1 00:00:52,366 --> 00:00:54,322 (AEROPLANE DRONING OVERHEAD) 2 00:01:30,846 --> 00:01:32,484 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 3 00:02:01,006 --> 00:02:02,997 (MEN CHATTING PLAYFULLY) 4 00:02:12,366 --> 00:02:15,483 Hey! Hey, tell Phipps he's got company. 5 00:02:19,486 --> 00:02:22,080 One of them looks old enough to be a ruddy general. 6 00:02:22,166 --> 00:02:24,964 Except American generals somehow never quite look like generals. 7 00:02:25,046 --> 00:02:26,161 -American? -I reckon. 8 00:02:26,246 --> 00:02:27,520 Yeah, three of them. 9 00:02:29,206 --> 00:02:31,197 Oh! Well, I'll be damned. 10 00:02:31,766 --> 00:02:33,119 Hey, get this. 11 00:02:33,206 --> 00:02:35,322 (WHISTLING IN THE ARMYNOW) 12 00:02:49,966 --> 00:02:53,641 As you well know, this camp is under the control of the Wehrmacht. 13 00:02:53,726 --> 00:02:56,399 In signing this order, I wish to make it quite clear 14 00:02:56,486 --> 00:02:59,717 that they are no longer under Gestapo or SS jurisdiction. 15 00:03:00,126 --> 00:03:01,400 Friends of yours? 16 00:03:01,486 --> 00:03:03,283 Never seen them in my life before. 17 00:03:03,366 --> 00:03:04,958 Damn cheeky I call that, then. 18 00:03:05,046 --> 00:03:07,799 We don't whistle at strange generals in our army. 19 00:03:07,886 --> 00:03:09,160 Not even if they're in the ATS. 20 00:03:09,246 --> 00:03:12,875 There's a lieutenant-colonel and a major with a beard. 21 00:03:14,246 --> 00:03:16,521 The third's a captain, and they're all non-combat. 22 00:03:16,606 --> 00:03:17,721 How do you mean, non-combat? 23 00:03:17,806 --> 00:03:20,764 Well, they're not infantry, they sure aren't Air Force, 24 00:03:20,846 --> 00:03:22,359 they're not even from the Signal Corps. 25 00:03:22,446 --> 00:03:23,481 So? 26 00:03:23,566 --> 00:03:26,603 Well, so how come they end up in a German camp? 27 00:03:27,926 --> 00:03:28,961 Point taken. 28 00:03:29,526 --> 00:03:32,598 Gentlemen, for a few days, you will remain in cells 29 00:03:32,686 --> 00:03:35,723 reserved for prisoners in solitary confinement. 30 00:03:36,286 --> 00:03:38,356 It will give you time to rest, reflect 31 00:03:38,446 --> 00:03:41,597 and I hope recover from your recent experiences, 32 00:03:42,046 --> 00:03:44,514 whatever may have been their cause. 33 00:03:50,566 --> 00:03:51,555 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 34 00:03:53,006 --> 00:03:53,995 Solitary? 35 00:03:54,086 --> 00:03:55,997 Yeah, they've been worked over pretty well, too. 36 00:03:56,086 --> 00:03:58,554 -Poor sods. -Poor sods, as you said. 37 00:04:00,726 --> 00:04:02,478 -Hang on! -What? 38 00:04:03,206 --> 00:04:06,403 I'll be damned if he's not laughing and shaking hands. 39 00:04:06,486 --> 00:04:07,475 -What? -Who's laughing? 40 00:04:07,566 --> 00:04:08,760 Ulmann! 41 00:04:08,926 --> 00:04:10,564 He... He's patting him on the back, 42 00:04:10,646 --> 00:04:12,125 patting one of the Americans on the back. 43 00:04:12,206 --> 00:04:14,003 MAWSON: Maybe he's his long lost cousin or something. 44 00:04:14,086 --> 00:04:15,565 PHIPPS: Oh, yeah, sure. 45 00:04:15,646 --> 00:04:18,114 DOWNING: He damn well waited until he was out of sight first, 46 00:04:18,206 --> 00:04:19,719 at least until he thought he was. 47 00:04:20,126 --> 00:04:22,594 And the next moment, they were shaking hands? 48 00:04:22,686 --> 00:04:25,644 Well, if I was you, Jim, I should take a good look at those chaps 49 00:04:25,726 --> 00:04:26,715 when they get out of solitary. 50 00:04:26,806 --> 00:04:28,478 That'll take me all of 1 0 seconds. 51 00:04:29,086 --> 00:04:33,159 The Reich Security Service attaches the highest importance to this, Herr Major, 52 00:04:33,246 --> 00:04:35,123 and will be grateful to you. 53 00:04:35,206 --> 00:04:38,516 I shall do what I can, but using my own methods. 54 00:04:38,926 --> 00:04:41,679 You don't approve of our methods, Herr Major? 55 00:04:41,766 --> 00:04:45,236 As a matter of practicality, they have, in this case, proved a failure. 56 00:04:45,326 --> 00:04:48,124 What methods you use is, of course, your own responsibility, 57 00:04:48,206 --> 00:04:50,720 but for any success at all, Herr Major, 58 00:04:50,806 --> 00:04:54,037 the Reich Security Service will be extremely grateful, 59 00:04:54,126 --> 00:04:56,435 at the highest level. Of that I can assure you. 60 00:04:56,526 --> 00:04:57,800 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 61 00:04:57,886 --> 00:04:59,922 -Heil Hitler. -Heil Hitler. 62 00:05:17,686 --> 00:05:20,758 Where have they been hiding you, Mr Carrington? 63 00:05:21,086 --> 00:05:22,485 They must have all this time been keeping you 64 00:05:22,566 --> 00:05:25,319 as a special secret prize for themselves. 65 00:05:25,726 --> 00:05:29,560 If they've done you any harm, please accept my deepest apologies. 66 00:05:29,646 --> 00:05:32,479 Here you are, gentlemen, enjoy a good night's rest. 67 00:05:34,006 --> 00:05:37,919 Anyway, it'll be nice for you, having familiar voices around again. 68 00:05:38,006 --> 00:05:41,794 Yeah, you bet. Wonder if any of them comes from Philadelphia? 69 00:05:42,086 --> 00:05:43,883 Yeah, it's a funny thing, though, 70 00:05:43,966 --> 00:05:45,684 the way they didn't react when I whistled at them. 71 00:05:45,766 --> 00:05:46,755 Well, why should they? 72 00:05:46,846 --> 00:05:48,996 Well, because there isn't a man in the United States Army 73 00:05:49,086 --> 00:05:50,997 doesn't know that tune. 74 00:05:51,166 --> 00:05:52,884 75 00:05:52,966 --> 00:05:54,718 76 00:05:54,806 --> 00:05:56,319 You'll never get rich 77 00:05:56,406 --> 00:05:58,442 78 00:05:58,566 --> 00:06:02,798 Yes, but on the other hand, you know, if I was a lieutenant-colonel, say, 79 00:06:02,886 --> 00:06:05,320 arriving here for the first time and feeling rather rough, 80 00:06:05,406 --> 00:06:08,079 and some silly young shaver leaned out of a window 81 00:06:08,166 --> 00:06:11,397 and started whistling We"re the Boys of the Old Brigade, 82 00:06:11,486 --> 00:06:14,444 I don't think I'd exactly leap six foot in the air, you know. 83 00:06:14,526 --> 00:06:15,641 Okay. 84 00:06:16,926 --> 00:06:20,714 I guess you'd have to be a GI to know what I'm talking about. 85 00:06:20,806 --> 00:06:23,320 Well, you'll have to be our expert, then, won't you? 86 00:06:23,406 --> 00:06:24,998 How do you mean? 87 00:06:25,246 --> 00:06:28,602 Well, we always have to be a bit careful when chaps come in for the first time, 88 00:06:28,686 --> 00:06:30,642 well, just for a few days, you know, 89 00:06:30,726 --> 00:06:33,684 unless, of course, we know them. Which in a funny way, we usually do. 90 00:06:33,766 --> 00:06:35,358 How come you usually know them? 91 00:06:35,446 --> 00:06:37,596 You've got over two million men under arms, haven't you? 92 00:06:37,686 --> 00:06:40,883 All the same, you do know them as a rule, somehow. 93 00:06:41,126 --> 00:06:43,037 We did have a couple of chaps, though, 94 00:06:43,126 --> 00:06:46,038 one a Pole, the other some poor, wretched Englishman. 95 00:06:46,126 --> 00:06:47,957 I felt sorry for him. 96 00:06:48,526 --> 00:06:51,643 Working for Jerry. We soon spotted him, though. 97 00:06:52,926 --> 00:06:55,156 It's kind of a responsibility. 98 00:06:57,086 --> 00:07:01,398 We haven't told them yet that Carrington is one of the three Americans. 99 00:07:03,246 --> 00:07:04,804 When he escaped from here, 100 00:07:04,886 --> 00:07:07,605 we spread it about that he never got out of Germany, 101 00:07:07,686 --> 00:07:10,154 to discourage escape attempts, of course. 102 00:07:10,246 --> 00:07:12,840 Well, in a sense, he didn't get away. 103 00:07:14,246 --> 00:07:17,124 Say nothing about Carrington for a day or two. 104 00:07:17,206 --> 00:07:20,482 Oh, and Ulmann, any information you can pick up 105 00:07:20,566 --> 00:07:22,443 on these Americans, let me have it at once. 106 00:07:22,526 --> 00:07:24,915 Is there some mystery about them? 107 00:07:25,846 --> 00:07:28,679 Yes. And the SD wants it cleared. 108 00:07:29,646 --> 00:07:33,161 That American, um... Ah, Phipps. 109 00:07:33,646 --> 00:07:35,364 He saw them arrive. 110 00:07:35,726 --> 00:07:38,035 And I have the impression that he might know them. 111 00:07:38,126 --> 00:07:40,321 Try and find out, if you can. 112 00:07:40,726 --> 00:07:44,514 Of course, there is always rivalry between the Americans and the English. 113 00:07:44,606 --> 00:07:48,201 It's a little like Austria and Prussia in the old days. 114 00:07:48,766 --> 00:07:50,404 Pride, jealousy. 115 00:07:51,606 --> 00:07:53,676 We might be able to use it. 116 00:07:54,486 --> 00:07:56,477 We don't want friction in the camp. 117 00:07:56,566 --> 00:07:58,955 On the contrary, we want things to run smoothly. 118 00:07:59,046 --> 00:08:00,399 To a point. 