1 00:01:01,285 --> 00:01:02,718 Poor bastards. 2 00:01:02,805 --> 00:01:05,842 Those were two one had rather assumed had made it. 3 00:01:05,925 --> 00:01:08,917 -Seven weeks. -What do you think? 4 00:01:09,005 --> 00:01:12,315 Two Frenchmen can't get home and dry in seven weeks. 5 00:01:13,685 --> 00:01:15,676 I wonder what went wrong. 6 00:01:16,765 --> 00:01:18,642 What did you do in the war, Daddy? 7 00:01:18,725 --> 00:01:20,875 (LAUGHS) Oh, my son. 8 00:01:21,365 --> 00:01:24,960 Product of my late middle age, if things go on the way they are. 9 00:01:25,045 --> 00:01:27,161 I spent several weeks being pursued through the rain 10 00:01:27,245 --> 00:01:29,998 by infinitely more competent Germans, 11 00:01:30,085 --> 00:01:33,555 and the next 20 years digging little holes in a castle. 12 00:01:34,125 --> 00:01:36,798 Seven weeks and still caught. 13 00:01:36,885 --> 00:01:38,204 It'll be like a piece of Gruyere this place, 14 00:01:38,285 --> 00:01:41,277 -by the time we've finished with it. -Ever seen a Gruyere? 15 00:01:41,365 --> 00:01:44,516 The holes just reach the rind, not outside. 16 00:01:44,605 --> 00:01:47,677 Moles. That's what we should model ourselves on. 17 00:01:47,765 --> 00:01:50,233 Happy little fellows, tunnelling away. 18 00:01:50,325 --> 00:01:51,804 They're blind. 19 00:01:52,245 --> 00:01:55,203 -They got those two Frenchies. -Yes, we know. 20 00:01:55,805 --> 00:01:57,397 (MEN CHATTERING) 21 00:02:00,965 --> 00:02:03,763 The compliments of Captain Coty. 22 00:02:04,565 --> 00:02:07,079 He wants a word with you. Privately. 23 00:02:07,685 --> 00:02:08,879 Thanks. 24 00:02:10,365 --> 00:02:13,004 Excuse me. I'll be back in a minute. 25 00:02:22,805 --> 00:02:24,875 -Hello there. -Hello, Simon. 26 00:02:26,125 --> 00:02:29,322 We are, in the French quarters, a little, uh... 27 00:02:30,405 --> 00:02:31,838 Disorganised. 28 00:02:33,445 --> 00:02:36,198 As you probably have heard our two escaped officers 29 00:02:36,285 --> 00:02:39,357 -have been recaptured. -Yes, I was sorry to hear that. 30 00:02:39,445 --> 00:02:41,356 They reached Le Treport, 31 00:02:41,445 --> 00:02:43,436 -which is near Dieppe. -Mmm-hmm. 32 00:02:43,525 --> 00:02:47,074 They had intended to steal a fishing boat and escape to England. 33 00:02:47,165 --> 00:02:50,362 Yeah, well, they were jolly lucky to get that far. 34 00:02:50,445 --> 00:02:52,595 They are exceptional officers. 35 00:02:52,685 --> 00:02:55,483 In Le Treport, they were in a cafe 36 00:02:55,565 --> 00:02:58,398 and the proprietor became suspicious. 37 00:02:58,485 --> 00:03:01,682 Yeah? What did he do? Hand them over to the Germans? 38 00:03:01,765 --> 00:03:03,118 No, no. 39 00:03:10,645 --> 00:03:12,317 (CARTER WHISTLING) 40 00:03:13,365 --> 00:03:15,925 He was himself a member of a resistance group. 41 00:03:16,005 --> 00:03:17,154 Oh. 42 00:03:17,285 --> 00:03:19,640 He told them it was almost impossible to take a boat 43 00:03:19,725 --> 00:03:22,364 but he was able to introduce them into a... 44 00:03:22,445 --> 00:03:23,924 Hey! Watch it. 45 00:03:24,005 --> 00:03:26,200 A system that would enable them 46 00:03:26,285 --> 00:03:28,640 to be passed from one resistance group to another, 47 00:03:28,725 --> 00:03:31,717 all the way across France to the Spanish Gulf. 48 00:03:32,285 --> 00:03:35,641 They joined two British airmen, and in only three days 49 00:03:36,805 --> 00:03:38,158 they were at Saint-Girons. 50 00:03:38,245 --> 00:03:42,557 This is a place about 1 0 kilometres from the Spanish frontier. 51 00:03:44,405 --> 00:03:46,157 They spent the day in the house of an architect 52 00:03:46,245 --> 00:03:50,033 before crossing into Spain that night, when the Germans came. 53 00:03:51,205 --> 00:03:54,322 They were recaptured and the architect was shot. 54 00:03:55,445 --> 00:03:58,164 -So very near. -I have no more details. 55 00:03:59,205 --> 00:04:02,834 As you will realise, they are now in solitary confinement. 56 00:04:04,565 --> 00:04:06,317 But one of them needed medical treatment 57 00:04:06,405 --> 00:04:09,477 and we were able to talk with him for a few minutes. 58 00:04:09,565 --> 00:04:12,159 Yeah, well, thank you for telling me. 59 00:04:12,925 --> 00:04:14,722 You don't understand. 60 00:04:15,365 --> 00:04:17,242 There is now a system 61 00:04:17,325 --> 00:04:21,238 all the way across occupied Europe to enable men to escape to Britain. 62 00:04:21,325 --> 00:04:22,553 Hold on. 63 00:04:23,685 --> 00:04:24,879 Here. 64 00:04:28,285 --> 00:04:29,957 Uh, do you mind? 65 00:04:30,045 --> 00:04:31,478 (MAN SIGHING) 66 00:04:32,085 --> 00:04:33,598 Thanks awfully. 67 00:04:38,005 --> 00:04:41,884 They went through nine different areas in only three days, 68 00:04:43,045 --> 00:04:44,717 in perfect safety. 69 00:04:46,085 --> 00:04:50,203 It was only in, uh, in one area where one man had broken, 70 00:04:50,285 --> 00:04:52,355 that the system broke down. 71 00:04:52,765 --> 00:04:57,475 He said that literally hundreds of RAF men have been passed safely into Spain. 72 00:04:57,725 --> 00:04:58,874 I see. 73 00:05:00,125 --> 00:05:02,241 All we need is one address. 74 00:05:03,085 --> 00:05:05,360 Holland. Belgium. 75 00:05:05,445 --> 00:05:07,561 -France or Luxembourg. -One. 76 00:05:08,845 --> 00:05:12,155 After that the resistance groups will guard our men. 77 00:05:12,365 --> 00:05:14,356 It's a thought, isn't it? 78 00:05:15,405 --> 00:05:16,963 Of course, this advice must never be given 79 00:05:17,045 --> 00:05:20,481 except to a man who is escaping at the last minute. 80 00:05:20,565 --> 00:05:23,125 Before that, no one but the escape officer should know it. 81 00:05:23,205 --> 00:05:24,399 No one. 82 00:05:24,965 --> 00:05:28,275 -Yeah, but how do we get the address? -I don't know. 83 00:05:29,485 --> 00:05:32,636 All I know is that you have contact with England. 84 00:05:33,125 --> 00:05:34,478 And it is in England that there are people 85 00:05:34,565 --> 00:05:37,159 who organise these resistance groups. 86 00:05:37,645 --> 00:05:39,636 Who know where it is safe and where it isn't. 87 00:05:39,725 --> 00:05:43,081 Who know literally from day to day what is happening. 88 00:05:43,245 --> 00:05:47,443 You must never believe that we Catholics worship the Blessed Virgin. 89 00:05:47,525 --> 00:05:50,961 It is only through a representation of the Virgin... 90 00:05:53,565 --> 00:05:55,556 But you must come to mass more often. 91 00:05:55,645 --> 00:05:59,604 I'm sure our priest would be happy to instruct you in the faith. 92 00:06:41,325 --> 00:06:43,919 CARTER: Anything I say, I don't want you to discuss with anybody, okay? 93 00:06:44,005 --> 00:06:45,404 Obviously. 94 00:06:45,485 --> 00:06:47,203 Can you think of any way that we can get in touch 95 00:06:47,285 --> 00:06:50,482 with your chaps at British Intelligence in London? 96 00:06:50,925 --> 00:06:52,597 Well, offhand, no. 97 00:06:53,525 --> 00:06:55,356 We have no transmitter as you know, and even if we had, 98 00:06:55,445 --> 00:06:58,118 I have no idea what frequencies are being used now, 99 00:06:58,205 --> 00:07:00,241 let alone what codes. 100 00:07:00,325 --> 00:07:03,362 And the Jerries would be bound to pick it up before London did. 101 00:07:03,445 --> 00:07:07,074 And pigeons, well, they can't fly that far. 102 00:07:07,165 --> 00:07:08,917 (LAUGHS) Wouldn't know where to go. 103 00:07:09,005 --> 00:07:11,644 (SHIVERING) In here they'd be more use casseroled. 104 00:07:11,725 --> 00:07:13,124 I'm serious. 105 00:07:13,805 --> 00:07:17,957 Well, we could always get someone out and tell him to contact Dai in London. 106 00:07:18,085 --> 00:07:20,804 Brent and Turner are going out later this week, but... 107 00:07:20,885 --> 00:07:23,274 Then I presume you're more interested in regular contact? 108 00:07:23,365 --> 00:07:24,718 -Yeah. -Why? 109 00:07:25,245 --> 00:07:28,123 You tell me how to do it, I'll tell you why. 110 00:07:28,645 --> 00:07:32,354 Well, there is only one way open. Letters home. 111 00:07:32,845 --> 00:07:34,722 Yeah, but the Germans read those. 