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(MAN SHOUTING OUTSIDE, INDISTINCT)

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(DOOR LOCK RATTLING)

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What time is it?

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Thanks.

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You know who they brought in last night?

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-Some flyer, I heard.
-Oh, not just some flyer.

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They got Tony Shaw.

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-Are you certain?
-Yeah. Positive.

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Do you know him?

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Well, only like the rest of us,
by his reputation.

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Squadron Leader Anthony Shaw.

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Priority classification?

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It seems the Oberkommando have
as high an opinion

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of Squadron Leader Shaw's danger
to the Third Reich

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as do his superiors in London.

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You have to be more than just a flyer
to get into photo reconnaissance.

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Oh, let's face it, Simon,
you've got to be some kind of nut.

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I mean, you're miles behind enemy lines,
no sort of defence or anything.

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Yeah, well, thank God for nuts
like Tony Shaw, that's all I can say.

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Oh, yes. I didn't mean to
denigrate him in any way...

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Encore cafe, bitte, sir?

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Oh, thank you, Hopkins.

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(ALL SNICKERING)

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What I don't understand is
why they've sent him here, to Colditz.

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I mean, straight off.

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Because they know what they've got,
that's why.

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And they want to make
damn sure of keeping him.

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(SIGHS)

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They won't, of course.

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(BELL RINGING)

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(CLANGS)

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Old Ulmann's looking a bit worried
this morning.

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Can't say I blame him.

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No question.

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He knows who he's got, all right.

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KOMMANDANT: Are you sure
you will have nothing, Major?

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Quite sure. Thank you, sir.

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I have asked Hauptmann Ulmann
to join us.

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Perhaps I should tell you, though I will
leave it to him to explain why,

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that Ulmann is in favour of
special measures for this prisoner.

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-(KNOCKING ON DOOR)
-Come.

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-Everything in order, Ulmann?
-Yes, sir.

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Though I have a feeling the
prisoners know. At least the British.

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Well, that's hardly surprising,
I suppose.

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With respect, sir,

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I regard it as surprising.

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I find the assumption that
the prisoners must know

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as much of as we do ourselves
a rather disturbing one.

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I'm not aware that I have made
any such assumption, Major.

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Nor, I believe, has Hauptmann Ulmann.

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Arrivals and departures have not

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generally been matters
of top security, sir.

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Except unauthorised departures,
like Player and Walsh, for example.

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That goes without saying, Herr Major.

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Please, sit down, gentlemen.

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-Coffee, Ulmann?
-No, thank you, sir. Very kind of you.

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I would like you to tell Major Mohn
your precise reasons

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for advising extraordinary measures
in the case of the new prisoner.

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Certainly, sir.

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My reasons are twofold. First,

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the fact that Squadron Leader Shaw
was sent direct to Colditz

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indicates the importance that is
attached to his safe detention

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to the end of the war.

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He is one of the most highly
decorated men in the Allied Forces,

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certainly the most
decorated man in Colditz.

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With the exception of yourself, sir.

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Your second reason?

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He will inevitably become
a focal point for escape activity.

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His presence alone must
considerably benefit their morale.

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And what are you suggesting?
Solitary confinement permanently?

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That is one way.
It would eliminate all risk.

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That seems a rather harsh expedient.
Brutal, even.

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Yes, sir. On consideration, I agree.

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-There is an alternative.
-KOMMANDANT: Hmm?

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Might it not be possible,
in the circumstances,

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to classify this prisoner
among the Prominente?

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Highly irregular.

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I appreciate that, sir.

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The Prominente are prisoners
held under special security

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on the orders of the Fuhrer himself.

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They are, without exception,

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high-ranking Allied commanders

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or members of politically
significant families.

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I cannot see how Squadron Leader Shaw,
for all his military distinction,

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can possibly fall into either category.

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Surely, sir, under the circumstances...

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We cannot make and unmake
official regulations

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at our own convenience, Hauptmann.

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Major, your opinion?

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I disagree entirely with
Hauptmann Ulmann's approach, sir.

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He wishes to make a special case
of this prisoner.

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But all prisoners here
are special cases.

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That is the purpose of Colditz.
At least, as I have understood it.

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It appears that the security officer
takes a different view.

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Faced with a prisoner he considers
to be a real threat,

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he feels obliged to take

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desperate measures, that to me
sounds like an admission of defeat.

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Sir, with respect, this prisoner...

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This prisoner?
What about this prisoner,

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this Squadron leader Shaw?
Is he a superman?

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-Sir, I merely wish to indicate...
-You are merely saying that

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Colditz is an insecure prison,
that you are aware of the fact

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and that you have seen fit
to do nothing about it until now.