119 00:08:01,126 --> 00:08:02,878 Depends on the objective. 120 00:08:15,766 --> 00:08:16,915 Brunz. 121 00:08:18,606 --> 00:08:21,404 Brunz, still on KP, huh? 122 00:08:21,966 --> 00:08:23,604 Herr Carrington! 123 00:08:24,366 --> 00:08:26,038 Well, the food's better, I'll say that. 124 00:08:26,126 --> 00:08:27,525 Well, thank you, Herr Carrington. 125 00:08:27,606 --> 00:08:31,155 And if I may say so, welcome back to Colditz. 126 00:08:32,766 --> 00:08:34,722 Herr Carrington, please. 127 00:08:35,166 --> 00:08:37,999 That's very nice of you, Brunz. You got any matches? 128 00:08:38,086 --> 00:08:39,121 Ja. 129 00:08:40,926 --> 00:08:42,154 Why not? 130 00:08:42,406 --> 00:08:44,362 We are all human beings. 131 00:08:44,726 --> 00:08:48,719 We are Germans and you are Americans. That's the only difference. 132 00:08:50,526 --> 00:08:52,562 -Mr Carter still here? -Ja. 133 00:08:53,606 --> 00:08:55,085 -Mr Brent? -Ja. 134 00:08:55,606 --> 00:08:56,641 Downing? 135 00:08:56,726 --> 00:08:58,876 Ja, all are here, and all are fine. 136 00:08:58,966 --> 00:09:01,560 -And Colonel Preston? -Yes, he's here. 137 00:09:03,566 --> 00:09:06,922 -Say hello to them for me, will you? -Yes, of course. 138 00:09:10,046 --> 00:09:14,164 I can't wait for you to meet those men, and Colonel Preston, the SBO. 139 00:09:14,246 --> 00:09:15,838 Thanks. SBO? 140 00:09:17,006 --> 00:09:20,078 Senior British Officer. He's one hell of a man. 141 00:09:21,806 --> 00:09:24,400 Yeah, the food's better. 142 00:09:25,966 --> 00:09:28,241 But it's still the same old Colditz. 143 00:09:28,326 --> 00:09:31,716 That, uh, guard just now, I hope there's more like him. 144 00:09:31,806 --> 00:09:33,125 He's okay. 145 00:09:35,646 --> 00:09:38,956 Well, like he said, they're Germans, we're Americans. 146 00:09:39,046 --> 00:09:40,115 Hmm. 147 00:09:40,486 --> 00:09:43,956 That's how we'd like it, but that isn't how we've got it. 148 00:09:45,126 --> 00:09:49,836 We're prisoners and they're jailers. And no normal person likes to be either. 149 00:09:50,966 --> 00:09:52,877 So we pretend a little. 150 00:09:53,126 --> 00:09:56,880 So, what's wrong with pretending? At least we've got coffee. 151 00:09:57,086 --> 00:10:00,635 You know, I never had real coffee in solitary before. 152 00:10:01,926 --> 00:10:04,076 There'll be a reason for it. 153 00:10:04,766 --> 00:10:09,157 You know, I never had company in solitary before. 154 00:10:11,046 --> 00:10:13,560 So we're in solitary, but we're not. 155 00:10:13,686 --> 00:10:16,519 Major, when does real life begin? 156 00:10:19,886 --> 00:10:21,604 When somebody gets shot, I guess. 157 00:10:27,286 --> 00:10:28,719 Well, at least you're not the only American 158 00:10:28,806 --> 00:10:31,195 in Colditz now, Herr Lieutenant. 159 00:10:31,446 --> 00:10:32,595 Guard. 160 00:10:33,966 --> 00:10:35,638 Hey, have you spoken to them? 161 00:10:35,726 --> 00:10:39,082 Not personally, no, but some of the other staff, yes. 162 00:10:39,206 --> 00:10:41,879 Where are they from? Do you happen to know? 163 00:10:41,966 --> 00:10:44,400 I mean, what states are they from? 164 00:10:44,566 --> 00:10:47,000 Are there any from Pennsylvania, for example? 165 00:10:47,086 --> 00:10:49,520 Of that I have absolutely no idea. 166 00:10:49,846 --> 00:10:51,643 But I could find out. 167 00:10:53,526 --> 00:10:56,165 Try and do that for me, will you? 168 00:11:01,046 --> 00:11:03,355 Oh, by the way, what outfits are they from? 169 00:11:03,446 --> 00:11:05,880 Outfits? You mean, which regiment? 170 00:11:06,486 --> 00:11:10,559 No, not regiment, exactly, no. I mean, what branch of the service? 171 00:11:11,166 --> 00:11:15,444 I saw them arrive, but I couldn't see what insignia they were wearing. 172 00:11:16,046 --> 00:11:19,675 Or perhaps you guys took off their insignia for souvenirs. 173 00:11:19,886 --> 00:11:21,683 You know what I mean? 174 00:11:22,526 --> 00:11:26,121 In our army, we wear, like, insignia, 175 00:11:26,206 --> 00:11:28,003 to show what branch of the service we're from. 176 00:11:28,086 --> 00:11:31,362 Oh, yeah, in ours, too. Red for artillery, yellow for cavalry, and so? 177 00:11:31,446 --> 00:11:33,755 Right, right, right. So, if it's not a military secret, 178 00:11:33,846 --> 00:11:38,442 ask one of your buddies to find out what branch of the service they're from. 179 00:11:38,766 --> 00:11:40,836 'Cause, um, I'm interested. 180 00:11:41,206 --> 00:11:42,844 Well, we all are. 181 00:11:44,926 --> 00:11:46,041 Okay? 182 00:11:47,046 --> 00:11:48,365 Okay. 183 00:11:51,926 --> 00:11:54,565 And the way he asked these questions, 184 00:11:55,566 --> 00:11:59,400 did it sound like casual interest or more like suspicion? 185 00:11:59,646 --> 00:12:01,841 I would say it was suspicion. 186 00:12:02,646 --> 00:12:05,399 And on such a small point, too. Insignia. 187 00:12:07,046 --> 00:12:09,640 Yes. Yes, it's true. 188 00:12:10,766 --> 00:12:14,725 Americans are very conscious of birth, of origin. 189 00:12:15,966 --> 00:12:17,319 Perhaps it is because they are not quite sure 190 00:12:17,406 --> 00:12:19,237 what being an American is supposed to mean. 191 00:12:19,326 --> 00:12:21,362 In Wurttemberg, you can tell a Saxon at a glance. 192 00:12:21,446 --> 00:12:24,836 Exactly. But not them. The blood is too mixed. 193 00:12:26,526 --> 00:12:30,075 So the American Phipps is asking the same questions that we are. 194 00:12:30,166 --> 00:12:32,600 He said, ''We are all interested.'' 195 00:12:33,846 --> 00:12:34,961 Good. 196 00:12:35,486 --> 00:12:38,205 Perhaps we can help him to find the answers. 197 00:12:38,286 --> 00:12:40,561 -Thank you, Winter. -Herr Major. 198 00:12:47,566 --> 00:12:49,557 Hauptmann Ulmann, please. 199 00:12:51,966 --> 00:12:54,036 Ulmann? Private Brunz. 200 00:12:54,886 --> 00:12:58,322 Brunz, the one who is always talking to the prisoners. 201 00:12:58,486 --> 00:13:00,158 I want him transferred immediately. 202 00:13:00,246 --> 00:13:02,965 Yes. Tell him he is leaving Colditz, 203 00:13:04,686 --> 00:13:07,803 and that he is going to the Brandenburg Division at Potsdam. 204 00:13:07,886 --> 00:13:08,955 Yes. 205 00:13:09,486 --> 00:13:11,556 And tell him... Tell him also that, uh... 206 00:13:11,646 --> 00:13:14,843 that it is no secret, that he should be proud of it. 207 00:13:14,926 --> 00:13:18,919 And tell him that his brother has been transferred there already. 208 00:13:20,926 --> 00:13:23,486 Oh, you think it might sound ridiculous? 209 00:13:23,566 --> 00:13:25,477 Well, actually, it has already happened. 210 00:13:25,566 --> 00:13:29,036 Yes. The Brandenburg have been doing some very odd things lately. 211 00:13:29,126 --> 00:13:30,320 Oh, Ulmann, a question. 212 00:13:30,406 --> 00:13:33,239 The local newspaper that we allow the prisoners, it is... 213 00:13:33,326 --> 00:13:35,521 It is the Dresdener Volksblatt? 214 00:13:35,846 --> 00:13:38,883 Thank you, Ulmann. That is all. Yes, thank you. 215 00:13:41,326 --> 00:13:44,841 I want you to get me the editor of the Dresdener Volksblatt, please. 216 00:13:45,406 --> 00:13:47,681 -Tim! George! -Yes? 217 00:13:47,766 --> 00:13:49,438 -Guess what? -What? 218 00:13:49,726 --> 00:13:51,125 Phil's back. 219 00:13:51,926 --> 00:13:53,041 -Phil Carrington? -Yeah. 220 00:13:53,126 --> 00:13:54,195 He's in solitary. 221 00:13:54,286 --> 00:13:55,878 He's one of the three we saw coming in yesterday. 222 00:13:55,966 --> 00:13:58,355 -Good God! -Who's Phil Carrington? 223 00:13:58,446 --> 00:14:00,402 Oh, you must have heard us talk about him. 224 00:14:00,486 --> 00:14:03,319 He's American, joined up with the RAF and escaped from here years ago, 225 00:14:03,406 --> 00:14:04,885 long before you lot even came into the war. 226 00:14:04,966 --> 00:14:06,240 You know, if he managed to get back to England, 227 00:14:06,326 --> 00:14:08,556 there's a chance he might have got in touch with our families. 228 00:14:08,646 --> 00:14:11,001 Oh, come off it, Simon. Surely they'd have written to us. 229 00:14:11,086 --> 00:14:12,565 Oh, yeah, that's true. 230 00:14:12,646 --> 00:14:16,161 Anyway, that scotches the rumour that he never got away. 231 00:14:16,566 --> 00:14:19,205 -Does it? -What on earth do you mean? 232 00:14:19,286 --> 00:14:20,878 Oh, come off it. 233 00:14:21,726 --> 00:14:23,523 Good evening, gentlemen. 234 00:14:23,606 --> 00:14:26,040 Is it true Lieutenant Carrington's back? 235 00:14:26,126 --> 00:14:28,276 Well, we were keeping that as a little surprise for you, 236 00:14:28,366 --> 00:14:29,594 but yes, he's back. 237 00:14:29,686 --> 00:14:32,598 Not as a lieutenant. As a major, an American major. 238 00:14:32,686 --> 00:14:36,645 What's happening to those men? Are they being roughed up in there? 