112 00:07:34,805 --> 00:07:38,593 Well, I'm not a code expert. I'm only an ordinary G3I. 113 00:07:38,685 --> 00:07:41,563 But I've run into chaps who do know about codes. 114 00:07:41,645 --> 00:07:44,796 And the main problem is not devising a code, 115 00:07:44,885 --> 00:07:48,002 but persuading anybody at the other end it is a code. 116 00:07:48,085 --> 00:07:51,521 Who could we write to who might be bright enough 117 00:07:51,605 --> 00:07:53,436 to realise what's happening? 118 00:07:53,525 --> 00:07:55,675 (LAUGHS) My dear old mother. 119 00:07:57,085 --> 00:07:58,962 I'm afraid if she got any message 120 00:07:59,045 --> 00:08:02,401 other than that I was well and hoped she was, too, 121 00:08:02,485 --> 00:08:05,522 she'd be so confused, I doubt if she'd recover. 122 00:08:06,085 --> 00:08:11,034 We need someone with the sort of mind to spot an oddity, 123 00:08:11,125 --> 00:08:13,275 and the brains to take it to an expert to sort... 124 00:08:13,365 --> 00:08:14,798 -Cathy. -Cathy? 125 00:08:14,885 --> 00:08:16,284 My wife. 126 00:08:16,605 --> 00:08:18,402 Well, she does crosswords and all that sort of thing. 127 00:08:18,485 --> 00:08:22,273 She's embarrassingly brilliant at it. Well, she'd be perfect. 128 00:08:22,925 --> 00:08:25,519 You tell me. If she's got to be made suspicious, 129 00:08:25,605 --> 00:08:27,914 she's got to realise we're trying to say something. 130 00:08:28,005 --> 00:08:31,634 Do you have a private language? You know. 131 00:08:31,725 --> 00:08:34,603 We were hardly together long enough to have a private anything. 132 00:08:34,685 --> 00:08:37,074 We have a rudimentary code going. 133 00:08:38,165 --> 00:08:41,123 -There's the honeymoon. -What about it? 134 00:08:41,205 --> 00:08:44,163 Well, we spent our wedding night in the waiting room at Swindon Railway Station 135 00:08:44,245 --> 00:08:45,473 -surrounded by troops. -(CHUCKLES) 136 00:08:45,565 --> 00:08:49,843 No, ''honeymoon'' is a word that we have to mean something really awful. 137 00:08:50,405 --> 00:08:52,475 Well, we can always try it. 138 00:08:53,485 --> 00:08:55,874 (SIGHS) Now, if you'll give me permission, 139 00:08:55,965 --> 00:08:57,523 I'd like to get back to bed. 140 00:08:57,605 --> 00:09:01,439 Apart from the fact I'm freezing, a fresh mind in the morning... 141 00:09:04,285 --> 00:09:05,513 CARTER: Yes? 142 00:09:05,605 --> 00:09:08,199 You did say you normally sign your postcards just, ''S''. 143 00:09:08,285 --> 00:09:09,957 -That's right. -Good. 144 00:09:10,045 --> 00:09:12,240 You'll sign this one ''Simon''. 145 00:09:14,285 --> 00:09:16,480 We write down the alphabet 146 00:09:16,565 --> 00:09:19,125 and underneath each letter we write down another alphabet. 147 00:09:19,205 --> 00:09:23,562 Except that we write S-I-M-O-N, under A-B-C-D-E. 148 00:09:23,645 --> 00:09:25,761 -Ah. -Then we carry on as usual, 149 00:09:25,845 --> 00:09:27,073 only leaving out the letters of Simon 150 00:09:27,165 --> 00:09:29,474 -as we come to them. Okay? -Yeah, so far. 151 00:09:29,565 --> 00:09:31,999 Now, there are five letters in Simon. 152 00:09:32,085 --> 00:09:35,441 So we write our message in such a way that every fifth letter is the code... 153 00:09:35,525 --> 00:09:37,083 (MAN WHISTLING) 154 00:09:39,685 --> 00:09:43,598 -She'll never be able to work that out. -It's a very simple code. 155 00:09:43,685 --> 00:09:47,234 The main problem is, will anybody realise it's a code at all? 156 00:09:47,325 --> 00:09:49,634 But if we mention your honeymoon 157 00:09:49,725 --> 00:09:51,317 -and change the way you sign it... -Yeah. 158 00:09:51,405 --> 00:09:54,317 We'll just have to hope your wife realises you're being crafty 159 00:09:54,405 --> 00:09:57,044 and haven't simply gone off your head. 160 00:09:58,965 --> 00:10:03,277 Right, off you trot. (GRUNTS) I have a lot of message to play with yet. 161 00:10:05,965 --> 00:10:07,557 I hope it works. 162 00:10:16,365 --> 00:10:17,957 (ZIPPER CLOSING) 163 00:10:37,205 --> 00:10:38,843 (CLEARING THROAT) 164 00:10:43,085 --> 00:10:46,475 -Mafeking has been relieved. -What? 165 00:10:47,045 --> 00:10:48,478 I want to see someone, please. 166 00:10:48,565 --> 00:10:50,396 -Where's your pass? -I haven't got a pass. 167 00:10:50,485 --> 00:10:53,443 I know that. I know everyone who has passes. 168 00:10:53,525 --> 00:10:56,961 -Well, then how do I get to see anyone? -Fill this in. 169 00:11:10,565 --> 00:11:14,478 Do sit down. The chairs are terribly uncomfortable, I'm afraid. 170 00:11:15,005 --> 00:11:16,404 -Now, Miss... -Mrs Carter. 171 00:11:16,485 --> 00:11:18,601 Mrs Carter, my name is Palmer. 172 00:11:18,685 --> 00:11:19,879 Don't worry about Cooper on the door. 173 00:11:19,965 --> 00:11:23,753 We rely on him rather than a battalion of infantry to keep away invaders. 174 00:11:23,845 --> 00:11:25,164 I realise. 175 00:11:31,005 --> 00:11:33,644 -From your husband? -Yes, he is in Oflag 4C. 176 00:11:33,725 --> 00:11:37,161 Hmm, Colditz. You assume there's some sort of message hidden here. 177 00:11:37,245 --> 00:11:39,440 -Yes, how did you know that? -I doubt if you'd had bothered to argue 178 00:11:39,525 --> 00:11:41,800 with Cooper if this was Just an ordinary postcard. 179 00:11:41,885 --> 00:11:45,355 Could you ask Colonel Mansell if he can spare a moment? Thank you. 180 00:11:45,445 --> 00:11:48,721 -You've had a lot of postcards? -Yes, it's been a long time. 181 00:11:48,805 --> 00:11:51,478 And this is the first one that seemed curious? 182 00:11:51,565 --> 00:11:53,601 -Yes. -Tell me why. 183 00:11:54,205 --> 00:11:57,197 Well, it's so formal and he signed it ''Simon'' instead of just ''S'', 184 00:11:57,285 --> 00:12:00,482 -and the bit about our honeymoon. -Yes, he hopes to have another like it. 185 00:12:00,565 --> 00:12:03,921 -It's our word for something disastrous. -I see. 186 00:12:05,365 --> 00:12:08,914 Ah, sir, Mrs Carter received this from her husband in Colditz. 187 00:12:09,005 --> 00:12:11,519 She thinks it may contain a message. 188 00:12:13,245 --> 00:12:15,440 -Your husband a mathematician? -No. 189 00:12:15,525 --> 00:12:16,799 I assumed not or I would know him. 190 00:12:16,885 --> 00:12:18,796 We could try sending it to Bletchley, sir. 191 00:12:18,885 --> 00:12:21,240 Uh, no. No, no. No. 192 00:12:22,805 --> 00:12:24,318 Ah, Mrs Carter, 193 00:12:25,245 --> 00:12:27,236 I don't want to be offensive. Your husband, is there any reason 194 00:12:27,325 --> 00:12:29,316 why he should suppose you could break a code? 195 00:12:29,405 --> 00:12:30,918 No, not really. 196 00:12:31,325 --> 00:12:33,839 No? Quite mad, most of us. 197 00:12:33,925 --> 00:12:38,316 But, he might on the other hand think that you could recognise a puzzle. 198 00:12:38,565 --> 00:12:41,682 Well, I always do The Times crossword and he never could. 199 00:12:41,765 --> 00:12:43,357 -And how long does it take you? -Oh, it varies. 200 00:12:43,445 --> 00:12:45,675 Ten minutes, quarter of an hour. 201 00:12:45,765 --> 00:12:48,199 Oh! I must make it more difficult. 202 00:12:48,725 --> 00:12:50,920 -Well, I'll have a ponder. -Thank you, sir. 203 00:12:51,005 --> 00:12:52,961 Thank you very much, you've been very helpful. 204 00:12:53,045 --> 00:12:54,558 -You don't mind if we hang onto this? -Of course not. 205 00:12:54,645 --> 00:12:55,998 And any other, of course. 206 00:12:56,085 --> 00:12:59,873 Not really our department. We are counter intelligence, MI5. 207 00:12:59,965 --> 00:13:01,364 You really want the other people, MI6, 208 00:13:01,445 --> 00:13:04,278 but we, uh, hang together and try to help one another up over the wall, 209 00:13:04,365 --> 00:13:06,321 one thing or the other, you know? 210 00:13:06,405 --> 00:13:09,317 Now, if you could fill me in with a little background about your husband. 