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I think, Major, you are stating
Hauptmann Ulmann's position

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somewhat more extremely
than he would himself.

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I have no doubt, sir.

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I also believe I am stating it
more accurately.

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Sir, every escape and escape attempt
has been thoroughly analysed.

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It is quite impossible that
any could be repeated.

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In other words, after a sufficient
number of escapes have taken place,

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you will at last feel confident that
your precautions are adequate.

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But how many prisoners
must first escape? All of them?

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Anything else, Major?

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Yes, sir.

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I believe that by keeping
this man confined,

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you will create something
infinitely more potent

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to the British mentality
than a mere hero.

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You will create a martyr.

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And I do not believe we should
confer that honour

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on Squadron Leader Shaw
or on any other prisoner.

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I can only repeat what I have said, sir.

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There is always a risk.

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With my plan,
I believe it to be eliminated.

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I incline toward Major Mohn's view.

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It is no part of our duty to create
either heroes or martyrs here.

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This man's reputation
goes before him as a flyer.

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Now, let's see how long it survives
the confines of Colditz.

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I suspect not long.

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Sir, I take it my keeping
a special watch on this prisoner

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will in no way conflict
with your orders?

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A very sensible precaution,
I would have thought,

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until we know what
to expect from the gentleman.

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(MEN PLAYING FOOTBALL OUTSIDE)

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But sir, if they've sent him
straight to Colditz,

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there can be only one explanation.

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They consider him a top security risk.

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Well, if they're admitting that,

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they're going to be
watching him like hawks.

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Yes, sir.
Well, that's all the more reason

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to give Shaw's escape top priority.

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And with morale the way it is...

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I mean, if we can get him out of here
under those conditions...

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Well, you can see what it would do
for everybody here!

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Well, I think we ought to hear
what Shaw has got to say first.

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Yes, sir, but I just wanted to know
if you agreed in principle?

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I think you're being
a little hasty, Simon.

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We don't want to risk
a botched-up job, do we?

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Well, I think you can trust us to avoid
a botched-up job, sir.

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Yes. There's another thing, you know.
I'm not at all sure

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that I like the idea of star status
for any prisoner, no matter who he is.

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I think I'd sooner see Shaw
take his place with the others,

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let him find his own level.

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You say he taught at Oxford
before the war?

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Yes, sir.

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Well, he should fit in here quite nicely
if he enjoys the cloistered life.

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We'll let him make his own decisions
in his own time.

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Yes, sir.

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How do you do, sir? Tim Downing.

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(ALL CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

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Well, this is it, I'm afraid.
Home sweet home.

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It's an improvement on that cell.

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They must have thought you'd try to
break out on your first night here.

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Maybe they thought he'd try to fly out.

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You might as well take this bunk here.

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Not too much in the way of
home comforts, I'm afraid.

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-Like being back at school.
-(ALL LAUGHING)

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Except they're a bit tight
about the vacs here.

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Oh, now, here's the man you must meet.

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-Uh, Simon Carter, sir.
-How do you do?

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Well, I can hardly say
it's good to have you here, sir,

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but I think you know what I mean.

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Thanks.

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I'd like you to meet the Senior
British Officer. That's Colonel Preston.

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-If you like we could take a stroll...
-(BELL RINGING)

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(ALL PROTESTING)

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Our Appel. Seems they're getting
a bit jumpy. Can't think why.

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(ALL LAUGHING)

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(SPEAKING GERMAN)

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British contingent, attention!

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Dismiss!

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Come on. We'll talk to Colonel Preston.

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Squadron Leader Shaw.

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How do you do, Shaw?
Let's go to my quarters, shall we?

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Why not just build a pedestal
in the middle of the courtyard

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and ask Mr Shaw if he'd be
good enough to climb onto it?

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I'm sorry, Carter,
but that's how I feel.

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I do not wish to be considered
as a candidate for escape.

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I'm not interested.

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Well, now, look here, sir.
We have certain...

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I certainly don't intend to be
pushed into anything unwillingly.

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I'm not trying to push you, sir.

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It's just I would have thought
a man of your...

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I believe I know the difference

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between a risk worth taking
and one that is not.

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That, if I may say so, is why it has
taken them so long to shoot me down.

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I admit that you've proved
that Colditz isn't escape-proof,

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but how many have got away so far?

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I mean, all the way back?

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Can you count them on the fingers
of one hand or two?

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CARTER: Twenty men have made it, sir.

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In four years?

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Yes, sir. Eight Dutch, seven British,
four Frenchmen and one Pole.

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And two men got away
a couple of months ago.

