for you? 287 00:17:27,926 --> 00:17:30,394 People have to breathe, don't they? 288 00:17:45,806 --> 00:17:48,001 Never mind the bed. Leave it! 289 00:17:58,526 --> 00:17:59,561 (STOMPS FEET) 290 00:17:59,646 --> 00:18:01,238 Your permission to speak, sir. 291 00:18:01,326 --> 00:18:02,964 (SIGHS) What is it? 292 00:18:03,046 --> 00:18:06,641 Message to Lieutenant Carrington from Captain Grant, sir. 293 00:18:07,406 --> 00:18:08,555 Go on. 294 00:18:09,046 --> 00:18:11,355 Hitler's invaded Yugoslavia now. 295 00:18:13,126 --> 00:18:14,684 -I know that. -Oh. 296 00:18:14,766 --> 00:18:18,441 Course, your friends would have told you, wouldn't they? 297 00:18:18,966 --> 00:18:21,355 Captain Grant wanted to know if that had made any difference, 298 00:18:21,446 --> 00:18:24,119 the German Army moving into Yugoslavia. 299 00:18:24,846 --> 00:18:27,883 -But I can see it hasn't. -No, it hasn't. 300 00:18:29,206 --> 00:18:32,323 And you can tell Captain Grant that. Go on. 301 00:18:34,206 --> 00:18:35,355 Right. 302 00:18:38,486 --> 00:18:39,885 Heil Hitler! 303 00:18:41,566 --> 00:18:42,965 (INDISTINCT) 304 00:18:43,806 --> 00:18:45,717 (TRUMPET PLAYING IN DISTANCE) 305 00:18:49,206 --> 00:18:50,525 (WHISTLING LONDON PRIDE) 306 00:19:11,406 --> 00:19:13,476 (TRUMPET PLAYING CONTINUES) 307 00:19:21,926 --> 00:19:24,486 -Yeah, I've got that for you. -Gestapo! 308 00:19:24,566 --> 00:19:26,158 (ALL CLAMOURING) 309 00:19:26,926 --> 00:19:28,484 BERGMAN: Captain, they've left the Kommandant"s office. 310 00:19:28,566 --> 00:19:30,158 GRANT: Scramble! 311 00:19:38,966 --> 00:19:41,116 They're not coming this way. 312 00:19:42,486 --> 00:19:44,204 You mean they're searching the Polish quarters first? 313 00:19:44,286 --> 00:19:46,402 I don't think they've come here to snoop at all, as far as I can see. 314 00:19:46,486 --> 00:19:48,602 I think the rozzers just want to have a bit of cheese and chalk with the Yank. 315 00:19:48,686 --> 00:19:52,281 Oh, for God's sake, speak English, can't you, Bergman? 316 00:19:52,366 --> 00:19:54,436 It looks like the Gestapo are just coming here 317 00:19:54,526 --> 00:19:55,879 to see Lieutenant Carrington. 318 00:19:56,286 --> 00:19:58,402 Phillip Reinhardt Carrington? 319 00:19:59,806 --> 00:20:01,125 My mother was German. 320 00:20:01,206 --> 00:20:04,004 Yes. Yes, she was born in Cologne. 321 00:20:05,006 --> 00:20:08,237 She was also a member of the Illinois delegation 322 00:20:08,326 --> 00:20:11,841 to the Democratic Convention in 1 931 . 323 00:20:16,886 --> 00:20:19,161 A lot of people were for Roosevelt in those days. 324 00:20:19,246 --> 00:20:20,964 Yes, including you. 325 00:20:21,286 --> 00:20:23,959 You were secretary of the Students for FDR 326 00:20:24,046 --> 00:20:26,401 at Michigan State University. 327 00:20:27,846 --> 00:20:30,485 -You've found out a lot about me. -Yes. 328 00:20:32,206 --> 00:20:36,484 How many Germans voted for Hitler during the last Reichstag elections? 329 00:20:37,646 --> 00:20:38,874 Did you? 330 00:20:39,526 --> 00:20:41,278 Well, the elected Chancellor, Von Papen, 331 00:20:41,366 --> 00:20:44,483 was already secretly a member of the Nazi party. 332 00:20:44,726 --> 00:20:47,763 Every German who voted for Von Papen knew that. 333 00:20:48,246 --> 00:20:50,555 Roosevelt promised to keep us out of foreign wars. 334 00:20:50,646 --> 00:20:54,002 You didn't keep out of them yourself. You were in Madrid in 1 936. 