211 00:13:09,405 --> 00:13:10,554 Of course, but I don't see why... 212 00:13:10,645 --> 00:13:12,601 It's just that if there is a coded message in that postcard, 213 00:13:12,685 --> 00:13:15,643 I imagine he'll be expecting a reply from you. 214 00:13:15,725 --> 00:13:18,398 It will help if we have some idea of how best to approach your husband 215 00:13:18,485 --> 00:13:21,955 if we're going to write your letters for you in future. 216 00:13:35,485 --> 00:13:37,521 -MAN: Ulmann. -Scramble. 217 00:13:48,525 --> 00:13:52,200 -Another guest for you, gentleman. -Hello, I'm Dick Player. 218 00:13:52,645 --> 00:13:54,044 -Tim Downing. -How do you do? 219 00:13:54,125 --> 00:13:55,399 Larry Page. 220 00:13:55,485 --> 00:13:57,396 -Where do you come from? -Birmingham. 221 00:13:57,485 --> 00:13:58,600 (ALL CHUCKLING) 222 00:13:58,685 --> 00:14:00,676 -No, I mean to get sent here. -Oh. 223 00:14:00,765 --> 00:14:02,756 -Oflag 1 4B. -1 4B? 224 00:14:07,485 --> 00:14:08,520 Is this bunk taken? 225 00:14:08,605 --> 00:14:11,403 DOWNING: Uh, the bottom one there is free. 226 00:14:13,845 --> 00:14:15,961 -Tired? -Very. 227 00:14:18,285 --> 00:14:19,764 (PAGE SIGHING) 228 00:14:26,245 --> 00:14:28,884 Mrs Carter. How kind of you to come back at such short notice. 229 00:14:28,965 --> 00:14:31,320 It's not every day I have a staff car sent to collect me. 230 00:14:31,405 --> 00:14:33,760 -(PHONE RINGING) -Excuse me. Yes? 231 00:14:33,845 --> 00:14:36,598 Yes, of course, sir. I won't be a minute. 232 00:14:41,165 --> 00:14:42,678 (DOOR CLOSING) 233 00:14:42,965 --> 00:14:44,478 (CLEARS THROAT) 234 00:14:51,925 --> 00:14:53,404 (DOOR OPENING) 235 00:14:55,525 --> 00:14:57,880 Oh, Mrs Carter. Just one or two questions. 236 00:14:57,965 --> 00:14:59,080 Of course. 237 00:14:59,165 --> 00:15:01,474 -This business of the honeymoon. -Yes? 238 00:15:01,565 --> 00:15:03,283 How many people know what that means? 239 00:15:03,365 --> 00:15:06,641 -It's our phrase, Simon's and mine. -It isn't quite what I had asked. 240 00:15:06,725 --> 00:15:08,397 -Who else knows? -Nobody. 241 00:15:08,485 --> 00:15:11,477 You've never joked about it with a girlfriend? 242 00:15:11,685 --> 00:15:13,403 Well, yes, I suppose so but... 243 00:15:13,485 --> 00:15:15,521 Then it's, uh, possible that your husband joked about it, too. 244 00:15:15,605 --> 00:15:17,880 He wouldn't. Anyway, there's no reason why he should have done. 245 00:15:17,965 --> 00:15:20,240 But you said yourself that he wasn't an expert at codes. 246 00:15:20,325 --> 00:15:21,883 So whoever coded the postcard must have known. 247 00:15:21,965 --> 00:15:24,433 You see, this postcard could have been sent by the Germans. 248 00:15:24,525 --> 00:15:26,880 Next you will be saying Simon is a German spy. 249 00:15:26,965 --> 00:15:28,603 -No. -Or do you think I am? 250 00:15:28,685 --> 00:15:31,995 -We have checked. -Then I don't see what your problem is. 251 00:15:32,085 --> 00:15:33,313 You were quite right. 252 00:15:33,405 --> 00:15:36,795 There is a coded message in that postcard. It asks for information. 253 00:15:36,885 --> 00:15:39,763 That information would be very useful to your husband. 254 00:15:39,845 --> 00:15:41,881 It would be even more useful to the Germans. 255 00:15:41,965 --> 00:15:43,284 It's just that if we do reply, 256 00:15:43,365 --> 00:15:46,198 we want to make quite sure that the information reaches the right hands. 257 00:15:46,285 --> 00:15:48,879 If your husband even once joked about your honeymoon in front of someone 258 00:15:48,965 --> 00:15:50,398 who was working for the Germans, 259 00:15:50,485 --> 00:15:54,000 then that postcard could have been sent without his ever knowing about it. 260 00:15:54,085 --> 00:15:56,315 -But it's in his handwriting. -Oh, but Mrs Carter, 261 00:15:56,405 --> 00:15:58,680 forgery is no longer a penal offence in our circles. 262 00:15:58,765 --> 00:16:01,723 PALMER: You see, the Germans don't only read outgoing mail from POW camps, 263 00:16:01,805 --> 00:16:03,841 they read incoming mail as well. 264 00:16:03,925 --> 00:16:06,837 It's just that we'd be happier if we made absolutely sure 265 00:16:06,925 --> 00:16:10,440 we're doing the wise thing, so if you'd be good enough to write a letter, 266 00:16:10,525 --> 00:16:13,198 make it chatty, you know, like the one you're going to write anyway. 267 00:16:13,285 --> 00:16:15,355 Then we can play around with it and... 268 00:16:15,445 --> 00:16:18,198 You can write it out again on your own writing paper. 269 00:16:18,285 --> 00:16:19,957 You do understand? 270 00:16:20,445 --> 00:16:21,560 Yes. 271 00:16:21,645 --> 00:16:24,717 If you would be good enough to write a draft. 272 00:16:26,645 --> 00:16:27,714 Now. 273 00:16:32,965 --> 00:16:34,956 (ALARM RINGING) 274 00:16:50,085 --> 00:16:52,121 What the hell does he think he's doing? 275 00:16:52,205 --> 00:16:54,514 (MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 276 00:16:56,485 --> 00:16:59,283 (MAN SPEAKING FRENCH) 277 00:17:04,045 --> 00:17:06,957 (MAN SPEAKING FOREIGN LANGUAGE) 278 00:17:08,645 --> 00:17:11,603 (MAN SPEAKING FRENCH) 279 00:17:13,845 --> 00:17:15,119 (MAN SPEAKING GERMAN) 280 00:17:17,805 --> 00:17:19,955 Oh, we've got a tough one here. 281 00:17:34,005 --> 00:17:36,394 248-71 9, Pilot Officer Page. 282 00:17:37,045 --> 00:17:38,273 (MAN SPEAKING GERMAN) 283 00:17:38,365 --> 00:17:40,196 Tell Jimmy Walker to have a word with him. 284 00:17:40,285 --> 00:17:41,718 -Aye. -He needs straightening out. 285 00:17:41,805 --> 00:17:42,999 Indeed. 286 00:17:43,805 --> 00:17:46,000 And you better tell Jimmy to tell him if he wants to get out of here 287 00:17:46,085 --> 00:17:48,838 he's got to take his place in the queue. 288 00:18:10,485 --> 00:18:12,077 (MEN CHATTERING) 289 00:18:12,645 --> 00:18:14,761 (MAN SPEAKING GERMAN) 290 00:18:39,925 --> 00:18:41,643 CARTER: Bombs away. 291 00:18:47,005 --> 00:18:51,123 It works. As long as they never check on identities or nationalities, just heads. 292 00:18:51,205 --> 00:18:54,402 Twenty-two heads go out with 44 legs and the same number come back in. 293 00:18:54,485 --> 00:18:57,363 It's foolproof, Simon. We can use it as often as we like. 294 00:18:57,445 --> 00:18:58,560 And the shed? 295 00:18:58,645 --> 00:19:01,000 The gardener left the door open as always. 296 00:19:01,085 --> 00:19:02,234 Good. 297 00:19:03,365 --> 00:19:05,720 As long as our two dwarfs stay here, we can go on getting people out 298 00:19:05,805 --> 00:19:07,716 for as long as we like. 299 00:19:08,085 --> 00:19:11,521 Well, there's not much chance they're going to be posted. 300 00:19:39,165 --> 00:19:42,475 Hi. I saw you last night but we haven't met. 301 00:19:42,565 --> 00:19:44,476 My name's Jimmy Walker. 302 00:19:45,405 --> 00:19:49,364 Afraid the percentage of RAF in here is increasing all the time. 303 00:19:50,845 --> 00:19:54,474 -Tell me, what did you do to get here? -I wanted a continental holiday. 304 00:19:54,565 --> 00:19:58,399 (LAUGHS) No, I mean where did you escape from? 305 00:19:58,805 --> 00:19:59,920 1 4B. 306 00:20:00,005 --> 00:20:02,678 -Oh, how'd you get out? -Over the wire. 307 00:20:02,885 --> 00:20:06,639 -Over the wire? -Over it. Round it. Through it. 308 00:20:07,605 --> 00:20:10,403 -How long were you out? -Not long. 309 00:20:12,085 --> 00:20:16,078 -And they sent you here. -It would seem so. 310 00:20:17,725 --> 00:20:20,523 It is just that normally you seem to have to have a bit of a reputation 311 00:20:20,605 --> 00:20:22,994 before you get a ticket for this place. 312 00:20:23,085 --> 00:20:26,202 Well, I didn't say it was the first time, did I? 313 00:20:27,725 --> 00:20:30,444 Stand by your beds. Letters from your loved ones at home. 314 00:20:30,525 --> 00:20:32,322 Willy. Don't worry if you've already shared them 315 00:20:32,405 --> 00:20:34,714 with your friendly German censor, Dick. 316 00:20:34,805 --> 00:20:36,284 -George? -Yeah. 317 00:20:37,285 --> 00:20:39,162 Tim. Jimmy. 318 00:20:40,405 --> 00:20:42,236 -Harry. -Anything for me? 319 00:20:42,325 --> 00:20:44,759 I'm sorry, Simon. And one for me! 320 00:20:47,405 --> 00:20:49,794 Hey, listen to this. 321 00:20:49,885 --> 00:20:53,878 ''We have turned the tennis courts into a vegetable garden. 