239 00:14:36,726 --> 00:14:40,196 I give you my word of honour that they are being extremely well treated. 240 00:14:40,286 --> 00:14:42,163 Do you happen to know if Phil Carrington got back to England? 241 00:14:42,246 --> 00:14:44,043 -Yes. -So he did escape? 242 00:14:44,126 --> 00:14:46,196 -He did get away from Germany. -Of course he did. 243 00:14:46,286 --> 00:14:48,197 You said at one time that he didn't, 244 00:14:48,286 --> 00:14:50,516 and that that postcard was a fake. 245 00:14:50,606 --> 00:14:52,324 Nonsense, gentlemen, he got clear away. 246 00:14:52,406 --> 00:14:56,365 Otherwise, why would he be back in Colditz as an American major? 247 00:14:56,486 --> 00:14:58,761 It stands to reason, gentlemen. 248 00:15:05,966 --> 00:15:07,558 Excuse me, please, sir, Captain Downing. 249 00:15:07,646 --> 00:15:09,079 Hello, Brunz. 250 00:15:23,886 --> 00:15:25,524 Tomorrow I am being transferred, 251 00:15:25,606 --> 00:15:28,439 so I'm going to ask if I may say a special goodbye to you, okay? 252 00:15:28,526 --> 00:15:29,675 To me? 253 00:15:30,126 --> 00:15:33,357 For me, you are always the number one officer here. 254 00:15:33,446 --> 00:15:34,925 Oh, really. 255 00:15:35,126 --> 00:15:36,639 You are in the British Guards. 256 00:15:36,726 --> 00:15:39,286 My father, in the first war, was sergeant-major 257 00:15:39,366 --> 00:15:42,483 in the Erster Fuss-Garde regiment, the foot guards. 258 00:15:42,566 --> 00:15:44,238 You're, uh, going to another camp? 259 00:15:44,326 --> 00:15:48,683 On the contrary, I'm being transferred to the Brandenburg Division at Potsdam. 260 00:15:48,766 --> 00:15:51,644 I say, that's pretty crack stuff. 261 00:15:51,726 --> 00:15:53,603 God knows why they send me. 262 00:15:53,686 --> 00:15:57,042 I hope it doesn't reflect on the general state of the Wehrmacht. 263 00:15:57,126 --> 00:15:59,560 But that's a specialist division, isn't it? 264 00:15:59,646 --> 00:16:03,480 For training purposes. My older brother is also now there. 265 00:16:04,206 --> 00:16:05,195 Older brother? 266 00:16:05,286 --> 00:16:09,325 He was in the Army Postal Service. He has bad hearing. 267 00:16:10,366 --> 00:16:13,756 Well, our father, if he could see us, would be proud. 268 00:16:13,846 --> 00:16:18,237 From a slaughterhouse in Chicago to the Brandenburg Division at Potsdam. 269 00:16:18,446 --> 00:16:19,435 -Life changes. -Brunz! 270 00:16:19,526 --> 00:16:20,800 -Brunz! -Herr Felds. 271 00:16:20,886 --> 00:16:22,797 Stop talking to the prisoners. You are on duty. 272 00:16:22,886 --> 00:16:24,524 Jawohl, Herr Felds. 273 00:16:35,166 --> 00:16:36,645 What was he gassing on about? 274 00:16:36,726 --> 00:16:38,717 As far as I can tell, the German army must be 275 00:16:38,806 --> 00:16:41,798 scraping the bottom of the barrel these days. 276 00:16:42,246 --> 00:16:44,476 That poor old slogger Brunz, he's being transferred 277 00:16:44,566 --> 00:16:46,955 to the Brandenburg Division, if you believe it. 278 00:16:47,046 --> 00:16:49,401 That's one of the crack units of the German army. 279 00:16:49,486 --> 00:16:51,875 Wish we could smuggle that little titbit back to London. 280 00:16:51,966 --> 00:16:55,163 I know a couple of lucky little sucking pigs at the War Office 281 00:16:55,246 --> 00:16:57,157 who'd go and open a damn good bottle of claret 282 00:16:57,246 --> 00:16:59,476 at the Carlton on the strength of that. 283 00:16:59,566 --> 00:17:01,522 -Except... -Except what? 284 00:17:02,846 --> 00:17:04,677 Except I don't really believe it. 285 00:17:04,766 --> 00:17:06,484 He wouldn't make it up. 286 00:17:06,566 --> 00:17:10,764 No, he wouldn't make it up, but I still don't believe it. 287 00:17:12,126 --> 00:17:15,402 The harder I tried to convince them that Carrington had escaped from Germany, 288 00:17:15,486 --> 00:17:17,522 the less they believed me. 289 00:17:17,806 --> 00:17:19,876 Well, it's all very subtle. 290 00:17:20,086 --> 00:17:21,963 I can only say that I hope that it works. 291 00:17:22,046 --> 00:17:25,721 MOHN: It may not work, sir, but at least it is worth a try. 292 00:17:26,366 --> 00:17:30,723 The energy will come from the British, their pride, their suspicion. 293 00:17:31,326 --> 00:17:33,396 And if the Americans let Just one name slip, 294 00:17:33,486 --> 00:17:35,317 it will all have been worth it. 295 00:17:35,406 --> 00:17:38,159 And with luck, the Americans will have to tell their British allies 296 00:17:38,246 --> 00:17:40,521 all of the story in order to convince them. 297 00:17:40,606 --> 00:17:43,484 And that is precisely what the Reich Security Service wishes to hear. 298 00:17:43,566 --> 00:17:47,195 I would not know about the requirements of the Reich Security Service. 299 00:17:47,286 --> 00:17:48,514 That is an SS organisation. 300 00:17:48,606 --> 00:17:52,121 I am not privy to its secrets as perhaps you are, Major. 301 00:17:52,846 --> 00:17:54,882 What is at stake, sir, is no less than the entire relationship 302 00:17:54,966 --> 00:17:58,402 between the Third Reich and one of its most important allies. 303 00:17:58,486 --> 00:17:59,760 It seems these allies have been conducting 304 00:17:59,846 --> 00:18:02,406 secret peace talks with the Americans. 305 00:18:02,486 --> 00:18:05,398 The Reich Security Service wishes to know the terms 306 00:18:05,486 --> 00:18:08,080 and the names of those involved, the top names. 307 00:18:08,166 --> 00:18:11,158 As the Herr Major says, it'll cost nothing to try 308 00:18:11,246 --> 00:18:12,998 beyond a few tricks. 309 00:18:14,206 --> 00:18:16,925 Meanwhile, until the Americans come out of solitary confinement, 310 00:18:17,006 --> 00:18:18,962 they are being treated very well. 311 00:18:19,046 --> 00:18:21,606 The better they are treated, the more suspicious will the British become. 312 00:18:21,686 --> 00:18:22,721 Very well, Major. 313 00:18:22,806 --> 00:18:24,842 I have a surprise for you. 314 00:18:26,006 --> 00:18:28,156 A gift. American newspapers. 315 00:18:30,686 --> 00:18:31,914 Where did you get those? 316 00:18:32,006 --> 00:18:35,521 Well, the Reich Security Service obtains them in Lisbon. 317 00:18:36,646 --> 00:18:38,602 St Louis Post-Dispatch. 318 00:18:38,966 --> 00:18:41,241 Unfortunately, most of them are three to four months old, 319 00:18:41,326 --> 00:18:42,839 but some of them are quite recent. 320 00:18:42,926 --> 00:18:45,918 I had ordered these especially for you from Berlin. 321 00:18:46,006 --> 00:18:48,520 Why this burst of generosity, Major? 322 00:18:49,126 --> 00:18:51,276 It seems to me that perhaps you Americans, 323 00:18:51,366 --> 00:18:55,245 even more than we Europeans, suffer from a sense of, 324 00:18:55,326 --> 00:18:57,362 uh, homesickness, 325 00:18:57,766 --> 00:19:01,554 from a stronger sense of family deprivation, if you will. 326 00:19:01,646 --> 00:19:03,523 I thought the sight of these familiar newspapers 327 00:19:03,606 --> 00:19:06,120 might help to cheer you up a little. 328 00:19:06,446 --> 00:19:07,925 And in return? 329 00:19:09,806 --> 00:19:13,845 I was hoping that you might see things in better perspective, 330 00:19:14,446 --> 00:19:17,438 realise that it could do me... Do you no harm 331 00:19:17,526 --> 00:19:21,678 to tell me a little more about the organisation which sent you here. 332 00:19:21,806 --> 00:19:25,765 We've already told your Gestapo colleagues all we're going to tell. 333 00:19:25,846 --> 00:19:28,280 I think we proved that, even to their satisfaction. 334 00:19:28,366 --> 00:19:30,084 And certainly to mine, Major. 335 00:19:30,166 --> 00:19:33,795 However, what harm can it do to you, or to your country, 336 00:19:33,886 --> 00:19:36,320 to admit that it was the Office of Strategic Services 337 00:19:36,406 --> 00:19:40,524 which sent you here, on the mission that finds you here in Colditz? 338 00:19:40,886 --> 00:19:43,605 Where would it get you if it had been the OSS? 339 00:19:43,686 --> 00:19:45,324 That is for us to decide, Colonel. 340 00:19:45,406 --> 00:19:47,397 If you will forgive me saying so, 341 00:19:47,486 --> 00:19:50,478 it is you who are our prisoners, not we yours. 342 00:19:51,326 --> 00:19:52,600 Not yet. 343 00:19:53,566 --> 00:19:57,684 In your view, Herr Major, in the Gestapo's view, anyway, 344 00:19:57,766 --> 00:20:01,236 the American OSS is a political espionage unit. 345 00:20:02,406 --> 00:20:05,682 One of your colleagues, a type who sports a death's head on his cap, 346 00:20:05,766 --> 00:20:10,282 well, he spent a couple of hours last week pounding that into my left jaw. 347 00:20:11,406 --> 00:20:13,078 Having made his point, he went on to say 348 00:20:13,166 --> 00:20:17,205 that soldiers engaged in political espionage 349 00:20:17,286 --> 00:20:20,676 forfeit their rights under the Geneva Convention 350 00:20:20,766 --> 00:20:22,597 and end up being shot. 351 00:20:22,726 --> 00:20:24,239 But you're prisoners of the Wehrmacht, Major. 