335 00:20:54,086 --> 00:20:56,725 Yes, I was working for an American newspaper there, The Herald Tribune. 336 00:20:56,806 --> 00:20:57,875 Yes. 337 00:20:59,886 --> 00:21:04,277 ''The Spanish Republican Government stands for democracy everywhere. 338 00:21:04,366 --> 00:21:07,199 ''To support it is to help stop Hitler now.'' 339 00:21:07,966 --> 00:21:10,275 You know who wrote that, of course. 340 00:21:10,366 --> 00:21:12,721 Yes. I did. 341 00:21:13,726 --> 00:21:16,559 Would you like to have me quote you on Goebbels and Mussolini 342 00:21:16,646 --> 00:21:18,841 before the Rome-Berlin pact? 343 00:21:19,246 --> 00:21:23,239 Are you trying to convince us you've had a sudden change of mind? 344 00:21:23,646 --> 00:21:25,955 Did Hitler have a change of mind about Stalin 345 00:21:26,046 --> 00:21:28,241 after he signed the Non-Aggression Treaty with him? 346 00:21:28,326 --> 00:21:29,759 RICHTMAN: That is completely irrelevant. 347 00:21:29,846 --> 00:21:34,044 All I'm trying to do is to convince you that I'm a realist, a pragmatist. 348 00:21:34,126 --> 00:21:35,479 That's all. 349 00:21:35,886 --> 00:21:37,763 Hitler decided he couldn't risk fighting Russia. 350 00:21:37,846 --> 00:21:40,121 I don't think the United States can risk fighting Germany. 351 00:21:40,206 --> 00:21:42,037 That's all I'm trying to say. 352 00:21:42,126 --> 00:21:44,082 RICHTMAN: And is that what you're going to say in your book? 353 00:21:44,166 --> 00:21:48,125 I've said it already, loud and clear, in the first few chapters. 354 00:21:48,966 --> 00:21:51,036 Why don't you read it? Hmm? 355 00:21:52,646 --> 00:21:55,240 Yes, thank you. We will. 356 00:21:55,326 --> 00:21:59,001 Yes, the Ministry of Propaganda will read every word of it. 357 00:21:59,326 --> 00:22:01,078 With great interest. 358 00:22:01,886 --> 00:22:03,365 And then the Ministry of Propaganda 359 00:22:03,446 --> 00:22:06,597 will pass it along to us at Gestapo Headquarters. 360 00:22:06,926 --> 00:22:08,325 For our opinion. 361 00:22:08,486 --> 00:22:09,965 (BELL RINGING) 362 00:22:57,766 --> 00:22:59,358 -1 2? -1 1 ... 363 00:23:00,286 --> 00:23:03,244 British officers and Herr Phillip Carrington. 364 00:23:04,286 --> 00:23:05,321 1 2. 365 00:23:05,526 --> 00:23:08,404 1 1 of us, one of yours, that makes 1 2. 366 00:23:17,446 --> 00:23:20,085 KOMMANDANT: The Minister has asked me to encourage you in every way I can 367 00:23:20,166 --> 00:23:22,157 -to finish your book. -Yes, yes. 368 00:23:22,246 --> 00:23:24,441 The Ministry of Propaganda is most enthusiastic 369 00:23:24,526 --> 00:23:26,676 about the first two chapters of your manuscript. 370 00:23:26,766 --> 00:23:27,994 And so am I. 371 00:23:28,086 --> 00:23:30,884 You'll be given every opportunity to arrange for its publication 372 00:23:30,966 --> 00:23:32,763 in the United States. 373 00:23:35,726 --> 00:23:38,194 How does the Gestapo feel about it? 374 00:23:38,326 --> 00:23:41,602 You have our permission to continue with your work. 375 00:23:43,606 --> 00:23:46,074 No, no. Sit down, Lieutenant. 376 00:23:50,126 --> 00:23:52,686 I found it very interesting, 377 00:23:52,766 --> 00:23:56,679 your analysis of power situations. 378 00:23:58,086 --> 00:24:00,919 There's nothing particularly new about that. 379 00:24:01,006 --> 00:24:03,566 -Darwin's theory... -Uh, yes, Darwin. 380 00:24:03,646 --> 00:24:07,400 But he didn't apply his idea to politics. 381 00:24:08,886 --> 00:24:10,922 For an American liberal... 