322 00:20:53,965 --> 00:20:58,038 ''It's part of a campaign by the government called 'Dig for Victory'.'' 323 00:20:58,125 --> 00:20:59,877 What an interesting idea. 324 00:21:00,605 --> 00:21:02,118 Anything wrong? 325 00:21:03,045 --> 00:21:05,479 -Nothing serious. -Then what is it? 326 00:21:05,965 --> 00:21:08,684 Just that my mother's been moved into a home. 327 00:21:08,765 --> 00:21:10,517 What sort of a home? 328 00:21:10,605 --> 00:21:14,883 A charity for the widows of indigent gentlefolk. 329 00:21:15,205 --> 00:21:18,914 -Oh, I'm sorry. -It's probably all for the best. 330 00:21:19,005 --> 00:21:21,963 She found the house too much for her even before the war. 331 00:21:22,045 --> 00:21:26,323 And she could never get used to the idea of having to take in lodgers. 332 00:21:26,445 --> 00:21:29,323 -If only I was there to help. -Yeah, I know. 333 00:21:29,965 --> 00:21:34,117 What the hell do you mean you know? You've got a wife, parents! 334 00:21:34,205 --> 00:21:37,163 Everything waiting for you when you get home. 335 00:21:39,005 --> 00:21:40,154 Sorry. 336 00:21:41,125 --> 00:21:44,640 It's just that if ever I get out of here the best I can hope for is a job 337 00:21:44,725 --> 00:21:48,798 as a schoolmaster trying to scrape enough money together to buy a car 338 00:21:49,605 --> 00:21:51,755 to take her out at weekends. 339 00:21:57,685 --> 00:21:59,357 (KNOCKING ON DOOR) 340 00:22:00,485 --> 00:22:01,600 (KNOCKING CONTINUES) 341 00:22:01,685 --> 00:22:04,119 DOWNING: Come in, whoever you are. 342 00:22:06,525 --> 00:22:09,801 -If I could have a word with you. -Yeah, of course, um... 343 00:22:09,885 --> 00:22:12,319 -Come over here, all right? -Hello. 344 00:22:15,965 --> 00:22:17,603 Uh, do you mind? 345 00:22:20,325 --> 00:22:21,883 Here, sit down. 346 00:22:25,285 --> 00:22:28,322 There are two matters I should like to discuss. 347 00:22:31,765 --> 00:22:36,714 -The first is the business I mentioned. -Yeah, it's been put in hand. 348 00:22:36,845 --> 00:22:37,994 Ah. 349 00:22:38,405 --> 00:22:40,873 The other matter is just a warning. 350 00:22:41,965 --> 00:22:45,435 -Your plan to give piggyback rides... -Yes? 351 00:22:46,085 --> 00:22:48,918 I believe it depends on the gardener's hut. 352 00:22:49,005 --> 00:22:52,714 As you know, part of our quarters overlooks that hut. 353 00:22:53,485 --> 00:22:56,602 I have to tell you that today the door was never opened. 354 00:22:56,685 --> 00:22:57,834 Why? 355 00:22:58,685 --> 00:23:01,757 I managed to have a word with one of the civilian staff. 356 00:23:01,845 --> 00:23:06,396 The gardener was taken ill last night. I was told it was, uh... 357 00:23:06,485 --> 00:23:09,283 -Comment dites-vous? Appendicite. -Appendicitis. 358 00:23:09,365 --> 00:23:11,356 Well, if the hut's locked, the whole thing won't work. 359 00:23:11,445 --> 00:23:13,561 We've only got five seconds. 360 00:23:13,645 --> 00:23:16,603 -We can't start picking locks. -I understand. 361 00:23:17,045 --> 00:23:20,037 Well, Brent and Turner will just have to wait. 362 00:23:20,725 --> 00:23:24,559 I never thought I should wish a sick German a speedy recovery 363 00:23:24,965 --> 00:23:27,433 -but for your sake... -Yeah, thanks. 364 00:23:30,805 --> 00:23:31,954 Damn. 365 00:23:32,605 --> 00:23:34,243 (TOILET FLUSHING) 366 00:23:38,405 --> 00:23:41,317 That business of the gardener's hut is off for the moment. 367 00:23:41,405 --> 00:23:43,441 -Why? -I'll tell you later. 368 00:23:44,965 --> 00:23:46,796 There's another thing. 369 00:23:47,725 --> 00:23:50,444 -What? -The new prisoner... 370 00:23:50,525 --> 00:23:51,799 Page? 371 00:23:53,005 --> 00:23:55,360 He said he'd been in Oflag 1 4B. 372 00:23:55,445 --> 00:23:58,482 When I asked him how he got out he said, ''Over the wire.'' 373 00:23:58,565 --> 00:24:00,283 I said, ''Over?'' He said, ''Through.'' 374 00:24:01,285 --> 00:24:04,800 1 4B is that old prison at Mainz. It has walls, not wire. 375 00:24:05,245 --> 00:24:06,280 You sure? 376 00:24:06,365 --> 00:24:10,244 I checked this afternoon with a Pole who had said he'd been there. 377 00:24:10,325 --> 00:24:12,600 Well, maybe they put the wire up since then. 378 00:24:12,685 --> 00:24:16,644 It's one of the places the Germans kept their most dangerous prisoners. 379 00:24:16,725 --> 00:24:20,240 The Pole swore he was the only man who had ever got out. 380 00:24:22,125 --> 00:24:24,844 Yeah, well, I put that business of rappel down to bloody mindedness. 381 00:24:24,925 --> 00:24:28,235 Maybe I was wrong. Talk to him again. Make him talk. 382 00:24:29,005 --> 00:24:32,042 Find out what he was doing before he came here. 383 00:24:38,245 --> 00:24:39,439 (SIGHS) 384 00:24:47,485 --> 00:24:51,637 -Well, how you finding Colditz? -Like a prison. 385 00:24:52,765 --> 00:24:55,404 -Change from the RAF, though. -Mmm-hmm. 386 00:24:56,485 --> 00:24:58,760 -What squadron were you with? -Official secret. 387 00:24:58,845 --> 00:25:01,882 -Oh! What did you fly? -Lancs. 388 00:25:02,205 --> 00:25:04,275 Good planes. What happened? 389 00:25:05,325 --> 00:25:08,761 I was minding my own business and somebody interfered. 390 00:25:08,965 --> 00:25:10,956 Well, I mean how? 391 00:25:11,405 --> 00:25:13,999 -Does it matter? -(LAUGHS) What did you do? 392 00:25:14,085 --> 00:25:18,397 I resigned myself to appearing in the In Memoriam section of The Times. 393 00:25:18,565 --> 00:25:20,556 Uh, how did you get out? 394 00:25:21,485 --> 00:25:24,602 I opened a little window and then I stepped out into the night. 395 00:25:24,685 --> 00:25:26,084 Now, have you got any more stupid questions? 396 00:25:26,165 --> 00:25:28,042 -Your parachute? -Yes. 397 00:25:28,285 --> 00:25:30,753 Well, fortunately, I remembered to take that with me. 398 00:25:30,845 --> 00:25:33,234 I was wearing it and sitting on it at the time. 399 00:25:33,325 --> 00:25:35,316 I thought in Lancs you... 400 00:25:37,125 --> 00:25:40,595 Hmm. And you must tell me the story of your life sometime. 401 00:25:40,685 --> 00:25:42,676 Preferably after the war. 402 00:26:05,205 --> 00:26:08,117 I don't think he's in the RAF at all. I think he's a plant. 403 00:26:08,205 --> 00:26:09,957 -Why? -All sorts of things. 404 00:26:10,045 --> 00:26:11,922 He said he was sitting on his parachute 405 00:26:12,005 --> 00:26:13,484 -while he was flying. -Well, I used to sit on mine. 406 00:26:13,565 --> 00:26:17,319 Yes, but this was in a Lancaster. They have observer chutes. 407 00:26:17,645 --> 00:26:19,795 All right, leave it with me. 408 00:26:39,925 --> 00:26:42,644 PRESTON: Private Officer Page, do you understand your position? 409 00:26:42,725 --> 00:26:44,761 Yes... sir. 410 00:26:46,325 --> 00:26:49,840 Now, you say you are an officer in the RAF. 411 00:26:50,605 --> 00:26:54,120 Other Air Force officers here suspect that you are not. 412 00:26:54,445 --> 00:26:56,515 Now that leaves me with three possibilities. 413 00:26:56,605 --> 00:26:58,357 The first is that I hold an enquiry 414 00:26:58,445 --> 00:27:01,243 to which Air Force officers will be invited, 415 00:27:01,325 --> 00:27:05,079 you'll be asked questions which Flight Lieutenant Carter assures me 416 00:27:05,165 --> 00:27:08,635 will prove whether you are what you say you are or not. 417 00:27:08,725 --> 00:27:11,398 That will be details about your training, 418 00:27:11,485 --> 00:27:14,761 people you must have met, and the aircraft you flew. 419 00:27:14,845 --> 00:27:16,801 -Do you understand? -Yes. 420 00:27:17,565 --> 00:27:19,635 Are you willing to undergo such an inquiry? 421 00:27:19,725 --> 00:27:20,760 No. 422 00:27:23,645 --> 00:27:26,796 The second possibility is that you go to the German Security Officer, 423 00:27:26,885 --> 00:27:31,276 tell him no one believes your story and ask for an assignment elsewhere. 424 00:27:31,805 --> 00:27:33,158 -Well? -No. 425 00:27:35,965 --> 00:27:40,641 Well, the last possibility is that I myself go to the Kommandant of this camp 426 00:27:40,725 --> 00:27:44,843 and ask that you be removed because I cannot guarantee your safety. 