352 00:20:24,326 --> 00:20:27,284 On that you have my word as a German officer. 353 00:20:27,766 --> 00:20:28,755 As a German officer? 354 00:20:28,846 --> 00:20:30,837 Yes, as a German officer. 355 00:20:32,166 --> 00:20:33,997 Hey, uh... Hey, fellas, take a look. 356 00:20:34,086 --> 00:20:37,442 Uh, Dick Tracy"s got a new character here, called The Brain. Look at him. 357 00:20:37,526 --> 00:20:39,960 Must have been a member of the SS. 358 00:20:40,206 --> 00:20:41,241 (CHUCKLING) 359 00:20:41,646 --> 00:20:43,045 (MEN SHOUTING) 360 00:21:12,686 --> 00:21:15,439 -Lieutenant Phipps? -Yes? 361 00:21:16,086 --> 00:21:18,156 You know, my feelings were hurt yesterday 362 00:21:18,246 --> 00:21:20,282 when you suggested that your three fellow countrymen 363 00:21:20,366 --> 00:21:22,880 might be getting a bad time from us. 364 00:21:23,086 --> 00:21:25,919 -I accepted your word on that. -Thank you. 365 00:21:26,286 --> 00:21:29,403 But to put your mind completely at rest, 366 00:21:29,486 --> 00:21:32,364 please come with me to the cells where they are. 367 00:21:32,446 --> 00:21:34,437 Feel free to see for yourself. 368 00:21:34,526 --> 00:21:37,518 I would. Why not? Say hello to Phil for me while you're there. 369 00:21:37,606 --> 00:21:40,598 There will be absolutely no verbal communication. 370 00:21:40,686 --> 00:21:44,201 You may see. You may, if you choose, listen, 371 00:21:44,286 --> 00:21:46,117 but they're in solitary confinement. 372 00:21:46,206 --> 00:21:50,199 And if you try to communicate, you'll find yourself in there with them. 373 00:21:50,286 --> 00:21:51,799 Okay. Let's go. 374 00:21:54,246 --> 00:21:57,602 You, too, Captain Brent, if you wish, on the same conditions. 375 00:21:57,686 --> 00:21:59,278 All right, yeah. 376 00:22:00,646 --> 00:22:01,920 Fair enough. 377 00:22:14,566 --> 00:22:18,354 Sorry, Max, you're not doing so hot. All right, let's try another one. 378 00:22:18,446 --> 00:22:20,880 How many runs did the Reds score against the Braves 379 00:22:20,966 --> 00:22:23,161 in the second series of 1 94 3? 380 00:22:24,166 --> 00:22:25,645 -Four. -Wrong. 381 00:22:28,086 --> 00:22:29,121 -Six. -Right. 382 00:22:29,726 --> 00:22:31,239 No, they wouldn't let us talk to them. 383 00:22:31,326 --> 00:22:33,203 Ulmann was there and he was watching us like a hawk. 384 00:22:33,286 --> 00:22:35,675 -Yeah, but Phil seemed in good shape? -Fine. 385 00:22:35,766 --> 00:22:38,678 Bloody well ought to be. God! Meat! Rabbit! 386 00:22:38,766 --> 00:22:39,801 Shut up! 387 00:22:39,886 --> 00:22:41,842 They seemed to be holding a seminar in there. 388 00:22:41,926 --> 00:22:45,123 Kind of question-and-answer class using old American newspapers. 389 00:22:45,206 --> 00:22:46,275 Old American newspapers? 390 00:22:46,366 --> 00:22:47,879 Well, where the devil would they get those from? 391 00:22:47,966 --> 00:22:50,036 There's only one place they can get them from. 392 00:22:50,126 --> 00:22:51,320 Berlin. 393 00:22:51,726 --> 00:22:53,557 I don't know, there's something funny going on. 394 00:22:53,646 --> 00:22:56,479 Talking of American newspapers, I was looking at an ad, 395 00:22:56,566 --> 00:22:58,841 funny enough, in the Volksblatt. 396 00:22:59,726 --> 00:23:01,159 (IN MOCK GERMAN ACCENT) ''How well do you know America? 397 00:23:01,246 --> 00:23:03,840 ''If you have lived there, are over 1 8 and under 60, 398 00:23:03,926 --> 00:23:05,917 ''contact 746531 Potsdam.'' 399 00:23:06,006 --> 00:23:07,200 Here, let me see that. 400 00:23:07,286 --> 00:23:09,595 DOWNING: Here now, wait a minute. Let's see what we've got here. 401 00:23:09,686 --> 00:23:12,678 I mean, they've got good food, American newspapers, 402 00:23:12,766 --> 00:23:13,801 and you said yourself when they arrived 403 00:23:13,886 --> 00:23:15,763 there was something odd about their uniform. 404 00:23:15,846 --> 00:23:18,599 And now, when they're all supposed to be in solitary, they're not. 405 00:23:18,686 --> 00:23:21,154 They're together, holding some sort of question-and-answer class. 406 00:23:21,246 --> 00:23:23,123 Almost as if they were mugging up for some exam 407 00:23:23,206 --> 00:23:24,195 -or something. -DOWNING: Exactly. 408 00:23:24,286 --> 00:23:26,117 Well, there's no point in speculating. 409 00:23:26,206 --> 00:23:29,039 Phil will be out in a couple of days. He'll be back with us. 410 00:23:29,126 --> 00:23:32,516 It'll be all cleared up. Here you are. You're over 1 8. 411 00:23:32,606 --> 00:23:36,884 Yes, they'll all three be with us, living among us. 412 00:23:37,726 --> 00:23:41,002 -That's it. The Brandenburg Division. -The what? 413 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:43,077 Well, I'd got hold of the wrong end of the stick the other day, 414 00:23:43,166 --> 00:23:45,157 but it's perfectly obvious now. 415 00:23:45,246 --> 00:23:48,602 When you read out that advertisement, ''Potsdam'', it's as clear as daylight. 416 00:23:48,686 --> 00:23:50,916 You remember that guard, Brunz, the one who's been transferred? 417 00:23:51,006 --> 00:23:51,995 Yes. 418 00:23:52,086 --> 00:23:54,964 You know, the one who's always going on about this happy days back in Chicago? 419 00:23:55,046 --> 00:23:56,035 Oh, yeah? 420 00:23:56,126 --> 00:23:58,162 Well, he told me that he couldn't understand 421 00:23:58,246 --> 00:24:01,682 why he was being transferred to the Brandenburg Division at Potsdam. 422 00:24:01,766 --> 00:24:04,439 It's the crack training division for the whole of the German army. 423 00:24:04,526 --> 00:24:07,359 And his brother, who's 48, with bad hearing, 424 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:11,405 has already been transferred there from the Army Postal Service. 425 00:24:11,846 --> 00:24:14,201 And he used to live in Chicago as well. 426 00:24:14,286 --> 00:24:16,675 Now, if you put those two together, add a few hundred more... 427 00:24:16,766 --> 00:24:19,439 In other words, this so-called Brandenburg Division 428 00:24:19,526 --> 00:24:21,994 may be collecting together a bunch of German soldiers 429 00:24:22,086 --> 00:24:23,963 who, at one time or another, lived in the States, 430 00:24:24,046 --> 00:24:26,241 and putting them through some kind of course of special training. 431 00:24:26,326 --> 00:24:27,520 Exactly. 432 00:24:27,606 --> 00:24:28,925 Dressing them up in American uniforms 433 00:24:29,006 --> 00:24:32,157 and planning to infiltrate them through Allied lines. 434 00:24:32,246 --> 00:24:34,237 Well, a group of men like that could create havoc, 435 00:24:34,326 --> 00:24:36,282 and a different sort of havoc in a place like this. 436 00:24:36,366 --> 00:24:39,278 With all due respect, Tim, it seems a bit far-fetched to me. 437 00:24:39,366 --> 00:24:41,118 Oh, does it, Mawson? 438 00:24:41,366 --> 00:24:44,358 Now look, just because you haven't been locked up here for years 439 00:24:44,446 --> 00:24:47,324 like the rest of us, there's no need to think we've lost all touch with reality. 440 00:24:47,406 --> 00:24:49,681 We haven't. And do you know why we haven't? 441 00:24:49,766 --> 00:24:52,917 Because we've used our brains, seized on every scrap of information 442 00:24:53,006 --> 00:24:55,520 to piece together a complete picture of what's going on, 443 00:24:55,606 --> 00:24:57,039 not just here in the castle 444 00:24:57,126 --> 00:24:59,321 but in the surrounding countryside, even in the occupied countries. 445 00:24:59,406 --> 00:25:01,397 And some of those leads we started out with 446 00:25:01,486 --> 00:25:04,239 were pretty far-fetched, believe you me. 447 00:25:05,206 --> 00:25:10,075 Now, as far as this Brandenburg business is concerned, let me tell you something. 448 00:25:10,806 --> 00:25:12,956 We've got exactly the same thing in our army. 449 00:25:13,046 --> 00:25:15,560 -You have? -Yes, in the British Army. 450 00:25:17,006 --> 00:25:19,122 Chaps dressed up in German uniforms 451 00:25:19,206 --> 00:25:21,925 doing German drill and giving German orders. 452 00:25:22,006 --> 00:25:22,995 Haven't we, Mawson? 453 00:25:23,086 --> 00:25:25,395 Yes, but it's not the same thing. 454 00:25:25,486 --> 00:25:27,875 It's not intended for sabotage, but for training and demonstration. 455 00:25:27,966 --> 00:25:30,719 -Nevertheless, it does exist. -All right, then supposing... 456 00:25:30,806 --> 00:25:32,444 You'll never tell me that Phil Carrington 457 00:25:32,526 --> 00:25:34,323 would let himself in for a caper like that. 458 00:25:34,406 --> 00:25:36,636 Well, maybe not, Simon, but... 459 00:25:36,806 --> 00:25:39,639 Look, just think for a moment. Supposing Phil was captured. 