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We haven't heard yet
if they made it back.

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But you're sleeping
in one of their bunks.

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Shaw, nobody wants to put
pressure on you.

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You've made your position quite clear
and I respect it.

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Thank you, sir.

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You're not an ordinary prisoner, sir.
I mean,

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you saw it yourself just now
in the courtyard.

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I mean, like it or not,
that's the way it is.

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And your cooperation would mean
a great deal, well, for general morale.

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Are you trying to say it's my duty?

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Yes, sir.

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How does one lecture
a man with his record about duty?

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I see what you mean.

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He says he's not made for teamwork.

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Well, you've said as much yourself
about those photo-recce boys.

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He's just making an excuse, I think.

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Perhaps he just wants
a nice easy war from now on.

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Easy? In this God-forsaken place?

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Easier than escaping.

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Yeah, but is it?

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Isn't it harder to stick it out here?

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(SIGHS) You know
the answer to that, Simon.

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Oh, I just wish he was with us,
that's all.

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Depressed, Mr Carter?

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I wonder why that could be?

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You were looking so pleased
with yourself this morning.

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Hold on. Just a minute.

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Like it or not, Simon,

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it is his duty, same as the rest of us,

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to keep bastards like that
pinned down here for the duration.

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Shaw may have been an ace flyer,

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but he's a prisoner now.

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And someone ought to
tell him it's wrong.

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The Victorian novel is basically
about two things,

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getting on in life and money.

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Now, most of them were written,
first of all, as weekly serials.

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So they had to hold their audience
with a good story

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that meant something immediate
to the average reader.

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That's not as cynically commercial
as it sounds,

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because within that framework

244
00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,194
they managed to explore virtually
every aspect of human relationships.

245
00:15:40,280 --> 00:15:41,759
-Even sex was there.
-(ALL LAUGHING)

246
00:15:41,840 --> 00:15:43,796
Yes. Heavily disguised, of course,

247
00:15:43,880 --> 00:15:46,872
as swirling water,
with the heroine drowning in terror,

248
00:15:46,960 --> 00:15:48,359
and the hero churning to the rescue

249
00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:51,034
astride a plank of wood
with a large paddle.

250
00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,509
It was true.
You see, the point I'm making is this,

251
00:15:53,600 --> 00:15:56,751
that literature is never something
divorced from life,

252
00:15:56,840 --> 00:15:59,229
whether as an entertainment
or as a work of art.

253
00:15:59,320 --> 00:16:02,312
On the contrary,
it arises out of a desire

254
00:16:02,400 --> 00:16:04,311
to express one's feelings about life

255
00:16:04,400 --> 00:16:06,152
and to increase
one's understanding of it.

256
00:16:06,240 --> 00:16:07,992
So, let's turn to...

257
00:16:10,600 --> 00:16:13,558
I'm sorry. I didn't mean to interrupt.
Please, go on.

258
00:16:13,640 --> 00:16:15,358
Oh, we're, uh...

259
00:16:15,760 --> 00:16:17,796
We're talking about the Victorian novel.

260
00:16:17,880 --> 00:16:20,314
Ah! Rather my subject.

261
00:16:20,480 --> 00:16:23,278
-Why don't you join us?
-I'd be delighted.

262
00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,239
Excellent. My name is James Porteous.
How do you do?

263
00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:27,878
Let me introduce everybody.
This is Harry...

264
00:16:27,960 --> 00:16:30,838
No, please, stay where you are.
We'll pick up names as we go along.

265
00:16:30,920 --> 00:16:33,229
Please continue, Porteous.
I'll just sit and listen.

266
00:16:33,320 --> 00:16:35,311
Well, I think, perhaps, sir,
you might do better than that.

267
00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,836
I mean, you have admitted
that it is your subject. There we are.

268
00:16:38,920 --> 00:16:40,399
You're not going to
set me to work already?

269
00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:41,469
(ALL LAUGHING)

270
00:16:43,440 --> 00:16:45,749
Ah, nobody here. So we can talk.

271
00:16:49,480 --> 00:16:51,914
-It's not bad, is it?
-I wouldn't have believed it.

272
00:16:52,000 --> 00:16:53,149
Eh, what shall I do with this lot?

273
00:16:53,240 --> 00:16:56,391
Oh, just put them on the table.
I'll see to them.

274
00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,795
So you were a schoolmaster
before the war?

275
00:16:59,880 --> 00:17:01,313
Eh, yes.

276
00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,392
Yes. I had hoped for a university post,
like yourself,

277
00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:06,869
but well, it didn't work out.

278
00:17:07,040 --> 00:17:09,235
And I enjoy teaching, wherever it is.