427 00:27:45,805 --> 00:27:47,284 If I tell you the truth, 428 00:27:47,365 --> 00:27:49,196 can I be sure that nobody outside this room, 429 00:27:49,285 --> 00:27:51,480 and I don't just mean the Germans, I mean the other prisoners, 430 00:27:51,565 --> 00:27:52,964 nobody will ever know? 431 00:27:53,045 --> 00:27:55,195 That depends what the truth is. 432 00:27:55,285 --> 00:27:58,243 No, I'm not an RAF Officer and my name isn't Page. 433 00:27:58,325 --> 00:27:59,724 -What is your name? -That I'm not telling you. 434 00:27:59,805 --> 00:28:00,840 Why not? 435 00:28:00,925 --> 00:28:03,439 Because I'm not in any service as you understand the word. 436 00:28:03,525 --> 00:28:05,402 And I'm not protected by the Geneva Convention, 437 00:28:05,485 --> 00:28:07,043 or anything else for that matter. 438 00:28:07,125 --> 00:28:08,478 PRESTON: Then what are you doing here? 439 00:28:08,565 --> 00:28:11,204 I was being flown into France and the Germans knew about it. 440 00:28:11,285 --> 00:28:13,674 -What kind of aircraft? -Lysander. 441 00:28:14,765 --> 00:28:17,074 (SIGHING) Go on. 442 00:28:17,485 --> 00:28:18,520 Well, we were coming in. 443 00:28:18,605 --> 00:28:20,197 There were the usual torch signals from the ground, 444 00:28:20,285 --> 00:28:23,083 but they weren't quite right. Nearly, but not quite. 445 00:28:23,165 --> 00:28:25,474 Anyway, the pilot said that he could get down, drop me, 446 00:28:25,565 --> 00:28:27,715 pick up the chap I was replacing all in about a minute. 447 00:28:27,805 --> 00:28:30,000 I was fool enough to compromise and let him go down. 448 00:28:30,085 --> 00:28:33,043 Not to land, just to fly over and see what we could see. 449 00:28:33,125 --> 00:28:35,161 -What happened? -Well, what I expected. 450 00:28:35,245 --> 00:28:36,917 The moment the Germans realised we weren't going to land, 451 00:28:37,005 --> 00:28:38,677 they opened up with everything they had. 452 00:28:38,765 --> 00:28:41,438 We crash-landed about three miles away from our rendezvous. 453 00:28:41,525 --> 00:28:43,117 Pilot was killed. Neck broken. 454 00:28:43,205 --> 00:28:45,241 -What was his name? -Lawrence Page. 455 00:28:45,325 --> 00:28:48,203 I took his identity tags and I took his uniform. 456 00:28:48,285 --> 00:28:49,718 Well, I was wearing civilian clothes 457 00:28:49,805 --> 00:28:52,194 and I had just as long as it took the Germans to get there. 458 00:28:52,285 --> 00:28:56,073 I obviously didn't want to be found by a crashed plane wearing civilian clothes. 459 00:28:56,165 --> 00:28:58,360 And you put your clothes on the dead pilot. 460 00:28:58,445 --> 00:29:00,913 Mmm-hmm and set fire to the lot with a Very pistol. 461 00:29:01,525 --> 00:29:03,993 -What was the pilot's squadron? -I have no idea. 462 00:29:04,085 --> 00:29:06,474 We're not encouraged to know unnecessary facts about each other. 463 00:29:06,565 --> 00:29:10,399 -And what happened to his observer? -Stop trying to be clever. 464 00:29:11,165 --> 00:29:13,156 Lysanders only carry two. 465 00:29:16,125 --> 00:29:18,116 What was going to be your job in France? 466 00:29:18,205 --> 00:29:19,604 Setting up resistance groups, 467 00:29:19,685 --> 00:29:21,038 keeping an eye on them when they are set up, 468 00:29:21,125 --> 00:29:23,593 replacing them when they're wiped out. 469 00:29:23,685 --> 00:29:25,755 You know, there is one thing you haven't explained. 470 00:29:25,845 --> 00:29:26,880 Yes? 471 00:29:26,965 --> 00:29:30,002 -Why were you sent here to Colditz? -I have no idea. 472 00:29:30,085 --> 00:29:32,076 You'd have to ask Pilot Officer Page. 473 00:29:32,165 --> 00:29:34,395 There was a certain irony about the interrogation. 474 00:29:34,485 --> 00:29:36,282 The Germans knew more about me than I did. 475 00:29:36,365 --> 00:29:38,162 -Who interrogated you? -The Gendarmerie. 476 00:29:38,245 --> 00:29:39,314 If you can't fool them, 477 00:29:39,405 --> 00:29:42,875 you really shouldn't be allowed out without your nanny. 478 00:29:43,005 --> 00:29:44,120 Well? 479 00:29:47,725 --> 00:29:49,681 (PRESTON CLEARS THROAT) 480 00:29:51,045 --> 00:29:53,798 -It's possible... -It's the truth. 481 00:29:54,765 --> 00:29:56,562 Maybe, but it would have to be corroborated. 482 00:29:56,645 --> 00:29:58,124 In this place? 483 00:29:58,725 --> 00:30:01,717 No, I quite realise that that is not possible. 484 00:30:02,285 --> 00:30:03,479 Simon? 485 00:30:04,405 --> 00:30:07,283 If we could find a way of getting a message to London, 486 00:30:07,365 --> 00:30:09,799 is there some way we could check? 487 00:30:10,605 --> 00:30:12,755 There isn't any alternative. 488 00:30:14,605 --> 00:30:16,516 If you knew who to ask, 489 00:30:17,485 --> 00:30:19,396 Just say, ''toothbrush''. 490 00:30:20,445 --> 00:30:21,798 Toothbrush? 491 00:30:22,805 --> 00:30:25,365 CARTER: I got a letter from my wife today. 492 00:30:25,445 --> 00:30:27,163 -Anything interesting? -No, the usual. 493 00:30:27,245 --> 00:30:30,203 Everybody's fine. Uncle Harry sends his best. 494 00:30:30,445 --> 00:30:32,754 But I don't have an Uncle Harry. 495 00:30:33,685 --> 00:30:35,755 I told you she could do it. 496 00:30:36,525 --> 00:30:37,640 (CLICKING TONGUE) Oh. 497 00:30:37,725 --> 00:30:40,319 Even if it's the same principal, it's been done by an expert, 498 00:30:40,405 --> 00:30:42,077 and I'm no expert. 499 00:30:43,405 --> 00:30:44,474 We have to know the pattern. 500 00:30:44,565 --> 00:30:47,238 -We have to know where to start. -Wait a minute. 501 00:30:47,325 --> 00:30:50,601 She's put 79... We don't live at 79, we live at 1 2. 502 00:30:51,965 --> 00:30:54,957 Now, suppose we start with the seventh word... 503 00:30:55,165 --> 00:30:56,359 Pencil. 504 00:30:56,685 --> 00:30:58,880 Then the ninth character. 505 00:30:58,965 --> 00:31:01,195 Then, if that doesn't work, we'll try the seventh character, 506 00:31:01,285 --> 00:31:03,515 then every ninth, and we can reverse it. 507 00:31:03,605 --> 00:31:05,755 This may take a little time. 508 00:31:06,245 --> 00:31:07,803 Yeah, the war could be over. 509 00:31:07,885 --> 00:31:09,955 I enjoy this sort of thing. 510 00:31:10,485 --> 00:31:11,713 Right. Off you go. 511 00:31:11,805 --> 00:31:14,922 And if I can make anything out of it, I'll bring it along. 512 00:31:15,005 --> 00:31:18,042 -Two, three, four... -No, I don't mind staying. 513 00:31:18,565 --> 00:31:22,877 Just that I don't like people breathing down my neck while I'm working. 514 00:31:26,565 --> 00:31:28,521 (MUTTERING UNDER BREATH) 515 00:31:41,965 --> 00:31:43,557 (CARTER SNORING) 516 00:31:44,645 --> 00:31:46,158 I've finished. 517 00:31:46,245 --> 00:31:47,758 -Huh? -I've finished. 518 00:31:47,845 --> 00:31:48,994 Oh! 519 00:31:55,565 --> 00:32:00,036 ''Give nickname. Your old headmaster.'' 520 00:32:00,605 --> 00:32:03,278 How nice to see you. Do come in. Would you wait, Corporal? 521 00:32:03,365 --> 00:32:04,514 Sir. 522 00:32:06,605 --> 00:32:08,800 This morning I received another card from my husband. 523 00:32:08,885 --> 00:32:10,796 Yes. This one. 524 00:32:12,445 --> 00:32:14,322 Don't worry. You have the original. 525 00:32:14,405 --> 00:32:16,600 -We only have photocopies. -I didn't realise. 526 00:32:16,685 --> 00:32:18,596 Well, look at it this way, if the Germans can read it, 527 00:32:18,685 --> 00:32:20,960 and of course they do, it isn't really fair if we don't, 528 00:32:21,045 --> 00:32:22,080 -is it? -(KNOCKING ON DOOR) 529 00:32:22,165 --> 00:32:23,359 Come. 530 00:32:26,685 --> 00:32:28,880 Oh, Mrs Carter, your husband, 531 00:32:29,165 --> 00:32:31,156 oh, he gave us a rare old dance with his postcard. 532 00:32:31,245 --> 00:32:32,724 How long have you had his postcard? 533 00:32:32,805 --> 00:32:35,365 -Oh, two or three days. -Just long enough to do our job. 534 00:32:35,445 --> 00:32:38,198 The nickname of his erstwhile headmaster. 535 00:32:38,805 --> 00:32:40,204 -Stuffy. -Stuffy? 