460 00:25:39,726 --> 00:25:42,604 Now, you and I know him. He's a very resourceful sort of chap. 461 00:25:42,686 --> 00:25:44,165 He may have decided to go along with Jerry 462 00:25:44,246 --> 00:25:45,645 and then spill the beans at the last minute. 463 00:25:45,726 --> 00:25:46,715 Yeah, what about the other two? 464 00:25:46,806 --> 00:25:48,159 Well, I don't know. 465 00:25:48,246 --> 00:25:50,760 Sent here to try and find out about codes, contacts with the resistance, 466 00:25:50,846 --> 00:25:52,598 -plans for mass breakouts... -If so, 467 00:25:52,686 --> 00:25:54,722 Phil will tell us when he comes out of solitary. 468 00:25:54,806 --> 00:25:57,274 I could punch a hole right through your theory, Jim. 469 00:25:57,366 --> 00:26:00,324 If they are Nazis in disguise, why would they be put in solitary? 470 00:26:00,406 --> 00:26:01,919 Why wouldn't they be put in here with the rest of us? 471 00:26:02,006 --> 00:26:04,076 -Because... -To work up our sympathy, 472 00:26:04,166 --> 00:26:06,964 like with the handcuffs and the bruises, make us sorry for them. 473 00:26:07,046 --> 00:26:09,321 Make us... It's a funny way to make us sorry for them, 474 00:26:09,406 --> 00:26:11,636 show them lounging around reading American newspapers. 475 00:26:11,726 --> 00:26:13,398 Yeah, but Ulmann bawled out the guard for that. 476 00:26:13,486 --> 00:26:16,523 He'd ordered all the books and papers taken away before he got there. 477 00:26:16,606 --> 00:26:19,245 Well, I'm going to go and see the SBO. 478 00:26:20,246 --> 00:26:23,283 (MARCHING MUSIC PLAYING) 479 00:26:24,566 --> 00:26:28,559 Gentlemen, I'm grateful to you for your differing points of view, 480 00:26:29,086 --> 00:26:33,557 especially as Hauptmann Ulmann informs me that the three Americans 481 00:26:33,646 --> 00:26:38,083 are going to be released from solitary confinement at 1 0:00 tomorrow morning. 482 00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:41,124 I suggest that we form a select committee 483 00:26:41,206 --> 00:26:43,436 to, uh, welcome them tomorrow. 484 00:26:43,846 --> 00:26:47,156 And I must stress that we should have no preconceived ideas about them. 485 00:26:47,246 --> 00:26:50,761 Just listen to what they've got to say, and then take it from there. 486 00:27:02,726 --> 00:27:05,877 Gentlemen, I have the honour now to present to you 487 00:27:05,966 --> 00:27:07,718 your American comrades-in-arms. 488 00:27:07,806 --> 00:27:10,604 In one case, at least, introductions will not be necessary. 489 00:27:10,686 --> 00:27:15,202 In the case of the others, I will leave you to make them among yourselves. 490 00:27:16,886 --> 00:27:18,160 Hello, Phil. 491 00:27:18,246 --> 00:27:20,043 It seems a strange place in which to say welcome, 492 00:27:20,126 --> 00:27:22,003 but I'd like to say it, just the same. 493 00:27:22,086 --> 00:27:23,678 Colonel, if it was any place else but Colditz, 494 00:27:23,766 --> 00:27:25,916 I would say it was good to see you again. 495 00:27:26,006 --> 00:27:27,803 As it is, it's great. 496 00:27:28,326 --> 00:27:31,045 May I introduce you to my commanding officer, Colonel Dodd? 497 00:27:31,126 --> 00:27:32,764 -Maximilian Dodd. -Hello, how do you do? 498 00:27:32,846 --> 00:27:34,518 Colonel Preston, this is Captain Nugent. 499 00:27:34,606 --> 00:27:36,597 -Colonel. -How do you do, Captain? 500 00:27:36,686 --> 00:27:40,804 Well, that's the formal introductions over. Won't you have a seat over here? 501 00:27:40,886 --> 00:27:44,003 I feel I ought to introduce you to your only other fellow countryman here. 502 00:27:44,086 --> 00:27:45,075 -Oh? -Phipps, where are you? 503 00:27:45,166 --> 00:27:46,155 Sir. 504 00:27:46,246 --> 00:27:49,522 This is Lieutenant Phipps, United States Air Force. 505 00:27:49,886 --> 00:27:51,558 -How do you do, Lieutenant? -How do, sir? 506 00:27:51,646 --> 00:27:54,206 -Been here long? -Six weeks. In Colditz, that is. 507 00:27:54,286 --> 00:27:57,756 Ah. Well then, we'll have to bring you up to date 508 00:27:57,846 --> 00:27:59,404 on what's been happening stateside. 509 00:27:59,486 --> 00:28:01,795 Though I'm afraid we've been absent for quite some time ourselves. 510 00:28:01,886 --> 00:28:02,921 Thank you, sir. 511 00:28:03,006 --> 00:28:04,234 Phil, why don't you take a seat over there? 512 00:28:04,326 --> 00:28:05,759 -How do? -Phil Carrington. 513 00:28:05,846 --> 00:28:06,881 Hi. 514 00:28:07,686 --> 00:28:09,324 Hey, Lieutenant? 515 00:28:11,006 --> 00:28:15,716 Uh, when you were in England, did you by any chance get to see our families? 516 00:28:17,806 --> 00:28:21,799 I knew you were going to ask me that. I never did get to England. 517 00:28:24,926 --> 00:28:26,405 I did start to write your families, 518 00:28:26,486 --> 00:28:30,240 but because of my status as an escaped prisoner-of-war, 519 00:28:30,326 --> 00:28:31,918 I was unable to. 520 00:28:33,046 --> 00:28:34,843 Red tape. I'm sorry. 521 00:28:36,406 --> 00:28:40,160 Well, that's odd because Ulmann said you did get to England. 522 00:28:41,166 --> 00:28:44,158 The less Ulmann knows what I did, the better. 523 00:28:44,286 --> 00:28:45,639 Can we know? 524 00:28:46,486 --> 00:28:48,124 CARRINGTON: Sure. 525 00:28:48,366 --> 00:28:50,926 -You got the card from Switzerland? -Yes, we did. 526 00:28:51,006 --> 00:28:52,917 It caused quite a stir. 527 00:28:53,326 --> 00:28:56,955 Well, from there I crossed the border into France at a place called Yvoire, 528 00:28:57,046 --> 00:28:59,321 down to the Alpes Maritimes, to Marseille, 529 00:28:59,406 --> 00:29:02,000 I finally made it to Spain, then to Lisbon, 530 00:29:02,126 --> 00:29:06,085 and from Lisbon was flown via the Azores to the United States. 531 00:29:07,446 --> 00:29:08,640 I see. 532 00:29:08,926 --> 00:29:12,077 Um, Colonel, I wonder, might we know a little about you? 533 00:29:12,166 --> 00:29:13,485 Which front were you captured on? 534 00:29:13,566 --> 00:29:15,761 No front. We just dropped in. 535 00:29:16,766 --> 00:29:19,883 You dropped in? You mean, like that, in uniform? 536 00:29:19,966 --> 00:29:23,515 Well, we didn't buy these second-hand in Leipzig, I can tell you that. 537 00:29:23,606 --> 00:29:24,959 You parachuted in? 538 00:29:25,046 --> 00:29:27,082 Parachuted in where? 539 00:29:27,566 --> 00:29:30,638 Well, one could say Hungary or Romania. 540 00:29:31,246 --> 00:29:33,476 It could just as easily have been one as the other. 541 00:29:33,566 --> 00:29:36,285 Would it be proper for me to ask the nature of your mission? 542 00:29:36,366 --> 00:29:37,799 It would be as proper for you to ask, sir, 543 00:29:37,886 --> 00:29:40,639 as it would be for me to refuse to answer. 544 00:29:40,726 --> 00:29:42,637 And please call me Max. 545 00:29:43,086 --> 00:29:46,044 Excuse me, sir, uh, what outfit are you with? 546 00:29:46,166 --> 00:29:48,600 We're in the army, son, same army you're in. 547 00:29:48,686 --> 00:29:50,483 But you're in the Air Force, aren't you, Phipps? 548 00:29:50,566 --> 00:29:51,885 For your information, sir, Lieutenant Phipps 549 00:29:51,966 --> 00:29:54,639 is in the United States Army Air Force. 550 00:29:56,646 --> 00:29:59,399 What is this, gentlemen? A court-martial? 551 00:30:01,086 --> 00:30:04,761 Well, Colonel, may we at least know when you were captured? 552 00:30:08,966 --> 00:30:10,319 Colonel, I think that, in all fairness, 553 00:30:10,406 --> 00:30:13,079 we should fill them in on as much as possible. 554 00:30:13,166 --> 00:30:15,236 Yes, I can understand that. 555 00:30:16,846 --> 00:30:21,601 You see, since you've been here, you've received a very special VIP treatment. 556 00:30:21,686 --> 00:30:24,598 May I take it from that that this was a very high-level affair? 557 00:30:25,286 --> 00:30:27,641 DODD: A high-level affair? 558 00:30:28,606 --> 00:30:30,995 I suppose you could call it that. 559 00:30:32,606 --> 00:30:36,201 Beyond that, sir, I'm afraid I've nothing to say. 560 00:30:39,246 --> 00:30:42,921 Colonel, I wonder if you and I might have a word together on our own, please? 561 00:30:43,006 --> 00:30:44,758 Excuse me. 562 00:30:52,886 --> 00:30:53,875 How's it going? 563 00:30:56,366 --> 00:30:59,119 Colonel, I can understand your reticence to a certain degree, 564 00:30:59,206 --> 00:31:02,596 but suspicion and mistrust are a very real thing in here. 565 00:31:02,686 --> 00:31:05,962 The Germans have attempted to plant people on us before. 566 00:31:06,046 --> 00:31:08,879 Look, can't you at least tell us as much of your story 567 00:31:08,966 --> 00:31:13,084 as the Germans know themselves already? It is the normal procedure. 568 00:31:16,166 --> 00:31:17,724 That much. No more. 569 00:31:17,806 --> 00:31:19,125 Thank you. 570 00:31:31,526 --> 00:31:32,959 Gentlemen... 571 00:31:36,806 --> 00:31:41,357 Okay, six weeks ago, the three of us were standing on the tarmac 572 00:31:41,446 --> 00:31:45,234 of the United States Army Air Force base at Brindisi, Italy. 