382 00:24:12,446 --> 00:24:14,402 Disillusioned liberal. 383 00:24:14,486 --> 00:24:17,284 For an American with your background, 384 00:24:17,366 --> 00:24:22,394 you have an unusual contempt for human intelligence. 385 00:24:24,246 --> 00:24:29,445 The human species, like any other, have to adjust to the existing surroundings. 386 00:24:29,686 --> 00:24:31,995 Yes. Here in Colditz, too. 387 00:24:33,686 --> 00:24:37,804 Some of you adapt to the idea of remaining prisoners 388 00:24:38,606 --> 00:24:40,437 and some of you don't. 389 00:24:41,966 --> 00:24:46,323 All anyone needs is a sense of purpose, something to do. 390 00:24:46,406 --> 00:24:48,601 So you've adapted to Colditz? 391 00:24:51,446 --> 00:24:52,561 As long as I can get my work done. 392 00:24:52,646 --> 00:24:56,605 It might be possible to arrange a different environment for you. 393 00:24:57,366 --> 00:25:01,041 Yes. We were considering some other form of internment. 394 00:25:02,486 --> 00:25:05,956 House arrest. Perhaps a hotel room in Berlin. 395 00:25:06,406 --> 00:25:08,874 There are other writers there, there are French and English... 396 00:25:08,966 --> 00:25:10,194 CARRINGTON: Yes, I know that. 397 00:25:10,286 --> 00:25:12,242 You prefer to stay here? 398 00:25:16,246 --> 00:25:18,282 Well, what I'm thinking is that... 399 00:25:20,046 --> 00:25:21,877 If I were to get special treatment 400 00:25:21,966 --> 00:25:24,719 from what the Americans call the Gestapo, 401 00:25:25,726 --> 00:25:28,001 they might think that I'd been bribed. 402 00:25:28,086 --> 00:25:30,839 Every word that I wrote would be suspect. 403 00:25:31,286 --> 00:25:34,596 And no one could say that if I remained a prisoner of war 404 00:25:34,686 --> 00:25:36,278 here in Colditz. 405 00:25:48,886 --> 00:25:50,683 (SOLDIERS SHOUTING) 406 00:26:28,566 --> 00:26:32,081 Last year in Baden-Baden, the snow was this high. 407 00:26:32,166 --> 00:26:33,440 Get back! 408 00:26:33,926 --> 00:26:35,678 (MIMICKING BEING SHOT) 409 00:26:40,686 --> 00:26:44,440 Notice the yellow tubular and hermaphrodite florets of the disc. 410 00:26:44,526 --> 00:26:46,960 Peculiar to the species Bellis perennis. 411 00:26:47,766 --> 00:26:48,801 Commonly known as the daisy. 412 00:26:48,886 --> 00:26:50,797 (GUARD BLOWING WHISTLE) 413 00:28:21,726 --> 00:28:23,398 (BELL RINGING) 414 00:28:42,286 --> 00:28:44,038 (BELL CONTINUES RINGING) 415 00:28:47,326 --> 00:28:49,715 Keep quiet and do as you're told. 416 00:28:53,326 --> 00:28:54,759 Or I'll break your neck. 417 00:29:01,406 --> 00:29:02,475 1 1 ! 418 00:29:09,086 --> 00:29:10,519 Where is the twelfth? 419 00:29:10,606 --> 00:29:14,076 BRENT: There are only supposed to be 1 1 British Officers and your man. 420 00:29:15,286 --> 00:29:18,323 -I'd say your man seems to be missing. -What man? 421 00:29:18,406 --> 00:29:21,921 You know, Herr Carrington, the Kommandant"s friend. 422 00:29:22,166 --> 00:29:25,556 Maybe the Kommandant told Herr Carrington he was excused Appel. 423 00:30:17,086 --> 00:30:18,439 (DOGS BARKING) 424 00:30:31,086 --> 00:30:32,838 This is not Carrington's. 425 00:30:32,926 --> 00:30:36,680 The American did not go out to exercise this afternoon, sir. 426 00:30:36,886 --> 00:30:39,081 He was working in his cell all afternoon. 427 00:30:41,966 --> 00:30:45,083 DOWNING: At least Lord Haw-Haw never pretended to be on our side. 428 00:30:46,526 --> 00:30:49,643 MUIR: He had the decency to get out of the country before the war even started. 