536 00:32:40,285 --> 00:32:41,764 That was the name he told you. 537 00:32:41,845 --> 00:32:44,405 That was the name the headmaster liked to think that he was called. 538 00:32:44,485 --> 00:32:46,999 But in fact, the name that your husband gave was 539 00:32:47,085 --> 00:32:48,757 a little bit more ribald. 540 00:32:48,845 --> 00:32:50,801 The headmaster denied it, vehemently of course. 541 00:32:50,885 --> 00:32:52,921 But as he is now a captain in the Home Guard, 542 00:32:53,005 --> 00:32:54,677 I was able to put on uniform and rank him. 543 00:32:54,765 --> 00:32:56,084 And all's well that ends. 544 00:32:56,165 --> 00:32:58,201 And on the promise that we wouldn't divulge the name, 545 00:32:58,285 --> 00:33:00,321 he did confess that in the distant past... 546 00:33:00,405 --> 00:33:01,758 Well, it's very kind of you to come and see us, 547 00:33:01,845 --> 00:33:03,198 but don't put yourself out in future. 548 00:33:03,285 --> 00:33:04,434 (BUZZER BUZZING) 549 00:33:04,525 --> 00:33:07,995 We'll let you know if we need you. Goodbye, Mrs Carter. 550 00:33:22,525 --> 00:33:24,322 -Toothbrush. -Yes? 551 00:33:24,485 --> 00:33:27,283 I got on to the other department. Obviously, he did a switch. 552 00:33:27,365 --> 00:33:29,242 And if he's in Colditz, they'd like him back. 553 00:33:29,325 --> 00:33:31,714 They'd like their toothbrush back very much indeed. 554 00:33:36,605 --> 00:33:39,039 -Can't we get rid of this bastard? -Not yet. 555 00:33:39,125 --> 00:33:41,275 -We were going to hold an inquiry... -I said, not yet! 556 00:33:41,365 --> 00:33:43,674 So the moment the gardener gets back, we're ready to go, eh? 557 00:33:43,765 --> 00:33:46,677 I decide what we do...and when. 558 00:33:50,125 --> 00:33:51,240 (DOOR CLOSING) 559 00:33:51,325 --> 00:33:53,998 Well, we may not be going to hold an enquiry, but I am. 560 00:33:54,085 --> 00:33:57,680 -Look here, Simon said leave it... -Damn what Simon said! 561 00:34:01,245 --> 00:34:04,874 -I want to ask you some questions. -Make an appointment with my secretary. 562 00:34:04,965 --> 00:34:07,923 -Where did you do your basic training? -On a potty. 563 00:34:08,005 --> 00:34:10,314 -I'm serious. -No, you're not. 564 00:34:10,405 --> 00:34:12,919 You're pathetic and tedious and boring. 565 00:34:13,005 --> 00:34:15,041 And nobody would ever take you seriously. 566 00:34:15,125 --> 00:34:17,685 You answer my... (SCREAMING) 567 00:34:18,925 --> 00:34:20,324 (JIMMY CRYING OUT) 568 00:34:20,405 --> 00:34:21,599 (MEN CHATTERING) 569 00:34:21,685 --> 00:34:23,801 MAN: Well, he attacked Page and Page attacked him. 570 00:34:23,885 --> 00:34:25,000 Get him to the MO. 571 00:34:25,085 --> 00:34:27,235 JIMMY (CRYING): I can't see! 572 00:34:29,045 --> 00:34:32,003 The report on the British prisoner in hospital, sir. 573 00:34:32,085 --> 00:34:34,883 The one who fell down a flight of stairs? 574 00:34:35,685 --> 00:34:38,199 His eyes are badly gouged, sir. 575 00:34:39,925 --> 00:34:44,157 I don't think we need interest ourselves in fights between prisoners. 576 00:34:44,685 --> 00:34:48,963 I'm interested in any man who does that to one of his colleagues, sir. 577 00:34:49,245 --> 00:34:50,724 If you insist. 578 00:34:51,365 --> 00:34:52,878 Thank you, sir. 579 00:34:56,405 --> 00:34:57,838 Got a light? 580 00:35:12,725 --> 00:35:14,920 The report from the hospital. 581 00:35:15,845 --> 00:35:17,756 I thought you might be interested in knowing what has happened 582 00:35:17,845 --> 00:35:20,564 to your friend Flying Officer Walker. 583 00:35:22,565 --> 00:35:26,353 You'll be glad to know that he will not be permanently blind. 584 00:35:26,605 --> 00:35:28,755 He will be scarred for life, 585 00:35:28,965 --> 00:35:32,162 but the doctor tells me he will recover his sight. 586 00:35:33,445 --> 00:35:35,117 How did it happen? 587 00:35:39,365 --> 00:35:41,083 I'm talking to you. 588 00:35:46,045 --> 00:35:47,876 I've asked you a question. 589 00:35:49,325 --> 00:35:51,520 I'm afraid I was responsible. 590 00:35:53,165 --> 00:35:54,280 Yes. 591 00:35:54,485 --> 00:35:55,520 We were playing cards, 592 00:35:55,605 --> 00:35:59,041 we had an argument about the number of aces in a pack. 593 00:35:59,765 --> 00:36:04,555 In the RAF it is customarily to so injure a man over a game of cards? 594 00:36:06,125 --> 00:36:09,435 Well, it's... It's not he first time that Flying Officer Walker 595 00:36:09,525 --> 00:36:11,755 has been accused of cheating. 596 00:36:11,845 --> 00:36:13,324 (DICE ROLLING) 597 00:36:17,605 --> 00:36:20,244 I will leave this with you, Mr Player. 598 00:36:20,685 --> 00:36:22,721 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 599 00:36:34,725 --> 00:36:35,874 Yes? 600 00:36:36,605 --> 00:36:38,163 I suppose you think I ought to thank you. 601 00:36:38,245 --> 00:36:39,314 No. 602 00:36:39,765 --> 00:36:43,394 I said that because I dislike him more than I dislike you. 603 00:36:45,965 --> 00:36:47,239 Simon. 604 00:36:49,125 --> 00:36:53,198 It says, ''Expedite toothbrush 605 00:36:53,285 --> 00:36:55,276 ''soonest. Orange.'' 606 00:36:55,365 --> 00:36:57,595 -''Orange''? -Whatever that means. 607 00:36:57,885 --> 00:37:00,524 I've gone over it God knows how many times, but it still says that. 608 00:37:00,605 --> 00:37:01,958 Yes. 609 00:37:02,125 --> 00:37:05,083 -Does it mean anything to you? -Yeah, enough. 610 00:37:09,845 --> 00:37:12,439 -What? -You're not going. 611 00:37:13,245 --> 00:37:16,601 Not this time. This time it has to be Page. 612 00:37:17,565 --> 00:37:19,442 -Page? -Simon, have you gone out of your mind? 613 00:37:19,525 --> 00:37:22,119 -(ALL CLAMOURING) -Sir, George and I volunteered to go... 614 00:37:22,205 --> 00:37:25,322 I can't tell you anything else, but this time it has to be Page. 615 00:37:25,405 --> 00:37:26,633 But Page has been here a couple of weeks... 616 00:37:26,725 --> 00:37:27,874 (ALL PROTESTING) 617 00:37:27,965 --> 00:37:30,195 Page is going with Harry. 618 00:37:32,765 --> 00:37:35,916 It'll be better for all of us in the long run. 619 00:37:36,605 --> 00:37:37,924 All of us? 620 00:37:50,125 --> 00:37:51,319 Right. 621 00:37:52,005 --> 00:37:55,600 He's waiting outside. You can tell him to come in. 622 00:38:06,445 --> 00:38:07,924 (DOOR CLOSING) 623 00:38:13,885 --> 00:38:16,843 We have an escape plan that has a very good chance of success. 624 00:38:16,925 --> 00:38:18,722 You'll be going out in a few days with Harry. 625 00:38:18,805 --> 00:38:20,716 -I'll take my turn in the queue. -No, you won't. 626 00:38:20,805 --> 00:38:22,955 As escape officer, you'll do as I tell you. 627 00:38:23,045 --> 00:38:25,798 -So, you've lined it all up, have you? -Yes. 628 00:38:25,885 --> 00:38:27,762 You'll be carrying one of the French prisoners 629 00:38:27,845 --> 00:38:30,439 piggyback on the way to the exercise yard. 630 00:38:30,525 --> 00:38:33,119 He'll be hidden under your great coat. 631 00:38:33,205 --> 00:38:36,720 We've rehearsed it quite a number of times and it works. 632 00:38:37,965 --> 00:38:42,481 Now, the Germans count numbers here, before you go through the main gate. 633 00:38:42,805 --> 00:38:44,477 There'll be 30 prisoners going on exercise 634 00:38:44,565 --> 00:38:47,602 plus the two that you and Harry will be carrying. 635 00:38:47,685 --> 00:38:51,883 The gardeners hut is here. The door will be open. 636 00:38:52,525 --> 00:38:54,117 Harry will slip inside. 637 00:38:54,205 --> 00:38:56,560 As soon as you've dropped your man, you join him. 638 00:38:56,645 --> 00:38:59,682 You wait there until everybody else is marked back. 639 00:38:59,765 --> 00:39:01,039 As far as the Germans are concerned, 640 00:39:01,125 --> 00:39:04,083 it's the same number coming back as went out. 641 00:39:04,845 --> 00:39:08,474 -Any questions? -How could anyone question such a plan? 642 00:39:09,525 --> 00:39:11,481 Well, Harry will fill you in on the details. 643 00:39:11,565 --> 00:39:15,353 How to get over the wire and what you do once you're over it. 644 00:39:15,445 --> 00:39:19,484 Tell me something, does the word ''Orange'' mean anything to you? 645 00:39:20,205 --> 00:39:21,638 It's a fruit. 