279
00:17:09,320 --> 00:17:11,436
-Even here, by the look of it.
-Yeah, especially here.

280
00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:12,999
What you might call a captive audience.

281
00:17:13,080 --> 00:17:14,798
(PORTEOUS LAUGHING)

282
00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:20,629
I presume this library's
for the use of everyone?

283
00:17:20,720 --> 00:17:22,950
Oh, yes. And you'd be surprised
how many make use of it,

284
00:17:23,040 --> 00:17:25,031
despite all those stairs.

285
00:17:26,480 --> 00:17:28,232
Security, I suppose.

286
00:17:28,720 --> 00:17:29,948
Hmm?

287
00:17:31,680 --> 00:17:33,398
Oh, no covers, you mean.

288
00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:35,710
Yes, that used not to happen
until the Germans discovered

289
00:17:35,800 --> 00:17:39,679
that certain people were smuggling in
contraband inside false covers.

290
00:17:39,760 --> 00:17:41,796
Maps, German money,

291
00:17:41,880 --> 00:17:43,154
-even hacksaw blades.
-Ah.

292
00:17:43,600 --> 00:17:46,433
So now the censors strip
every book that comes in.

293
00:17:46,520 --> 00:17:48,238
Bloody philistines.

294
00:17:48,320 --> 00:17:50,754
-To tell the truth, I'm glad.
-Mmm?

295
00:17:51,520 --> 00:17:53,909
Well, I don't like it, naturally not.
I mean, books being torn apart.

296
00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:56,912
But if it means that those of us
who are not interested in escaping

297
00:17:57,000 --> 00:17:59,514
can get on with what we want to do,
without serving as a...

298
00:17:59,600 --> 00:18:03,912
a front for Flight Lieutenant Carter
and his crowd, then well and good.

299
00:18:04,320 --> 00:18:09,314
Do I gather you disapprove of
Flight Lieutenant Carter and his crowd?

300
00:18:10,320 --> 00:18:12,993
Well, no, I don't disapprove, no.

301
00:18:13,080 --> 00:18:16,072
But what I resent is the suggestion
that the rest of us,

302
00:18:16,160 --> 00:18:18,196
the vast majority, I might add,

303
00:18:18,280 --> 00:18:20,077
exist only to serve their needs.

304
00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,709
-And has that ever been suggested?
-Oh, by implication, yes.

305
00:18:23,800 --> 00:18:26,758
Yes. All this stuff about it being
a prisoner's duty to escape.

306
00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,114
All that means is

307
00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:31,112
that any man who spends his time
digging tunnels that come out nowhere,

308
00:18:31,240 --> 00:18:34,118
or cutting his way through a barbed wire
fence and getting shot for his trouble,

309
00:18:34,200 --> 00:18:36,191
is a better man than the rest of us.

310
00:18:36,280 --> 00:18:38,635
And I just don't believe that's true.

311
00:18:38,720 --> 00:18:40,153
Nor do I.

312
00:18:41,640 --> 00:18:45,394
But I thought everyone here was
supposed to be a potential escaper.

313
00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:46,754
Oh, potential, yes.

314
00:18:46,840 --> 00:18:49,991
I mean, I escaped, twice,
while I was in transit.

315
00:18:50,360 --> 00:18:52,635
Well, it just happened. Easily.

316
00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,478
But now I'm in Colditz.

317
00:18:54,560 --> 00:18:57,870
Have you thought of the odds
of getting out of here?

318
00:18:58,320 --> 00:19:00,356
And yet they go on trying.

319
00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:01,914
Yes.

320
00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:03,519
A handful.

321
00:19:04,160 --> 00:19:06,355
The desperadoes, I call them.

322
00:19:07,120 --> 00:19:08,189
But why?

323
00:19:08,280 --> 00:19:10,510
Because it is something to do.

324
00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:14,675
That's the biggest danger here.
Not the Germans. Boredom.

325
00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:17,919
Our problem is survival.

326
00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,073
Staying sane and helping others
to stay sane. Thinking. Preparing.

327
00:19:22,160 --> 00:19:24,469
There's going to be a hell of a lot
to do when we get out of here.

328
00:19:24,560 --> 00:19:26,152
We'll be needed.

329
00:19:26,520 --> 00:19:28,670
And that's where my thoughts are,

330
00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:30,398
on the job ahead.

331
00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,754
I suppose that's the mainstay of my,

332
00:19:34,240 --> 00:19:36,800
uh, morale is the word, isn't it?

333
00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,871
Do you know what morale is?

334
00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,396
It's what you get drunk on
when you can't get alcohol.