429 00:30:49,726 --> 00:30:53,685 DOWNING: Yes. Not like joining up and then supporting the enemy. 430 00:30:54,086 --> 00:30:56,122 BRENT: They'll hang him when it's over. 431 00:30:56,206 --> 00:30:58,720 FIRST CHESS PLAYER: Hang Lord Haw-Haw? 432 00:30:58,806 --> 00:31:00,717 SECOND CHESS PLAYER: Aren't you ever going to move? 433 00:31:00,806 --> 00:31:02,842 FIRST CHESS PLAYER: They ought to stuff him, 434 00:31:02,926 --> 00:31:04,803 put him in Madame Tussaud's. 435 00:31:04,886 --> 00:31:07,639 BRENT: Why shouldn't we? It's treason. 436 00:31:07,726 --> 00:31:10,320 They made out the warrant the minute he started his broadcasts 437 00:31:10,406 --> 00:31:12,078 telling us to give up. 438 00:31:12,166 --> 00:31:15,522 I suppose he'd have got off it if he'd been American. 439 00:31:16,566 --> 00:31:20,445 You stop being an American when you join the British Armed Forces. 440 00:31:20,526 --> 00:31:22,084 Legally, anyway. 441 00:31:22,166 --> 00:31:23,963 (SOLDIER WHISTLING) 442 00:31:32,806 --> 00:31:37,163 At ease. Please keep to your bunks, gentlemen. 443 00:31:38,086 --> 00:31:40,281 I do not wish to disturb you. 444 00:31:40,686 --> 00:31:43,280 I just want a few words with Lieutenant Carrington. 445 00:32:16,846 --> 00:32:18,882 Please get up, Lieutenant. 446 00:32:27,526 --> 00:32:29,517 Take him to his quarters. 447 00:32:47,646 --> 00:32:51,002 Well, there doesn't seem to be any serious damage. 448 00:32:52,406 --> 00:32:54,237 Very little bruising. 449 00:32:54,326 --> 00:32:55,645 Although it's hard to tell with the scalp. 450 00:32:55,726 --> 00:32:56,841 (ALARM SOUNDING) 451 00:32:56,926 --> 00:32:58,359 Emergency Appel. 452 00:32:58,446 --> 00:33:01,677 Looks like someone made it over the wall. Can you stand? 453 00:33:01,766 --> 00:33:04,155 You are excused all Appels until further notice. 454 00:33:04,246 --> 00:33:06,202 The Kommandant"s orders. 455 00:33:06,366 --> 00:33:09,517 Hmm, you are a lucky fellow. Wish it was me. 456 00:33:10,286 --> 00:33:11,799 All right if I just finish up with him first 457 00:33:11,886 --> 00:33:13,842 before I join the Appel? 458 00:33:14,926 --> 00:33:17,281 I don't think there's any need for a bandage. 459 00:33:17,366 --> 00:33:19,596 It's not much more than a cut, really. 460 00:33:19,686 --> 00:33:22,041 -What were you hit with? -I don't know. 461 00:33:22,126 --> 00:33:24,356 I don't seem to have been there when it happened. 462 00:33:24,446 --> 00:33:27,756 Well, I'll take another look at it tomorrow morning. 463 00:33:29,086 --> 00:33:31,281 Get as much sleep as you can. 464 00:34:03,286 --> 00:34:05,242 Is the duffle coat still in there? 465 00:34:09,806 --> 00:34:12,240 (FOOTBALL PLAYERS CALLING OUT PLAYS) 466 00:34:18,126 --> 00:34:19,400 All right, jim. 467 00:34:19,486 --> 00:34:21,716 Back, back, back, back! Back! 468 00:34:31,606 --> 00:34:33,085 MUIR: Hold it! 469 00:34:33,966 --> 00:34:35,479 Pat... 470 00:34:38,726 --> 00:34:41,001 -It's a different bag. -Are you sure? 471 00:34:41,086 --> 00:34:43,884 I've been punching it for months. I know every thread of it. 472 00:34:43,966 --> 00:34:45,319 GRANT: The jerries are onto us. Scramble. 473 00:34:45,406 --> 00:34:46,725 (SIGHING) 474 00:34:58,686 --> 00:34:59,801 Why change the bag? 475 00:34:59,886 --> 00:35:02,354 They probably ripped it open. When they found Dick's duffle coat, 476 00:35:02,446 --> 00:35:05,199 they thought they'd see if he'd try the same trick again. 