646 00:39:21,885 --> 00:39:25,082 -Nothing else? -Well, are you asking me or telling me? 647 00:39:25,165 --> 00:39:26,439 Yes, I know what it means. 648 00:39:26,525 --> 00:39:29,881 -What does it mean? -It's a man. Contact. 649 00:39:29,965 --> 00:39:33,480 -You can get our chaps to England? -I suppose so, amongst other things. 650 00:39:33,565 --> 00:39:36,033 -Yeah, well, you and Harry can use him. -Not a chance. 651 00:39:36,125 --> 00:39:39,083 I'm not risking his life by loosing an idiot like Harry on him. 652 00:39:39,165 --> 00:39:42,840 All right, you use him. Harry can go the way we've planned. 653 00:39:43,845 --> 00:39:46,234 By the way, what nationality is Orange anyway? 654 00:39:46,325 --> 00:39:49,840 You really are dangerously naive, aren't you? 655 00:39:49,925 --> 00:39:52,200 You expect me to tell you that? 656 00:39:52,325 --> 00:39:55,078 When you get to London, I've got a lot of information I want you to pass on... 657 00:39:55,165 --> 00:39:59,238 Oh, I'm sure you have. Tell me, how did you find out about Orange? 658 00:39:59,925 --> 00:40:02,883 You really are dangerously naive, aren't you? 659 00:40:03,965 --> 00:40:06,240 You expect me to tell you that? 660 00:40:08,405 --> 00:40:09,440 You're learning. 661 00:40:09,925 --> 00:40:11,199 (WHISTLING) 662 00:40:11,285 --> 00:40:16,518 Ah, Simon, you'll be pleased to hear that our mutual friend, the gardener, 663 00:40:16,605 --> 00:40:18,721 has completely recovered from his operation. 664 00:40:18,805 --> 00:40:20,796 -Oh, good. -Yes, indeed. 665 00:40:21,685 --> 00:40:23,994 We saw him today back at work. 666 00:40:25,725 --> 00:40:28,398 -Doing the same job? -Oh, same everything. 667 00:40:29,165 --> 00:40:33,158 Like the Bourbon he has learnt nothing and forgotten nothing. 668 00:40:34,845 --> 00:40:36,836 He's as careless as ever. 669 00:40:37,885 --> 00:40:40,353 It surprises me that nothing is ever stolen, 670 00:40:40,445 --> 00:40:42,959 the way he leaves premises unlocked. 671 00:40:49,365 --> 00:40:51,321 (EXHALES FORCEFULLY) I was thinking, 672 00:40:51,405 --> 00:40:55,717 it is time we asked our captors for permission to exercise in the park. 673 00:40:57,085 --> 00:40:59,724 I made a slight change in your papers. 674 00:41:00,045 --> 00:41:01,603 Well, the suit's not too bad. It's a bit loose. 675 00:41:01,685 --> 00:41:03,403 It was made to fit me. 676 00:41:03,485 --> 00:41:07,273 Anyway, you're now going as a Dutch worker from Walcheren. 677 00:41:07,365 --> 00:41:10,357 -Nobody speaks that dialect. -I do, but I won't. 678 00:41:10,445 --> 00:41:11,764 Why make things more difficult? 679 00:41:11,845 --> 00:41:14,678 There'll be more than 30 prisoners going on exercise, so you'll be well hidden. 680 00:41:14,765 --> 00:41:16,835 -Have you got your Reichsmarks? -Yes. 681 00:41:16,925 --> 00:41:19,200 I'm sorry, there isn't much, but that's all we can spare, I'm afraid. 682 00:41:19,285 --> 00:41:22,800 -They're getting assembled in the yard. -Right, come on. 683 00:41:22,885 --> 00:41:24,398 Great coats. 684 00:41:27,245 --> 00:41:29,122 -Right. -Come on, off you go. 685 00:41:29,205 --> 00:41:31,241 -Good luck, Harry. -Thanks. 686 00:41:31,325 --> 00:41:32,474 Okay. 687 00:41:35,365 --> 00:41:38,163 Whenever you're passing Germans, keep well bunched up. 688 00:41:38,245 --> 00:41:39,598 And don't forget, 689 00:41:39,685 --> 00:41:42,040 the minute Harry's in that hut, you join him as soon as possible. 690 00:41:42,125 --> 00:41:44,798 -I know. -Harry's joined the group okay. 691 00:41:45,005 --> 00:41:46,484 All right, go. 692 00:42:02,845 --> 00:42:04,756 Page is coming out now. 693 00:42:06,405 --> 00:42:08,794 That's it, he's joined the group. 694 00:42:09,285 --> 00:42:11,594 -George... -It's going very well. 695 00:42:18,085 --> 00:42:19,234 Check. 696 00:42:20,725 --> 00:42:22,158 (DOG BARKING) 697 00:42:29,485 --> 00:42:31,203 (BARKING CONTINUES) 698 00:43:08,725 --> 00:43:11,193 -Well, what happened? -I don't know. 699 00:43:11,565 --> 00:43:15,240 Harry got away into the hut all right, we were creating the diversion, 700 00:43:15,325 --> 00:43:19,079 suddenly there was a lot of shouting and they'd found Harry. 701 00:43:24,845 --> 00:43:26,756 -Get that thing off. -I was going to. 702 00:43:26,845 --> 00:43:29,279 -All right, what happened to you? -I didn't have a chance. 703 00:43:29,365 --> 00:43:32,277 I dropped my Frenchmen as planned, I was making my way towards the hut, 704 00:43:32,365 --> 00:43:35,323 couple of guards rushed past me, that was it. 705 00:43:39,365 --> 00:43:41,242 What happened to the two extra prisoners? 706 00:43:41,325 --> 00:43:43,600 They got one of them, the Pole. 707 00:43:44,005 --> 00:43:45,484 The Frenchman managed to hop on someone's back 708 00:43:45,565 --> 00:43:47,123 and we got him back inside safely. 709 00:43:47,205 --> 00:43:48,718 Didn't occur to them to look for another one. 710 00:43:48,805 --> 00:43:51,478 Do you think they know how it was done? 711 00:43:51,845 --> 00:43:55,997 Well, they must have a fair idea. They know about the hut anyway. 712 00:43:56,965 --> 00:43:58,796 Well, it was a good try. 713 00:43:58,885 --> 00:44:00,079 Simon. 714 00:44:08,245 --> 00:44:10,315 Excuse us for a moment, would you, John? 715 00:44:10,685 --> 00:44:11,720 What? 716 00:44:11,805 --> 00:44:13,523 Simon, I was watching, that wasn't what happened. 717 00:44:13,605 --> 00:44:16,119 -Well, what did? -The Frenchie and the Pole were dropped 718 00:44:16,205 --> 00:44:17,274 almost as soon as we were through the gates. 719 00:44:17,365 --> 00:44:19,117 Then everyone else started playing up, that went fine. 720 00:44:19,205 --> 00:44:21,161 I was the only person watching the hut. 721 00:44:21,245 --> 00:44:23,839 Now, Page went over to the hut, very slowly. 722 00:44:23,925 --> 00:44:26,234 He had plenty of time but he went very slowly. 723 00:44:26,325 --> 00:44:28,714 There was only one guard anywhere near him. 724 00:44:28,805 --> 00:44:32,241 Now, when he got to the hut, he opened the door, again, very slowly. 725 00:44:32,325 --> 00:44:36,034 He had all the time in the world, but he didn't try to go in. 726 00:44:36,125 --> 00:44:38,241 When he was damn sure that guard had seen him, 727 00:44:38,325 --> 00:44:41,044 he closed the door again and came and rejoined the rest of us. 728 00:44:41,125 --> 00:44:45,118 So, the guard goes over and finds Harry. He shopped Harry, Simon! 729 00:44:46,605 --> 00:44:49,244 Page, would you come in here a minute? 730 00:44:51,125 --> 00:44:54,003 -Make sure nobody else comes in. -All right. 731 00:44:59,925 --> 00:45:01,040 (PAGE SIGHING) 732 00:45:01,125 --> 00:45:03,480 You not only wrecked another man's chance of escape, 733 00:45:03,565 --> 00:45:05,078 you also wrecked a plan that in time 734 00:45:05,165 --> 00:45:08,282 might've got dozens of people out of this place. 735 00:45:08,725 --> 00:45:10,556 I want an explanation. 736 00:45:10,725 --> 00:45:12,522 I never said I had any intention of escaping. 737 00:45:12,605 --> 00:45:14,596 -Yes, you did. -No, I didn't. 738 00:45:14,685 --> 00:45:17,324 After you told half the inhabitants of Colditz I was going to escape, 739 00:45:17,405 --> 00:45:18,963 you decided to tell me. 740 00:45:19,045 --> 00:45:21,684 -Well, you never said anything... -Well, obviously not! 741 00:45:21,765 --> 00:45:25,201 My one chance of staying alive is not to be suspected by the Gestapo. 742 00:45:25,285 --> 00:45:26,320 And I don't care. 743 00:45:26,405 --> 00:45:28,396 I don't give a damn what the other prisoners here make of me, 744 00:45:28,485 --> 00:45:30,680 Just as long as they assume that I'm a clumsy coward. 745 00:45:30,765 --> 00:45:32,995 The Gestapo isn't interested in clumsy cowards. 746 00:45:33,085 --> 00:45:35,076 We have a system here. We obey orders. 747 00:45:35,165 --> 00:45:37,121 Do you imagine for one minute, that I'm going to risk my life 748 00:45:37,205 --> 00:45:38,877 being tied to an idiot like Harry? 