573 00:31:45,326 --> 00:31:47,840 We were about to board one of your RAF transport planes. 574 00:32:06,566 --> 00:32:08,284 NUGENT: Me, I hadn"t done too much flying, 575 00:32:08,366 --> 00:32:12,075 but I was always being told it was safer than being in an automobile. 576 00:32:12,166 --> 00:32:13,997 So I"m feeling happy. 577 00:32:16,686 --> 00:32:18,961 CARRINGTON: We had a deadline to meet and were due to hit the silk 578 00:32:19,046 --> 00:32:21,685 no later than midnight that night over our drop area, 579 00:32:21,766 --> 00:32:23,916 somewhere in Central Europe. 580 00:32:26,846 --> 00:32:30,395 DODD: It had all been worked out so beautifully back in Washington. 581 00:32:30,486 --> 00:32:32,442 I say that because we were just about to take off when, 582 00:32:32,526 --> 00:32:36,678 all of a sudden, the son-of-a-bitching fog came up and socked us in. 583 00:32:37,046 --> 00:32:41,358 Well, we figure, maybe a little delay is not going to make that much difference, 584 00:32:41,446 --> 00:32:44,119 but it lasted three whole days. 585 00:32:44,206 --> 00:32:47,084 CARRINGTON: That"s what cost us the mission. 586 00:32:47,286 --> 00:32:49,402 NUGENT: All dressed up, nowhere to go. 587 00:32:49,486 --> 00:32:54,082 Pistol belt, holster, .45 automatic, and lipstick and nylons for the ladies. 588 00:32:54,206 --> 00:32:56,595 You're honestly trying to tell us you dropped in, 589 00:32:56,686 --> 00:32:59,883 dressed like that, armed with nothing but pistols? 590 00:33:00,366 --> 00:33:01,685 Yes, sir. 591 00:33:02,046 --> 00:33:04,037 Because we wanted there to be absolutely no doubt 592 00:33:04,126 --> 00:33:07,960 that we were what we are, soldiers, genuine American soldiers. 593 00:33:09,446 --> 00:33:11,960 Phil, did you volunteer for this? 594 00:33:13,206 --> 00:33:14,195 Yes. 595 00:33:14,286 --> 00:33:15,355 Why? 596 00:33:15,606 --> 00:33:16,595 (CHUCKLING) 597 00:33:16,686 --> 00:33:18,165 I was told to. 598 00:33:18,246 --> 00:33:19,395 (CHUCKLING) 599 00:33:19,486 --> 00:33:20,714 Why you? 600 00:33:21,166 --> 00:33:22,485 Well, they're running short of men like me 601 00:33:22,566 --> 00:33:24,682 with experience in occupied Europe, 602 00:33:24,766 --> 00:33:27,644 and with all due respect to what Colonel Dodd has just said, 603 00:33:27,726 --> 00:33:29,398 the United States is not yet sophisticated 604 00:33:29,486 --> 00:33:31,681 in these areas of operations. 605 00:33:33,166 --> 00:33:36,761 And there's another reason I was asked to join this team. 606 00:33:37,806 --> 00:33:38,795 And that"s classified, sir. 607 00:33:39,846 --> 00:33:42,644 Does ''classified'' mean you don't trust us? 608 00:33:44,526 --> 00:33:47,643 We do have an elaborate system of security, you know, lookouts and so on. 609 00:33:47,726 --> 00:33:49,079 I had assumed that, sir. 610 00:33:49,166 --> 00:33:51,964 Well, Colonel, will you please go ahead and tell us as much of your story 611 00:33:52,046 --> 00:33:53,957 as you feel free to do? 612 00:33:55,726 --> 00:33:58,445 Finally, three days later, we took off. 613 00:33:59,526 --> 00:34:02,643 We hit the silk dead on target, 1 2 kilometres northeast 614 00:34:02,726 --> 00:34:04,284 of the chief city of the province. 615 00:34:04,366 --> 00:34:07,483 -Which was? -''Lollipop'' was our codename for it. 616 00:34:07,846 --> 00:34:09,962 We landed smack in the middle of a field, 617 00:34:10,046 --> 00:34:11,923 stomping around in there, 618 00:34:12,006 --> 00:34:15,601 loaded down with radio equipment and every other goddamn thing. 619 00:34:15,686 --> 00:34:16,960 We were feeling good, though. 620 00:34:17,046 --> 00:34:18,764 Our guy's not here. 621 00:34:20,606 --> 00:34:22,358 Check our position. 622 00:34:29,606 --> 00:34:33,565 DODD: We expected a contact to take us into the nearest village. 623 00:34:39,086 --> 00:34:42,476 CARRINGTON: The church was there. At least, a church was there. 624 00:34:42,566 --> 00:34:44,716 No sign of contacts, though. 625 00:34:45,166 --> 00:34:46,519 (WHISTLING) 626 00:34:47,606 --> 00:34:49,005 (WHISTLING) 627 00:35:06,286 --> 00:35:07,685 There it is. 628 00:35:11,646 --> 00:35:13,796 Let's get rid of this stuff. 629 00:35:15,566 --> 00:35:17,158 CARRINGTON: Anyway, we decided to take a chance 630 00:35:17,246 --> 00:35:19,555 and walk right into the village. 631 00:35:22,046 --> 00:35:23,684 DODD: Everybody was asleep. 632 00:35:23,766 --> 00:35:25,996 That could be just as well for our purpose, 633 00:35:26,086 --> 00:35:28,759 the idea being to get a ride into the local garrison town 634 00:35:28,846 --> 00:35:30,074 as quietly as possible, 635 00:35:30,166 --> 00:35:32,999 and lay our cards on the table for the local commander. 636 00:35:33,086 --> 00:35:35,520 The town hall seemed our best bet. 637 00:35:46,486 --> 00:35:48,204 (POUNDING ON DOOR) 638 00:35:51,646 --> 00:35:54,683 DODD: As it got lighter, the place started to fill up. 639 00:35:54,766 --> 00:35:56,518 It turned out to be market day, 640 00:35:56,606 --> 00:35:59,996 so pretty soon there were quite a few citizens gawking at us. 641 00:36:00,086 --> 00:36:04,477 And the lighter it got, the more incongruous our presence began to feel. 642 00:36:04,966 --> 00:36:07,321 Maybe it was because he"d heard the rumpus 643 00:36:07,406 --> 00:36:09,442 or perhaps he"d been tipped off from higher up, 644 00:36:09,526 --> 00:36:11,994 but the mayor seemed to know the score. 645 00:36:15,286 --> 00:36:16,958 You are Americans? 646 00:36:20,286 --> 00:36:21,355 Yes. 647 00:36:22,166 --> 00:36:23,758 You are welcome. 648 00:36:23,926 --> 00:36:25,678 (SPEAKING HUNGARIAN) 649 00:36:28,966 --> 00:36:30,957 DODD: Meanwhile, the locals seem to have got the idea 650 00:36:31,046 --> 00:36:34,083 that our presence meant some kind of liberation, 651 00:36:34,166 --> 00:36:35,679 or that the war was over. 652 00:36:35,766 --> 00:36:38,326 Or maybe it was just on account of it being market day. 653 00:36:38,406 --> 00:36:41,876 Anyhow, the next thing we knew, it was garlands of roses. 654 00:36:41,966 --> 00:36:44,526 I"m not kidding about that. Garlands of roses. 655 00:36:44,686 --> 00:36:48,759 He broke out all the schnapps and sent for the dancing girls, literally, 656 00:36:48,846 --> 00:36:50,438 and the gypsies. 657 00:36:50,646 --> 00:36:54,434 Five minutes later, half the village must have been in there. 658 00:36:55,766 --> 00:36:59,554 NUGENT: That, as I see it, was the high spot of the whole trip. 659 00:36:59,646 --> 00:37:00,635 I was a radio operator, 660 00:37:00,726 --> 00:37:03,843 and I felt like sending a message back to the base then and there. 661 00:37:03,926 --> 00:37:07,077 When you"ve got Hungarians for enemies, who needs friends? 662 00:37:07,166 --> 00:37:10,363 Anyway, right at that minute, she was the best-looking dame 663 00:37:10,446 --> 00:37:13,199 I"d ever set eyes on. Oh ho, yeahi 664 00:37:17,486 --> 00:37:19,204 DODD: But the mayor had sent a kid on a bicycle 665 00:37:19,286 --> 00:37:20,799 to the local garrison town, 666 00:37:20,886 --> 00:37:24,117 and sooner or later, we knew things would start happening. 667 00:37:24,206 --> 00:37:25,639 And they did. 668 00:37:43,926 --> 00:37:45,439 (MAN SHOUTING) 669 00:38:02,526 --> 00:38:05,484 Gentlemen, you are prisoners of war. 670 00:38:06,126 --> 00:38:08,799 In the name of the Hungarian army, 671 00:38:08,886 --> 00:38:11,639 I must ask you to surrender your pistols. 672 00:38:23,726 --> 00:38:26,399 So, honour has been satisfied. 673 00:38:27,166 --> 00:38:29,236 I do not know what you are doing in Hungary, 674 00:38:29,326 --> 00:38:33,797 but I have instruction from my superiors that you are to be treated with respect 675 00:38:33,886 --> 00:38:37,003 due to officers captured on the field of battle. 676 00:38:37,126 --> 00:38:38,878 (SPEAKING HUNGARIAN) 677 00:38:41,806 --> 00:38:43,125 Thank you. 678 00:38:45,566 --> 00:38:47,318 (SPEAKING HUNGARIAN) 679 00:38:52,166 --> 00:38:53,724 (SPEAKING HUNGARIAN) 680 00:38:53,806 --> 00:38:55,524 Come on, gentlemen. 681 00:38:55,926 --> 00:38:58,998 DODD: After that, it was more schnapps. 682 00:39:00,566 --> 00:39:03,080 Now, it goes without saying that before we started on this mission, 683 00:39:03,166 --> 00:39:07,205 we did have some sort of high-level arrangement with somebody. 684 00:39:08,246 --> 00:39:10,919 Anyway, this particular officer didn't seem that surprised to see us, 685 00:39:11,006 --> 00:39:13,474 so we figure he's been tipped off, 686 00:39:13,766 --> 00:39:15,563 which was what we'd been betting on 687 00:39:15,646 --> 00:39:18,399 when we sent him the message in the first place. 688 00:39:18,486 --> 00:39:22,923 Tipped off by somebody high up in the government of, say, Ruritania? 