335
00:19:47,040 --> 00:19:49,634
All I'm asking is that
you give it a try!

336
00:19:49,720 --> 00:19:52,109
I'm sorry, Chalky,
but it's just out of the question.

337
00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:53,269
What harm can it do?

338
00:19:53,360 --> 00:19:56,113
I mean, the worst that can happen is
I won't even get over the wire.

339
00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:58,156
Well, if that were the case,
I'd have no objection.

340
00:19:58,240 --> 00:19:59,832
Then I don't understand...

341
00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:02,559
Every escape, every attempted escape,

342
00:20:02,640 --> 00:20:04,756
has meant a tightening up of security.

343
00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,115
When Player and Walsh went,
that was one more hole plugged,

344
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,270
one less chance for the next man.

345
00:20:09,360 --> 00:20:10,793
Now, if that's the price
we've got to pay,

346
00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:12,996
we've got to make sure
that every plan has a chance,

347
00:20:13,080 --> 00:20:15,958
and a good chance of success.
It's only fair on everyone else.

348
00:20:16,040 --> 00:20:17,837
Well, according to you,
we might as well all give up.

349
00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,797
-That's not what we meant.
-Excuse me if that's how it sounds!

350
00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,030
Look, Simon, I really don't think
there's any point in going on with this.

351
00:20:22,120 --> 00:20:23,189
-I agree!
-Now, wait...

352
00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:25,111
MAN: Scramble! Ulmann.

353
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:31,152
(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

354
00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:41,198
Don't disturb yourselves, gentlemen.

355
00:20:41,280 --> 00:20:43,874
Oh, don't worry, Hauptmann, we won't.

356
00:20:46,640 --> 00:20:48,870
Are you looking for something?

357
00:20:53,560 --> 00:20:56,028
Why don't you try the library, mmm?

358
00:21:03,760 --> 00:21:05,159
(DOOR CLOSES)

359
00:21:05,960 --> 00:21:07,473
For God's sake!

360
00:21:07,720 --> 00:21:09,676
What's the point, Simon?

361
00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:12,230
We all know who he's looking for.

362
00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:14,231
Yeah. Ironic, isn't it?

363
00:21:14,880 --> 00:21:16,871
There I was thinking he was
the best thing for morale

364
00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:18,916
since Red Cross parcels,

365
00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:23,028
and he just turns into a liability.

366
00:21:24,760 --> 00:21:27,069
They're starting to say that
if a man like Tony Shaw

367
00:21:27,160 --> 00:21:28,354
doesn't think he can get out of here,

368
00:21:28,440 --> 00:21:31,193
then what chance
have the rest of us got?

369
00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,109
No need for further surveillance?

370
00:21:47,200 --> 00:21:50,590
It's been only a week, sir.
But the pattern seems established.

371
00:21:50,680 --> 00:21:53,399
He spends his mornings
taking a class in literature

372
00:21:53,480 --> 00:21:55,710
and his afternoons reading or writing.

373
00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:57,950
In fact, I sense a distinct hostility

374
00:21:58,040 --> 00:22:01,350
between Mr Shaw and some of
the high-risk prisoners.

375
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:03,915
It could be a cover, of course.

376
00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:09,234
The prisoner expects to be watched
and behaves accordingly.

377
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:10,998
It is possible, sir.

378
00:22:11,080 --> 00:22:12,991
But you think unlikely?

379
00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:16,113
I think we should remain cautious, sir.

380
00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:18,438
Very wise decision.

381
00:22:20,120 --> 00:22:21,314
Thank you, sir.

382
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,391
Of course, it could be...

383
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:26,149
I would like to think so, in this case,

384
00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:28,196
it could be that
the academic temperament

385
00:22:28,280 --> 00:22:30,953
has triumphed over heroic ambition.

386
00:22:31,240 --> 00:22:32,514
Who knows?

387
00:22:32,600 --> 00:22:34,591
(BOTH TOASTING IN GERMAN)

388
00:22:45,960 --> 00:22:47,678
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

389
00:23:25,040 --> 00:23:26,871
Good afternoon, Major.

390
00:23:27,920 --> 00:23:29,512
What a surprise.

391
00:24:37,120 --> 00:24:39,588
Bronte. Emily Bronte.

392
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:43,790
She was a novelist.
In my opinion, an excellent one.

393
00:24:45,920 --> 00:24:47,194
A woman?

394
00:24:47,440 --> 00:24:50,193
Some of our finest writers
have been women.

395
00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,191
Does that surprise you?

396
00:24:52,760 --> 00:24:55,593
Why should it?
They have little else to do.

397
00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:28,239
You are preparing your next lesson,
presumably?