477 00:35:07,686 --> 00:35:09,916 Well, at least Dick got away. 478 00:35:11,046 --> 00:35:12,684 Any news of Dick? 479 00:35:13,326 --> 00:35:14,395 Who? 480 00:35:16,046 --> 00:35:17,718 Lieutenant Player. 481 00:35:18,286 --> 00:35:19,924 Player? 482 00:35:21,246 --> 00:35:22,440 Player. 483 00:35:24,726 --> 00:35:26,364 Did he get clear? 484 00:35:27,086 --> 00:35:28,724 I don't know him. 485 00:35:33,246 --> 00:35:35,237 Okay, Bergman, forget it. 486 00:35:38,766 --> 00:35:41,883 I expected to find you in a more cheerful mood this morning. 487 00:35:47,686 --> 00:35:50,325 The British have pulled out of Greece. 488 00:35:51,886 --> 00:35:53,877 Rommel's doing well, too. 489 00:35:56,046 --> 00:35:57,923 You're so interested in Lieutenant Player, 490 00:35:58,006 --> 00:35:59,644 don't you want to hear how your side's getting on? 491 00:36:09,086 --> 00:36:10,724 Get out, Bergman. 492 00:36:14,206 --> 00:36:15,764 Get out! 493 00:36:15,846 --> 00:36:17,484 (BUCKET CLANGING) 494 00:36:58,686 --> 00:36:59,835 Damn! 495 00:37:03,086 --> 00:37:05,520 He'll spend the next couple of months in a cell. 496 00:37:10,486 --> 00:37:11,555 Steady, Simon. 497 00:37:11,646 --> 00:37:13,398 MUIR: Steady, Simon. 498 00:37:15,686 --> 00:37:17,916 How about a nice game of chess? 499 00:37:18,006 --> 00:37:19,234 A long game. Well, we've got plenty of time. 500 00:37:19,326 --> 00:37:21,237 We've got years and years. 501 00:37:21,326 --> 00:37:22,805 Easy, old man. 502 00:37:24,766 --> 00:37:27,041 Or we could brush up on our Spanish. 503 00:37:27,126 --> 00:37:29,196 Or take up the French horn. 504 00:37:29,966 --> 00:37:31,081 You know what we should have done, Dick and I? 505 00:37:31,166 --> 00:37:33,236 We should have gone on making those Azimuth tables. 506 00:37:34,766 --> 00:37:38,475 Measuring the length of shadows at noon. Waiting for the sun to come out. 507 00:37:38,566 --> 00:37:40,318 Cursing the days that it rained. 508 00:37:41,526 --> 00:37:45,405 We should have made thousands and thousands of navigation tables. 509 00:37:45,486 --> 00:37:47,283 At least when we were doing that we had something to do. 510 00:37:48,686 --> 00:37:49,914 We had some bloody reason for being alive. 511 00:37:50,006 --> 00:37:51,758 All right, you'll get another go! 512 00:37:53,246 --> 00:37:55,202 Just bad luck this time. 513 00:37:57,726 --> 00:37:59,079 That's all. 514 00:38:02,006 --> 00:38:03,962 DOWNING: Perhaps it was. 515 00:38:05,446 --> 00:38:07,118 Perhaps it wasn't. 516 00:38:10,206 --> 00:38:13,596 Well, it could have been just his bad luck, 517 00:38:13,686 --> 00:38:15,597 Jerries picking him up. 518 00:38:17,486 --> 00:38:19,238 Could be they knew where to look. 519 00:38:20,646 --> 00:38:23,922 MUIR: He was always hanging around. Listening. 520 00:38:31,046 --> 00:38:34,482 Don't you think we ought to give him a chance to defend himself? 521 00:38:34,566 --> 00:38:36,522 A sort of court-martial? 522 00:38:37,366 --> 00:38:38,685 All right. 523 00:38:39,926 --> 00:38:41,644 All right, we'll give him a chance. 524 00:38:42,846 --> 00:38:44,404 After Appel tonight. 525 00:38:52,646 --> 00:38:55,365 (jAZZ MUSIC PLAYING) 526 00:39:21,006 --> 00:39:22,598 (KNOCKS ON DOOR) 527 00:39:29,926 --> 00:39:33,123 -What is it? -The SPO wants to see you. Now. 528 00:39:34,206 --> 00:39:35,241 He asked us what we were doing. 