689 00:39:24,406 --> 00:39:27,557 Look, we'd better get this straight, once and for all. 690 00:39:27,646 --> 00:39:30,922 I can see a lot of doubt on the faces in this room. 691 00:39:33,806 --> 00:39:37,276 We've got our problems, Colonel. You've got yours, sir. 692 00:39:37,646 --> 00:39:40,399 And frankly, I don't want to know them, wouldn't want to share them, 693 00:39:40,486 --> 00:39:43,364 unless, of course, you invited me to. 694 00:39:43,446 --> 00:39:46,244 Then that'd be a different kettle of fish. 695 00:39:47,326 --> 00:39:49,237 All right, point taken. 696 00:39:50,726 --> 00:39:54,116 We spent the night in the garrison town, under guard. 697 00:39:58,046 --> 00:40:00,162 Now it won't work. Now it's too late. 698 00:40:00,246 --> 00:40:02,999 I don't remember asking for your opinion. 699 00:40:05,406 --> 00:40:08,603 We were under guard, but there was talk and drink. 700 00:40:09,086 --> 00:40:11,646 The officer said he'd been in touch with his brass 701 00:40:11,726 --> 00:40:13,478 and we were to ship out of there at dawn 702 00:40:13,566 --> 00:40:16,524 in one of their trucks, for the capital city. 703 00:40:17,286 --> 00:40:18,878 It was Budapest. 704 00:40:19,766 --> 00:40:23,520 I don't suppose the Gestapo will be grilling anyone on that. 705 00:40:24,886 --> 00:40:28,640 But we were on the way to glory, the success of the mission. 706 00:40:31,886 --> 00:40:35,162 NUGENT: Any of you gentlemen ever been to Budapest? 707 00:40:39,086 --> 00:40:40,758 A beautiful city. 708 00:40:44,966 --> 00:40:46,922 DODD: We were under a phoney arrest. 709 00:40:47,006 --> 00:40:50,237 It was a headquarters, of what I"m not at liberty to say. 710 00:40:50,326 --> 00:40:53,477 Whatever it was, we were in by the side entrance. 711 00:40:53,846 --> 00:40:58,283 Quite markedly so, and in my view, that didn"t bode well for our success. 712 00:40:58,606 --> 00:41:02,838 However, at length, we were finally ushered in to the holy of holies. 713 00:41:03,486 --> 00:41:08,162 There was our man, the one on whom the whole success of our mission depended. 714 00:41:08,486 --> 00:41:10,442 This was Phil Carrington"s cue. 715 00:41:10,526 --> 00:41:13,962 I imagine he remembers it even more vividly than I do. 716 00:41:19,086 --> 00:41:20,280 Janosz. 717 00:41:22,326 --> 00:41:23,998 Phillip Carrington. 718 00:41:25,046 --> 00:41:26,445 Remember me? 719 00:41:27,846 --> 00:41:29,040 Berlin. 720 00:41:30,806 --> 00:41:32,205 Remember me? 721 00:41:32,286 --> 00:41:36,677 Of course! You were the correspondent for the... 722 00:41:36,766 --> 00:41:38,836 Collier"s. Collier"s magazine. 723 00:41:38,926 --> 00:41:40,439 (LAUGHING) 724 00:41:40,526 --> 00:41:42,960 Carrington! My thanks to God. 725 00:41:43,046 --> 00:41:44,035 (LAUGHING) 726 00:41:44,126 --> 00:41:47,004 He's a friend, you see. Thanks to God. 727 00:41:47,646 --> 00:41:50,114 Because up to this moment, I didn't know 728 00:41:50,206 --> 00:41:53,676 if this whole idea wasn't perhaps a trick, a German trick. 729 00:41:53,766 --> 00:41:56,360 I've taken a terrible risk as it is. 730 00:41:56,886 --> 00:41:59,480 -We'll swap you. -I know you, too, I know, I know. 731 00:41:59,566 --> 00:42:01,363 This is my commanding officer, Colonel Dodd. 732 00:42:01,446 --> 00:42:02,481 -How are you? -My pleasure, sir. 733 00:42:02,566 --> 00:42:03,919 And Captain Nugent. 734 00:42:04,006 --> 00:42:06,076 -How do you do? -How do you do? 735 00:42:06,166 --> 00:42:09,363 And now, I'm afraid, all for nothing. 736 00:42:11,206 --> 00:42:12,525 For nothing? 737 00:42:12,606 --> 00:42:15,996 Yes. Because I am now completely powerless. 738 00:42:16,086 --> 00:42:18,600 I shouldn't have received you at all. 739 00:42:18,686 --> 00:42:21,644 In the past 24 hours, everything has changed. 740 00:42:21,886 --> 00:42:24,798 Our German allies are about to occupy Budapest, 741 00:42:24,886 --> 00:42:29,562 so your presence here is meaningless, it's worse, it can be a tragedy for us. 742 00:42:30,246 --> 00:42:34,000 I am sorry, but I don't know who it is going to be worse for. 743 00:42:34,086 --> 00:42:35,280 If anyone finds out, 744 00:42:35,406 --> 00:42:38,762 I don't know how I am going to explain your presence here in Budapest. 745 00:42:38,846 --> 00:42:40,757 How are you going to explain it if they catch up with you? 746 00:42:40,846 --> 00:42:43,997 Look, look, we'll face that when we come to it. Can't we... 747 00:42:44,086 --> 00:42:47,635 I tell you, I have no power. By tomorrow, I may not even be here. 748 00:42:47,726 --> 00:42:49,159 (TELEPHONE RINGING) 749 00:42:49,246 --> 00:42:50,918 Besides, I haven't got time. 750 00:42:51,006 --> 00:42:53,804 (SPEAKING HUNGARIAN) 751 00:42:56,166 --> 00:42:59,715 The only reason I received you at all was to impress on you the importance 752 00:42:59,806 --> 00:43:02,764 of giving away as little as you can 753 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:05,838 about who you came to see or why you have come. 754 00:43:05,926 --> 00:43:07,803 Otherwise, everything's lost for us. 755 00:43:07,886 --> 00:43:12,118 Janosz, we didn't undertake this mission to betray anybody or give anything away. 756 00:43:12,206 --> 00:43:15,357 Thank you for that promise, but the longer we stay in this room, 757 00:43:15,446 --> 00:43:18,119 the more incriminating it becomes for all of us 758 00:43:18,206 --> 00:43:20,766 and harder your promise to keep. 759 00:43:21,166 --> 00:43:22,599 Every second counts. 760 00:43:22,686 --> 00:43:26,315 So now, gentlemen, I am sorry. 761 00:43:26,886 --> 00:43:29,605 This is a very difficult moment for me, 762 00:43:30,046 --> 00:43:32,435 especially as I regard Phil Carrington as my friend. 763 00:43:32,526 --> 00:43:33,845 Now, wait a minute, this is no time to... 764 00:43:33,926 --> 00:43:35,757 I have no power any more. 765 00:43:35,846 --> 00:43:37,996 Can't you at least get us to the frontier? 766 00:43:38,086 --> 00:43:39,917 Frontier? What frontier? 767 00:43:40,006 --> 00:43:42,395 The frontier of Hungary is the German army. 768 00:43:42,486 --> 00:43:45,762 Carrington, my friend, it was wonderful to see you. 769 00:43:46,046 --> 00:43:50,483 And I hope that we shall meet under more pleasant circumstances after the war, 770 00:43:50,566 --> 00:43:52,841 in Paris or New York, yes? 771 00:44:00,566 --> 00:44:02,602 But now, my friend... 772 00:44:04,406 --> 00:44:05,885 Where are they taking us? 773 00:44:05,966 --> 00:44:07,877 Where are you taking them? I forget now. 774 00:44:07,966 --> 00:44:09,399 Rakoczi barracks. 775 00:44:09,486 --> 00:44:12,239 Rakoczi barracks. Yes, well, they are... 776 00:44:14,006 --> 00:44:18,124 I am sorry, but you know, it had to work out this way. 777 00:44:18,446 --> 00:44:21,244 Three days ago, it might have been a different story. 778 00:44:21,326 --> 00:44:22,998 No one's to blame. 779 00:44:23,446 --> 00:44:27,883 But now, uh... It's the fortune of war, isn't it, gentlemen? 780 00:44:34,126 --> 00:44:37,641 DODD: That night, the German army occupied Budapest 781 00:44:37,726 --> 00:44:39,796 and installed a new regime. 782 00:44:40,886 --> 00:44:44,162 We spent the night in detention barracks on the other side of town. 783 00:44:44,246 --> 00:44:48,034 Early the next morning, the Gestapo took it over, and us. 784 00:44:49,486 --> 00:44:52,239 They also took over our Hungarian friend. 785 00:44:52,766 --> 00:44:53,755 He didn't tell them anything. 786 00:44:53,846 --> 00:44:56,041 He jumped out of the fifth floor of Gestapo headquarters 787 00:44:56,126 --> 00:44:57,923 during interrogation. 788 00:44:58,366 --> 00:45:00,516 Then they turned the heat on us. 789 00:45:00,606 --> 00:45:02,756 Then they took us to Vienna. 790 00:45:03,846 --> 00:45:05,677 They started interrogating us again. 791 00:45:05,766 --> 00:45:09,122 They even threatened to shoot us on the grounds that we weren't real soldiers, 792 00:45:09,206 --> 00:45:11,162 we were political spies. 793 00:45:11,766 --> 00:45:13,518 It would be interesting to know what was 794 00:45:13,606 --> 00:45:16,439 their final interpretation of your mission. 795 00:45:17,726 --> 00:45:19,205 Good question. 796 00:45:19,886 --> 00:45:22,525 Their best guess, according to them, mind you, 797 00:45:22,606 --> 00:45:25,040 was that we'd been sent to work out terms 798 00:45:25,126 --> 00:45:28,004 for a separate peace between us and Hungary, 799 00:45:28,526 --> 00:45:31,836 to detach Hungary from her alliance with the Nazis, 800 00:45:32,206 --> 00:45:35,004 in return for certain post-war guarantees. 801 00:45:35,086 --> 00:45:37,156 A preposterous assumption, of course. 802 00:45:37,246 --> 00:45:38,565 Of course. 803 00:45:39,086 --> 00:45:42,556 Anyway, gentlemen, here we are. 804 00:45:45,526 --> 00:45:47,994 That's quite a story, Colonel. 