398
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:29,594
Yes.

399
00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:32,630
Are you planning to take over
from Mr Porteous

400
00:25:32,720 --> 00:25:34,915
as schoolmaster-in-residence?

401
00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,588
Not take over, help a little.

402
00:25:39,040 --> 00:25:41,952
But you are the more highly qualified,
are you not?

403
00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:45,396
Yes. Strictly speaking, that is so.

404
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:47,756
And the senior officer?

405
00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,070
And yet you are prepared
to work under him.

406
00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:52,116
Not under him, with him.

407
00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,997
And what kind of man
do you find your Mr Porteous?

408
00:26:01,800 --> 00:26:04,155
An admirable man, in many ways.

409
00:26:04,240 --> 00:26:06,037
-Hmm?
-You disagree?

410
00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:09,070
Well, the least troublesome
of prisoners.

411
00:26:09,160 --> 00:26:10,957
I am pleased to see you
follow his example,

412
00:26:11,040 --> 00:26:12,871
though frankly I'm surprised.

413
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,791
-Oh?
-From your record.

414
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,876
War hero turned schoolmaster?

415
00:26:19,960 --> 00:26:24,795
Or perhaps it was a case of schoolmaster
turned war hero, now reverting to type.

416
00:26:25,240 --> 00:26:27,231
If you think there's any difference.

417
00:26:27,360 --> 00:26:28,998
You seem to imply
that there's something special,

418
00:26:29,080 --> 00:26:32,868
something extraordinary
about what you call the ''war hero''.

419
00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:35,269
But it simply isn't true, is it?

420
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:40,110
Then why are there not more?

421
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,951
Luck. Good, bad or both.

422
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,752
I want you to know
that I'm not taken in by all this.

423
00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,912
I don't understand. Taken in by what?

424
00:26:54,000 --> 00:26:57,629
This, uh, pose you have chosen to adopt.

425
00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:00,075
The, uh, the bookish academic.

426
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:02,755
Some may be deceived. Not me.
I thought I should warn you.

427
00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:04,796
Thank you. But it's not a pose.

428
00:27:04,880 --> 00:27:07,314
I find that impossible to believe.

429
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:10,712
Why, if I might ask, Major?

430
00:27:10,800 --> 00:27:15,351
Because I know too well what goes into
the kind of service record you have.

431
00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:18,638
-For instance?
-Courage. Resolution.

432
00:27:19,680 --> 00:27:22,240
To prove yourself worthy
of the thing you believe in.

433
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:23,514
Thing?

434
00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:26,279
Or person?

435
00:27:29,920 --> 00:27:31,876
At any rate, to prove yourself.

436
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:35,111
Yes, Mr Shaw. To prove yourself.

437
00:27:36,720 --> 00:27:38,358
There are other reasons
for doing things,

438
00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:40,590
apart from proving yourself.

439
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:45,831
Doing something for its own sake.
Doing it well. Not to prove anything.

440
00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:48,635
Even doing it badly, perhaps.

441
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:51,871
You are speaking of yourself.

442
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:55,077
All I've proved is that it's possible
for the most ordinary man

443
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:56,832
to become a war hero.

444
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,673
Not the most special, the most ordinary.

445
00:28:00,040 --> 00:28:02,190
I learned to fly before the war.

446
00:28:02,280 --> 00:28:05,590
It was a rich man's hobby,
I learned as the guest of a rich friend.

447
00:28:05,680 --> 00:28:09,593
I knew I was competent.
Better than competent, but not special.

448
00:28:10,200 --> 00:28:12,794
On top of that,
I knew I had a clear head.

449
00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:15,838
It's my job,
thinking clearly about literature.

450
00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,718
Well, come the war,
I put the two together.

451
00:28:18,800 --> 00:28:20,518
Clear head, flying.

452
00:28:21,200 --> 00:28:24,078
And the marriage worked.
Better than my own.

453
00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,638
That's all it is, this heroism.

454
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:33,750
Of course, I'm not comparing myself
with you, Major.

455
00:28:35,400 --> 00:28:37,550
I had not supposed you were.

456
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:43,515
You are a fighting man,
a professional soldier.

457
00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:48,671
Whereas I, photographic-reconnaissance,
am hardly more than an observer.

458
00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,677
It would seem you took too close a look,
Mr Shaw,

459
00:28:54,760 --> 00:28:56,478
since here you are.

460
00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:01,392
Nobody's infallible.

461
00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:08,834
That is true.

462
00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:12,638
Here we both are.

463
00:29:15,680 --> 00:29:18,638
An invalid guarding a schoolmaster.