529 00:39:35,326 --> 00:39:37,282 -And did you tell him? -No! 530 00:39:37,366 --> 00:39:39,322 He knew we were making some sort of calculations, 531 00:39:39,406 --> 00:39:40,521 I mean, I had a protractor, 532 00:39:40,606 --> 00:39:42,881 Dick was drawing triangles, he'd seen us in the exercise yard, 533 00:39:42,966 --> 00:39:44,194 anybody could guess what we were up to. 534 00:39:44,286 --> 00:39:46,083 I didn't guess what you were up to, Simon. 535 00:39:47,246 --> 00:39:48,679 Did you know? 536 00:39:50,126 --> 00:39:51,479 Carrington? 537 00:39:52,726 --> 00:39:54,000 Stand up. 538 00:39:59,846 --> 00:40:01,279 Did you know? 539 00:40:02,006 --> 00:40:03,041 Know what? 540 00:40:03,126 --> 00:40:06,118 Player was planning to get to France and reach the Mediterranean. 541 00:40:06,206 --> 00:40:09,164 -I knew he was planning something. -DOWNING: I see. 542 00:40:09,246 --> 00:40:10,725 Everybody's planning something. 543 00:40:10,806 --> 00:40:13,400 And after Dick escaped you were excused all further Appels. 544 00:40:13,486 --> 00:40:14,521 So what? 545 00:40:14,606 --> 00:40:17,439 DOWNING: Did you see the Kommandant that night? 546 00:40:19,926 --> 00:40:21,075 No, I don't think so. 547 00:40:21,166 --> 00:40:22,884 You've been on special rations for weeks now, haven't you? 548 00:40:22,966 --> 00:40:24,035 Oh, yeah. I get truffles three times a day. 549 00:40:24,126 --> 00:40:26,162 DOWNING: Ever since you had a private talk with the Kommandant... 550 00:40:26,246 --> 00:40:27,565 CARRINGTON: I've had dozens of talks with the Kommandant. 551 00:40:27,646 --> 00:40:28,761 DOWNING: The day you and Simon had a fight. 552 00:40:28,846 --> 00:40:31,121 Oh, come on. We all know why Phil's been getting special... 553 00:40:31,206 --> 00:40:33,276 -Phil... -Why are you standing up for him? 554 00:40:33,366 --> 00:40:35,926 It's not a question of standing up for anybody. 555 00:40:36,006 --> 00:40:37,644 There's no evidence at all that Carrington... 556 00:40:37,726 --> 00:40:38,920 He deserves a damn good hiding anyway. 557 00:40:39,006 --> 00:40:40,644 Make him run the gauntlet. 558 00:40:40,726 --> 00:40:41,954 Now, wait a minute. 559 00:40:42,046 --> 00:40:44,799 -Stay out of it. -All right. Let's take a vote on it. 560 00:40:44,886 --> 00:40:46,035 But there's no evidence... 561 00:40:46,126 --> 00:40:47,195 (CLAMOURING) 562 00:40:47,286 --> 00:40:48,480 Let's vote. 563 00:40:48,566 --> 00:40:50,318 All those in favour. 564 00:40:51,686 --> 00:40:52,914 Move. 565 00:40:57,486 --> 00:40:58,805 MAN: Riot squad! 566 00:41:13,046 --> 00:41:14,684 -Move out. -Simon! 567 00:41:32,326 --> 00:41:34,123 He's come to pin a medal on him. 568 00:41:38,766 --> 00:41:40,199 (MAN WHISTLING LONDON PRIDE OUTSIDE) 569 00:41:40,366 --> 00:41:41,845 Gestapo. 570 00:41:41,926 --> 00:41:44,838 -Come to congratulate Carrington. -On finishing his book. 571 00:41:46,006 --> 00:41:48,918 -What do you say now? -I just hope you're right, that's all. 572 00:41:59,686 --> 00:42:01,039 Sit down, Lieutenant. 573 00:42:09,806 --> 00:42:11,524 CARRINGTON: No, thanks. 574 00:42:11,606 --> 00:42:13,801 I've read your manuscript. 575 00:42:13,886 --> 00:42:15,524 You've spent enough time on it. 576 00:42:15,606 --> 00:42:18,564 We had several typewritten copies made. 577 00:42:18,686 --> 00:42:21,484 I was hoping it'd be off to the publisher by now. 578 00:42:21,566 --> 00:42:25,798 I felt it deserved careful study by all our departments 579 00:42:25,886 --> 00:42:27,922 before sending it to America. 