749 00:45:38,965 --> 00:45:40,796 You seem very anxious to save your own life. 750 00:45:40,885 --> 00:45:42,716 And is that so unnatural? 751 00:45:42,805 --> 00:45:44,284 Well, you were perfectly happy to risk Harry's. 752 00:45:44,365 --> 00:45:46,833 Well, Harry's life was never in any danger at all! 753 00:45:46,925 --> 00:45:49,280 The only person whose life was threatened was me. 754 00:45:49,365 --> 00:45:51,435 And the person who threatened me was you. 755 00:45:51,525 --> 00:45:52,844 Oh, yes. 756 00:45:53,285 --> 00:45:56,004 You made it quite clear that there was something odd about me 757 00:45:56,085 --> 00:45:59,122 to a bunch of stupid schoolboys I wouldn't trust not to tell a child 758 00:45:59,205 --> 00:46:00,399 what it's getting for a birthday present. 759 00:46:00,485 --> 00:46:02,919 That's a peculiarly stupid remark. 760 00:46:03,285 --> 00:46:05,958 There's a very large sum of money waiting in a Swiss bank account 761 00:46:06,045 --> 00:46:08,001 for whoever betrays me. 762 00:46:08,085 --> 00:46:11,395 And I've seen plenty of people betrayed and for all sorts of reasons. 763 00:46:11,485 --> 00:46:14,397 But most of us, when we are caught, it isn't through treachery, 764 00:46:14,485 --> 00:46:16,840 it's through fear and stupidity. 765 00:46:17,005 --> 00:46:19,803 Yeah, well, perhaps you're judging British officers by the type of person 766 00:46:19,885 --> 00:46:21,762 that you're used to. 767 00:46:21,845 --> 00:46:24,484 Well, I'm sure a British officer is immune to fear. 768 00:46:24,565 --> 00:46:27,602 But I haven't seen any reason here, in Colditz, to assume that they don't 769 00:46:27,685 --> 00:46:31,041 Just occasionally lapse into a stupidity bordering on idiocy! 770 00:46:31,125 --> 00:46:34,276 I could cheerfully kill you for giving away that plan. 771 00:46:34,365 --> 00:46:37,755 Not a chance. You wouldn't last a minute. 772 00:46:39,765 --> 00:46:43,041 Oh, basically scratch you, there's a decent chap underneath... 773 00:46:43,125 --> 00:46:44,444 Somewhere. 774 00:46:45,045 --> 00:46:46,603 No, you'd kill if you had to. 775 00:46:46,685 --> 00:46:47,800 (MATCH LIGHTING) 776 00:46:47,885 --> 00:46:49,876 There's that certain something in you, that would hold you back 777 00:46:49,965 --> 00:46:52,240 Just for that one split second. 778 00:46:53,325 --> 00:46:55,600 And that's all the time I need. 779 00:46:56,765 --> 00:46:58,915 I don't like killing people. 780 00:46:59,485 --> 00:47:01,203 I don't dislike it. 781 00:47:01,805 --> 00:47:04,683 I don't have any feelings about it any more. 782 00:47:05,365 --> 00:47:06,844 (GASPS) 783 00:47:07,165 --> 00:47:08,518 Now, you see, 784 00:47:08,605 --> 00:47:10,880 if we hadn't been having Just an academic discussion, 785 00:47:10,965 --> 00:47:13,354 you'd be blind in one eye by now. 786 00:47:15,565 --> 00:47:18,284 Some of our people really are dangerous. 787 00:47:18,365 --> 00:47:22,722 If anything happens which they're not expecting, they react just by killing. 788 00:47:22,805 --> 00:47:25,763 We had one operator. He was at home on leave, 789 00:47:26,085 --> 00:47:30,078 he thought he'd feel relaxed sitting at home, feet up by the fire. 790 00:47:30,165 --> 00:47:32,156 And his little daughter who was about seven, 791 00:47:32,245 --> 00:47:35,521 decided that she'd creep up and surprise her daddy. 792 00:47:35,645 --> 00:47:37,715 So she crept up behind his chair, 793 00:47:37,805 --> 00:47:40,683 put her hands over his eyes and said, ''Boo!'' 794 00:47:44,565 --> 00:47:47,523 And he reacted as he'd been trained to react. 795 00:47:48,325 --> 00:47:51,681 Smashed the tea cup in her face and twisted it round. 796 00:47:53,325 --> 00:47:56,795 And that's the price you have to pay for all those briefings you get. 797 00:47:56,885 --> 00:48:01,322 ''Such and such a German division's here.'' ''Careful, that bridge is mined.'' 798 00:48:01,405 --> 00:48:03,760 Or ''Your target tonight is the Karl Storch factory, 799 00:48:03,845 --> 00:48:07,155 ''which manufactures 68% of all German ball bearings''! 800 00:48:07,245 --> 00:48:09,440 Now, how the hell do you think that information's found 801 00:48:09,525 --> 00:48:11,481 and brought back to you? 802 00:48:11,605 --> 00:48:15,359 Nobody's... Nobody's saying that your chaps aren't brave. 803 00:48:16,405 --> 00:48:18,316 Oh, you have no idea. 804 00:48:19,645 --> 00:48:21,317 No idea at all. 805 00:48:28,685 --> 00:48:31,597 Two missions ago, our group had been penetrated. 806 00:48:31,685 --> 00:48:34,836 There was room for one on a plane to England. Me. 807 00:48:35,125 --> 00:48:37,878 I was the one that was going to be of some use again. 808 00:48:37,965 --> 00:48:41,594 The rest would be captured, tortured, and eventually shot. 809 00:48:42,325 --> 00:48:44,759 But there was a girl who'd become my mistress. 810 00:48:44,845 --> 00:48:46,324 And she was the only one who knew enough 811 00:48:46,405 --> 00:48:49,158 to incriminate anyone outside that group. 812 00:48:50,285 --> 00:48:51,877 So we made love. 813 00:48:52,805 --> 00:48:54,636 And then I killed her. 814 00:48:56,725 --> 00:48:58,522 No, you have no idea. 815 00:49:01,125 --> 00:49:02,524 On my third mission, 816 00:49:02,605 --> 00:49:05,244 there was some information that had to be leaked to the Germans. 817 00:49:05,325 --> 00:49:07,395 And they had to believe it. 818 00:49:07,565 --> 00:49:11,160 So I told a French boy, who was only 1 8, brave as a lion. 819 00:49:11,805 --> 00:49:14,000 Anyway, I gave him the information and I told him 820 00:49:14,085 --> 00:49:18,237 that under no circumstances was he to reveal it ever to the Germans. 821 00:49:18,525 --> 00:49:22,723 And then I sent him on a mission which I had pre-arranged would fail. 822 00:49:22,805 --> 00:49:24,796 And they duly caught him. 823 00:49:26,165 --> 00:49:27,962 It took them 1 0 days. 824 00:49:28,365 --> 00:49:31,914 Ten days and nights to tear that information out of him. 825 00:49:32,245 --> 00:49:34,281 And then they let him die. 826 00:49:35,085 --> 00:49:37,724 And I heard later that he died crying. 827 00:49:38,205 --> 00:49:40,161 Not because of the pain, 828 00:49:40,285 --> 00:49:43,482 but because he had let me down and I trusted him. 829 00:49:47,405 --> 00:49:50,158 You see, I know the laws of probability. 830 00:49:50,645 --> 00:49:52,875 There were 2 3 of us that started. 831 00:49:53,245 --> 00:49:55,713 Four were killed in basic training. 832 00:49:56,045 --> 00:49:59,560 The other 1 9, we averaged Just over three missions each. 833 00:49:59,885 --> 00:50:02,445 Well, that last fiasco was my 1 2th! 834 00:50:03,285 --> 00:50:06,243 I'm a sole survivor! Top of every list. 835 00:50:06,845 --> 00:50:10,474 The man most likely to succeed and the man most likely to die. 836 00:50:13,245 --> 00:50:17,682 I found the one place in the world where I can't be asked to do any more. 837 00:50:18,685 --> 00:50:21,563 I'm already useless, they must realise that! 838 00:50:22,365 --> 00:50:24,162 Every resistance cell in France 839 00:50:24,245 --> 00:50:27,715 must have at least one person in it who knows who I am. 840 00:50:27,805 --> 00:50:29,716 And who knows that if the worst came to the worst, 841 00:50:29,805 --> 00:50:32,524 he can save himself from being deported, shot or whatever, 842 00:50:32,605 --> 00:50:34,755 Just simply by betraying me. 843 00:50:35,805 --> 00:50:39,161 And this stupid system grinds on. 844 00:50:41,245 --> 00:50:42,963 (BREATHING HEAVILY) 845 00:50:45,125 --> 00:50:46,717 And this is the one place in Europe, 846 00:50:46,805 --> 00:50:50,081 where the Gestapo wouldn't think of looking for me. 847 00:51:06,245 --> 00:51:07,360 Well? 848 00:51:08,885 --> 00:51:10,364 We leave him alone. 849 00:51:10,445 --> 00:51:12,515 -What do you mean? -Tim told us what happened. Is it true? 850 00:51:12,605 --> 00:51:15,244 -Why did he do it, Simon? -In future... 851 00:51:15,405 --> 00:51:17,361 We just leave him alone.