805 00:45:49,166 --> 00:45:51,236 Now, is there any request you have of us? 806 00:45:51,326 --> 00:45:54,124 Anything we might be able to do for you? 807 00:45:55,806 --> 00:45:59,116 You're the Senior British Officer. You represent the British in this camp. 808 00:45:59,206 --> 00:46:00,195 Yes. 809 00:46:00,286 --> 00:46:03,756 I hold the same status. I represent the Americans here. 810 00:46:03,926 --> 00:46:05,564 There are only four of you. 811 00:46:05,646 --> 00:46:08,956 What's wrong with Colonel Preston representing the lot of us? 812 00:46:09,046 --> 00:46:13,483 CARRINGTON: What you mean is that we don"t trust each other, isn"t that it? 813 00:46:13,566 --> 00:46:15,761 All this fuss is over a small technical question, 814 00:46:15,846 --> 00:46:17,677 the one raised by Colonel Dodd, and that's all. 815 00:46:17,766 --> 00:46:18,835 It's not all, and you know it. 816 00:46:18,926 --> 00:46:20,757 All right, gentlemen, before this gets out of hand 817 00:46:20,846 --> 00:46:22,677 more than it has already, 818 00:46:22,766 --> 00:46:24,597 I hope you don't think it discourteous of me, Colonel, 819 00:46:24,686 --> 00:46:28,520 but I would like to talk to the British officers on their own. 820 00:46:38,286 --> 00:46:39,480 -Simon? -Yes. 821 00:46:39,566 --> 00:46:42,922 Would you mind coming with us? Please, it would help. 822 00:46:50,366 --> 00:46:52,004 What's happening? 823 00:46:52,246 --> 00:46:55,522 Well, some of the chaps saw you boning up on old American newspapers 824 00:46:55,606 --> 00:46:57,676 and it made them suspicious. 825 00:46:57,926 --> 00:46:58,995 It made us suspicious, too. 826 00:46:59,086 --> 00:47:01,281 Don't you think we were asking the same questions? 827 00:47:01,366 --> 00:47:04,085 I knew there was a reason for it. I just haven't figured it out. 828 00:47:04,166 --> 00:47:08,125 Yeah, but somebody else saw you eating meat and drinking coffee. 829 00:47:08,246 --> 00:47:09,565 Yeah, that's right. We were. 830 00:47:09,646 --> 00:47:11,602 -In solitary? -Right. 831 00:47:12,086 --> 00:47:16,398 Well, that made them think that maybe you were working for the Germans. 832 00:47:17,006 --> 00:47:18,758 Working for the Germans? Are you kidding? 833 00:47:18,846 --> 00:47:20,074 No, wait a minute. 834 00:47:20,166 --> 00:47:23,158 Why should the Germans want to drive a wedge between us? 835 00:47:23,246 --> 00:47:25,521 I mean, it can't be because they want us to give our secrets to you. 836 00:47:25,606 --> 00:47:29,235 If that were the case, they wouldn't have bothered to make us suspicious. 837 00:47:29,326 --> 00:47:31,794 Because they want us to give our information to you. 838 00:47:31,886 --> 00:47:33,524 -Yeah. -Right? 839 00:47:33,966 --> 00:47:36,844 -Maybe Downing was right. -What do you mean? 840 00:47:36,966 --> 00:47:38,797 Well, somebody would have to take that information 841 00:47:38,886 --> 00:47:41,400 back to the Germans, wouldn't they? 842 00:47:43,446 --> 00:47:46,756 How well do you know Colonel Dodd or Captain Nugent? 843 00:47:48,566 --> 00:47:52,275 How well do you know Downing or Brent? They've been in here for a long time. 844 00:47:52,366 --> 00:47:54,516 Listen, Simon, Dodd and Nugent are in here because of me. 845 00:47:54,606 --> 00:47:56,198 You're sure it couldn't be either one of them? 846 00:47:56,286 --> 00:47:57,958 I'm 1 00% sure. 847 00:47:58,686 --> 00:48:01,678 None of us are collaborating with the Germans. 848 00:48:02,286 --> 00:48:04,754 Well, it can't be one of our chaps. 849 00:48:05,566 --> 00:48:09,957 Now, why the hell couldn't you have levelled with us in the first place? 850 00:48:12,486 --> 00:48:13,965 Wait a minute. 851 00:48:17,206 --> 00:48:19,800 (QUIETLY) We're playing right into their hands. 852 00:48:21,366 --> 00:48:23,721 -Let's not go any further. -What? 853 00:48:24,446 --> 00:48:27,244 Now, don't say anything about this to Colonel Preston. 854 00:48:27,326 --> 00:48:29,920 I'm going to go talk to Colonel Dodd, okay? 855 00:48:30,006 --> 00:48:31,325 All right. 856 00:48:36,166 --> 00:48:38,680 (LIGHT DANCE MUSIC PLAYING) 857 00:48:38,846 --> 00:48:40,837 Colonel, may I speak to you for a moment? 858 00:48:40,926 --> 00:48:42,962 No, no, leave that on. 859 00:48:47,166 --> 00:48:49,396 Sir, I know we'd all like to hear your view above any other. 860 00:48:49,486 --> 00:48:52,717 Yes, before that, Phipps, you're the only other American here. 861 00:48:52,806 --> 00:48:54,034 Have you any doubts? 862 00:48:54,126 --> 00:48:55,320 No, sir, none at all. 863 00:48:55,406 --> 00:48:58,000 Well, neither have I. I believed every single word of it. 864 00:48:58,086 --> 00:49:01,237 Right, gentlemen, I don't want any more lingering doubts. Is that understood? 865 00:49:01,326 --> 00:49:02,645 I'm quite happy to go along with your instinct, sir. 866 00:49:02,726 --> 00:49:03,715 I think everybody else is. 867 00:49:03,806 --> 00:49:05,478 It's hopeless. 868 00:49:07,766 --> 00:49:09,165 Colonel Dodd, on behalf of the... 869 00:49:09,246 --> 00:49:12,875 Colonel Preston, if I may interrupt you for a moment, sir. 870 00:49:13,046 --> 00:49:14,684 Yes, what is it? 871 00:49:14,966 --> 00:49:18,322 Well, gentlemen, we fully understand why you have certain reservations 872 00:49:18,406 --> 00:49:21,045 -about accepting us as exactly... -No, we don't. 873 00:49:21,806 --> 00:49:23,876 Accepting us in the total sense. 874 00:49:23,966 --> 00:49:27,163 You have your own plans, your own security arrangements, 875 00:49:27,246 --> 00:49:28,838 your own secrets. 876 00:49:28,926 --> 00:49:32,475 And until you're 1 00% sure exactly who we are and what we stand for... 877 00:49:32,566 --> 00:49:34,158 PRESTON: We are. 878 00:49:34,366 --> 00:49:37,642 But to end all doubt, all suspicion, 879 00:49:37,726 --> 00:49:39,398 I'm quite sure that you'd all be very happy 880 00:49:39,486 --> 00:49:42,125 to take Colonel Preston's word for it. 881 00:49:42,486 --> 00:49:44,522 If we were to write down on a piece of paper 882 00:49:44,606 --> 00:49:48,565 the names of our Hungarian contacts and our immediate superiors, 883 00:49:50,006 --> 00:49:52,156 then that would prove beyond any question of a doubt 884 00:49:52,246 --> 00:49:54,237 the authenticity of our mission. 885 00:49:54,326 --> 00:49:55,964 (SPEAKING GERMAN) 886 00:50:06,286 --> 00:50:09,437 Sir, if you'd be so kind as to read this. 887 00:50:21,886 --> 00:50:23,285 (CRYING OUT) 888 00:50:25,326 --> 00:50:27,157 (SHOUTING IN GERMAN) Nobody move! 889 00:50:38,166 --> 00:50:40,077 Colonel, the paper, please. 890 00:50:40,166 --> 00:50:41,884 Thanks, no, Brent. 891 00:50:59,086 --> 00:51:00,485 Where is it? 892 00:51:02,086 --> 00:51:04,042 Where is the microphone? 893 00:51:05,646 --> 00:51:07,284 (CRUMPLING PAPER) 894 00:51:08,766 --> 00:51:13,078 Gentlemen, I apologise for the interruption. 895 00:51:14,326 --> 00:51:19,559 Major Mohn, I'm requesting an interview with the Kommandant at once, please. 896 00:51:24,486 --> 00:51:26,238 What's he talking about? What microphone? 897 00:51:26,326 --> 00:51:28,635 What was on that piece of paper? 898 00:51:29,166 --> 00:51:30,884 Thank you, Walters. 899 00:51:35,926 --> 00:51:40,636 It says, ''When, in the course of human events, 900 00:51:40,726 --> 00:51:45,117 ''it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political ties 901 00:51:45,206 --> 00:51:48,084 ''which have connected them with another...'' 902 00:51:51,046 --> 00:51:52,320 This, I take it, Colonel, 903 00:51:52,406 --> 00:51:56,604 is the American Declaration of Independence from the British. 904 00:51:56,686 --> 00:51:58,165 You may, sir. 905 00:51:58,806 --> 00:52:00,524 But not personally. 906 00:52:01,886 --> 00:52:05,003 Well, thanks to what Major Mohn has called ''his interruption'', 907 00:52:05,086 --> 00:52:08,396 I feel there can be no doubts left in anyone's mind, 908 00:52:08,846 --> 00:52:10,199 if there was already. 909 00:52:10,286 --> 00:52:13,517 To use Colonel Dodd's words, these gentlemen are what they say they are, 910 00:52:13,606 --> 00:52:15,836 three genuine American soldiers. 911 00:52:15,926 --> 00:52:18,440 Colonel, I've asked for an interview with the Kommandant, as you heard. 912 00:52:18,526 --> 00:52:21,165 I suggest that you accompany me there. 913 00:52:22,006 --> 00:52:23,724 Hey, Philadelphia! 914 00:52:23,806 --> 00:52:25,524 (LAUGHING) How are you, pal? 915 00:52:25,646 --> 00:52:27,557 Very good. 916 00:52:28,046 --> 00:52:33,245 Kommandant, before making a formal complaint against Major Mohn, 917 00:52:33,326 --> 00:52:35,282 I would like to establish that Colonel Dodd 918 00:52:35,366 --> 00:52:37,641 is afforded the same status as myself, 919 00:52:37,726 --> 00:52:40,524 in that he is the Senior American Officer.