580 00:42:28,006 --> 00:42:30,600 I thought you had the authority to send it on yourself? 581 00:42:30,686 --> 00:42:33,120 Yes. But there were things... 582 00:42:33,686 --> 00:42:37,599 questions that puzzled me about the manuscript. 583 00:42:38,406 --> 00:42:40,078 Maybe I can answer some of them for you. 584 00:42:40,166 --> 00:42:41,315 Yes. 585 00:42:42,446 --> 00:42:45,643 This letter attached to the manuscript... 586 00:42:47,326 --> 00:42:49,362 That's a letter to my publisher. 587 00:42:49,446 --> 00:42:52,756 Alexander Cole. He's an old school friend of yours, I see. 588 00:42:52,846 --> 00:42:55,485 CARRINGTON: Yes, sir, he is. He also published my last book. 589 00:42:55,566 --> 00:42:58,000 BRAUNER: Yes, the one about Spain. 590 00:42:59,206 --> 00:43:01,117 It puzzled me, this letter. 591 00:43:02,006 --> 00:43:03,485 ''Dear Sandy...'' 592 00:43:07,006 --> 00:43:09,281 That's a contraction for Alexander. 593 00:43:09,366 --> 00:43:10,435 Yes. 594 00:43:11,566 --> 00:43:14,922 ''You will probably be surprised by my book. 595 00:43:15,006 --> 00:43:19,045 ''I know that most of it is contrary to your own opinion.'' 596 00:43:21,486 --> 00:43:23,636 -I was just guessing. -Yes. 597 00:43:25,286 --> 00:43:28,596 Knowing your friend's political views in the past. 598 00:43:28,686 --> 00:43:33,362 ''I know it goes against majority opinion in the United States.'' 599 00:43:35,606 --> 00:43:37,995 -You know that, too. -Yes. 600 00:43:39,046 --> 00:43:43,039 ''But I hope you will understand that the truth of what I'm trying to say, 601 00:43:43,126 --> 00:43:45,356 ''particularly in chapter four, 602 00:43:48,166 --> 00:43:52,000 ''lies in the fact that the multiple always adds up 603 00:43:52,086 --> 00:43:57,001 ''to the original factor, as they taught us in high school.'' 604 00:44:01,526 --> 00:44:05,678 ''The multiple always adds up to the original factor.'' 605 00:44:05,766 --> 00:44:07,722 That's a curious phrase. 606 00:44:09,126 --> 00:44:12,243 Yes, that could be a little obscure to a German. 607 00:44:13,886 --> 00:44:19,438 What that is, is that's jargon used in American civics classes. 608 00:44:19,526 --> 00:44:21,198 What does it mean? 609 00:44:21,686 --> 00:44:23,358 Well, my interpretation was that 610 00:44:23,446 --> 00:44:28,315 the lowest common denominator of public opinion is always... 611 00:44:29,046 --> 00:44:30,479 always... 612 00:44:31,206 --> 00:44:33,083 the loudest and most representative. 613 00:44:33,166 --> 00:44:35,441 Yes, that's what I thought too, 614 00:44:37,366 --> 00:44:40,403 for a time, and then one of our other departments 615 00:44:40,486 --> 00:44:44,843 suggested an altogether different interpretation. 616 00:44:45,446 --> 00:44:47,721 Well, I can change that phrase if it bothers you. 617 00:44:47,806 --> 00:44:51,719 No, no, no, no. The whole book would be meaningless without it. 618 00:44:52,766 --> 00:44:54,518 What are twice nine? 619 00:44:57,646 --> 00:44:59,796 -What? -What are twice nine? 620 00:45:03,046 --> 00:45:05,401 BRAUNER: Yes, three times nine. 621 00:45:07,886 --> 00:45:09,478 Five times nine. 622 00:45:11,406 --> 00:45:13,044 Seven times nine. 623 00:45:14,486 --> 00:45:16,875 There's something very curious about this, 624 00:45:16,966 --> 00:45:19,685 because if you add one and eight, 625 00:45:22,166 --> 00:45:23,645 two and seven, 626 00:45:24,766 --> 00:45:26,245 four and five, 627 00:45:27,166 --> 00:45:28,645 six and three. 