464
00:29:23,840 --> 00:29:25,193
(GASPING)

465
00:29:25,280 --> 00:29:26,395
Help!

466
00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:27,959
(MEN GROANING)

467
00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:29,872
(HOLLAND CRYING OUT)

468
00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:35,076
-CARTER: Hey, Tim, do something...
-(DOWNING SHUSHING)

469
00:29:36,080 --> 00:29:38,196
George. George! George!

470
00:29:38,280 --> 00:29:40,236
-(GASPING) Help!
-George.

471
00:29:40,320 --> 00:29:42,754
-(HOLLAND GRUNTING)
-You all right?

472
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:44,319
What's the matter?

473
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:46,755
Just had a nightmare, old man,
that's all.

474
00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,349
(GASPING) I, uh... Sorry.

475
00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,797
-(COUGHING)
-It's all right. Do you feel better?

476
00:29:54,560 --> 00:29:57,791
(SIGHING) I'm sorry.

477
00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:04,833
(WHIMPERING)

478
00:30:12,360 --> 00:30:16,194
-Very positive conclusion, Major.
-Yes, sir.

479
00:30:16,720 --> 00:30:20,679
I have never known a priority
classification more inappropriate.

480
00:30:21,360 --> 00:30:24,670
You don't think there's any possibility
of his attempting to mislead us?

481
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:26,079
None, sir.

482
00:30:26,160 --> 00:30:28,196
What makes you so certain?

483
00:30:30,880 --> 00:30:33,155
The man is without honour, sir.

484
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,594
Harry, what would you say about that?

485
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,994
(SIGHING)

486
00:30:45,920 --> 00:30:47,319
May I think about it?

487
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:48,594
(ALL LAUGHING)

488
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:52,116
Why not? The author did for 20 years.
But I'm glad you're enjoying...

489
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:54,111
(MEN CHATTERING LOUDLY)

490
00:30:58,720 --> 00:31:01,234
I suggest we find a corner somewhere.

491
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:03,914
That is if anybody wants to carry on.

492
00:31:04,560 --> 00:31:07,393
Oh, look, sorry we're driving you out,
old man.

493
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,040
It's all right.
Why don't you come and join us?

494
00:31:10,120 --> 00:31:13,157
Yes, I'd like to.
It'd make a change from concussion.

495
00:31:13,240 --> 00:31:15,834
-DOWNING: Oh, sorry!
-See what I mean?

496
00:31:16,120 --> 00:31:19,271
-MAN: Where's that ball?
-Throw it again.

497
00:31:19,880 --> 00:31:22,713
I'm sorry to butt in. I'm just going
for a small literary chat.

498
00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,835
Feed the mind, you know.

499
00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,990
I won't keep you from it. I wondered
if we could have five minutes.

500
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,354
-Now?
-Yeah, if you don't mind.

501
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:30,512
-Of course. Well, another time, then.
-Fine.

502
00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:31,999
-You'll be welcome.
-Thank you.

503
00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:33,672
(MEN CHATTERING)

504
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,558
What was all that about?

505
00:31:36,640 --> 00:31:40,076
-Oh, Simon wanted a word with him.
-Not before time.

506
00:31:41,080 --> 00:31:43,116
I was just going to join
his English class.

507
00:31:43,200 --> 00:31:44,997
(LAUGHING) What, you?

508
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:48,439
Well, if he talks anything
like Simon says he flies,

509
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:49,748
he must be worth listening to.

510
00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:51,353
(BOTH LAUGHING)

511
00:31:57,480 --> 00:32:01,234
Look, Carter, these fellows
accept me for what I am.

512
00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,595
I'm doing no harm,
conceivably some good.

513
00:32:03,680 --> 00:32:05,636
Yes, but the men will accept you
for whatever you choose.

514
00:32:05,720 --> 00:32:07,233
I mean, that's just my point.

515
00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:09,197
I'm afraid I don't follow.

516
00:32:09,280 --> 00:32:11,794
Well, I'm asking you to give
your moral support,

517
00:32:11,880 --> 00:32:15,077
nothing more, to those of us
who are trying to get chaps out of here.

518
00:32:15,160 --> 00:32:17,913
We've been through this already,
I don't know how many...

519
00:32:18,000 --> 00:32:20,230
I'm not asking you to do anything,
Just give your support.

520
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,435
(MEN CHATTERING EXCITEDLY)

521
00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:23,397
I mean, look at them in there,
they're knocking themselves out

522
00:32:23,480 --> 00:32:25,835
like punch bags
to stop from going crazy.

523
00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,115
They're losing the feeling that
at least there's some hope

524
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:31,351
that this place isn't unbreakable.
I mean, it was something to aim for.