628 00:45:29,446 --> 00:45:30,561 Yes, thank you. 629 00:45:35,006 --> 00:45:40,080 The multiple always adds up to the original factor. 630 00:45:41,246 --> 00:45:43,885 Always, but only with the figure nine. 631 00:45:46,086 --> 00:45:47,804 That's fascinating. 632 00:45:48,446 --> 00:45:49,845 I never took mathematics. 633 00:45:49,926 --> 00:45:52,759 Yes, you did. At high school with your friend Sandy. 634 00:45:55,246 --> 00:45:57,714 What's that got to do with my book? 635 00:46:04,926 --> 00:46:09,204 Will you please read that first sentence from chapter four? 636 00:46:11,446 --> 00:46:12,640 Please. 637 00:46:16,686 --> 00:46:18,324 ''However chivalrous it may seem, 638 00:46:18,406 --> 00:46:21,204 ''flooding unending American arms into England won't stop...'' 639 00:46:21,286 --> 00:46:24,039 Yes, that's it. That's it. That's enough. 640 00:46:25,846 --> 00:46:27,962 Let's look at every ninth letter. 641 00:46:30,606 --> 00:46:31,595 H. 642 00:46:32,606 --> 00:46:33,595 I. 643 00:46:36,286 --> 00:46:37,275 T. 644 00:46:38,646 --> 00:46:39,635 L. 645 00:46:41,366 --> 00:46:42,355 E. 646 00:46:43,406 --> 00:46:45,601 R. Hitler. Thank you. 647 00:46:46,406 --> 00:46:50,081 Let's read on, taking every ninth letter in the manuscript. 648 00:46:51,486 --> 00:46:52,714 ''Hitler. 649 00:46:53,806 --> 00:46:57,196 ''In spite objections, 650 00:46:58,286 --> 00:47:02,279 ''general staff Wehrmacht 651 00:47:04,126 --> 00:47:07,516 ''has already issued 652 00:47:07,606 --> 00:47:11,519 ''Directive Number 24.'' 653 00:47:14,006 --> 00:47:16,600 You know what Directive Number 24 is? 654 00:47:18,006 --> 00:47:20,440 Yes, it's all here. 655 00:47:20,726 --> 00:47:23,559 In the same code in your manuscript. 656 00:47:25,326 --> 00:47:29,683 ''Invasion of Yugoslavia has not changed Hitler's plans, 657 00:47:29,766 --> 00:47:32,405 ''although it may have postponed them.'' 658 00:47:32,686 --> 00:47:37,885 ''Concentration of German troops in Romania and Poland 659 00:47:37,966 --> 00:47:39,877 ''is for Barbarossa, 660 00:47:41,606 --> 00:47:46,043 ''Hitler's code name for an attack on Russia this year.'' 661 00:47:51,206 --> 00:47:54,039 I know what Directive Number 24 is. 662 00:47:55,406 --> 00:47:56,634 Did you? 663 00:48:00,286 --> 00:48:02,242 I tried to warn a friend of mine in America. 664 00:48:02,326 --> 00:48:04,078 No, you hoped to warn the American government, 665 00:48:04,166 --> 00:48:05,758 and, through them, the Russians. 666 00:48:05,846 --> 00:48:08,314 Where did you get your information? 667 00:48:09,326 --> 00:48:12,204 -I was a journalist. -Yes, where did you... 668 00:48:12,286 --> 00:48:14,242 Where did you get your information? 669 00:48:14,326 --> 00:48:16,203 -Around. -Who from? 670 00:48:17,686 --> 00:48:19,836 -just around. -Who from? 671 00:48:21,366 --> 00:48:25,075 Everybody in Germany knows what Directive Number 24 is. 672 00:48:27,566 --> 00:48:28,840 Who from? 673 00:48:44,246 --> 00:48:45,565 (KEY RATTLING) 674 00:48:56,886 --> 00:48:58,285 PLAYER: God! 675 00:49:23,926 --> 00:49:25,041 Hello. 676 00:49:27,046 --> 00:49:29,355 Pat got a message through to me. 677 00:49:30,406 --> 00:49:32,601 It was a damn good try, Yank. 678 00:49:37,726 --> 00:49:38,920 Thanks... 679 00:49:39,646 --> 00:49:40,965 (GRUNTING) 680 00:49:44,366 --> 00:49:45,640 ...limey.