525
00:32:31,440 --> 00:32:33,749
Carter, it's your problem.

526
00:32:40,640 --> 00:32:43,916
I'm not going to try and sell them
something I don't believe in.

527
00:32:44,000 --> 00:32:46,912
Maybe a few have got away.
Maybe a few more will.

528
00:32:47,000 --> 00:32:50,595
But for everybody else,
it's as much an impossible dream

529
00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:54,316
as waking up a millionaire
and married to Mae West.

530
00:32:54,520 --> 00:32:57,273
If anyone asks me, that's what I'll say.

531
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:02,517
I've got better things to do than
to play any part in your cheap heroics.

532
00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:13,117
The odds are unrealistic.
It's a waste of time.

533
00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:16,474
Do you always calculate everything
like an adding machine?

534
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:17,993
If you like, I do, yes.

535
00:33:18,080 --> 00:33:20,469
Yeah, well, maybe you're calculating
on winning all round in this war.

536
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,949
I mean, you're already pretty solid
back home.

537
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,634
Maybe if things go the other way,
you'll get a medal from Hitler.

538
00:33:25,720 --> 00:33:27,438
For good behaviour.

539
00:33:30,680 --> 00:33:32,432
No, Simon, I will not talk to him.

540
00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:33,669
Sir, as Senior British Officer...

541
00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,797
As Senior British Officer
I will not abuse that position.

542
00:33:36,880 --> 00:33:39,394
I think escape
is a matter for individual judgement.

543
00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,436
I will only intervene when someone

544
00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:43,829
is deliberately obstructing
an escape attempt.

545
00:33:43,920 --> 00:33:46,036
As far as I can see,
all Squadron Leader Shaw wants

546
00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:47,872
is to be left alone.

547
00:33:49,360 --> 00:33:51,510
I've been thinking of learning Polish.

548
00:33:51,600 --> 00:33:54,034
-Polish?
-(LAUGHS) Something to do.

549
00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:56,829
Then I thought, ''Hell, I'm pretty well
illiterate in my own language,

550
00:33:56,920 --> 00:33:58,558
''so why bother with another?''

551
00:33:58,640 --> 00:33:59,993
What do you talk about
in these sessions?

552
00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,275
Oh, anything. Everything.

553
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:04,476
I may do a correspondence course next.

554
00:34:04,560 --> 00:34:07,950
Law. You know, set up as a solicitor
when this lot's over.

555
00:34:08,040 --> 00:34:11,555
Which reminds me,
I must talk to Tommy Adams about that.

556
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:18,839
And why not?

557
00:34:29,720 --> 00:34:31,915
Uh, look here, sir, I...

558
00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:36,910
I owe you an apology.
I had no right to say what I did.

559
00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:39,157
Then let's forget it.

560
00:34:43,640 --> 00:34:45,278
(LOUD CLATTERING)

561
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:48,877
So I suggest you read through
the passages I've marked

562
00:34:48,960 --> 00:34:50,439
and let me have your notes tomorrow.

563
00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:52,829
-Sir. All right.
-All right? Bye.

564
00:34:59,400 --> 00:35:01,868
Do you know how many books there are
that have been written here?

565
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:03,951
-In Colditz?
-How many?

566
00:35:04,240 --> 00:35:07,277
-Three hundred, at least.
-All about the war?

567
00:35:07,680 --> 00:35:10,558
Oh, lord, no. Mostly it's men
Just putting their thoughts onto paper

568
00:35:10,640 --> 00:35:12,631
for the first time in their lives.

569
00:35:12,720 --> 00:35:14,995
It's a kind of mental exercise.

570
00:35:15,400 --> 00:35:18,870
Well, from today, it's going to be 301 .

571
00:35:19,280 --> 00:35:23,956
Yes, and the first with a full-time,
unpaid research assistant.

572
00:35:24,040 --> 00:35:25,951
-There we are.
-Thanks.

573
00:35:26,240 --> 00:35:28,959
You know, James,
I couldn't wish for anything more.

574
00:35:29,040 --> 00:35:31,554
All I need to write the one book
I've been meaning to write

575
00:35:31,640 --> 00:35:35,076
ever since I was a student,
if only I could find the time.

576
00:35:35,160 --> 00:35:37,196
You've found the time now.

577
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,352
What kind of book?

578
00:35:44,480 --> 00:35:47,278
Nineteenth century
English literature, sir.

579
00:35:47,440 --> 00:35:50,398
Well, the manuscript will be thoroughly
examined for any trace of code.

580
00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,835
With respect, sir, there's no danger.

581
00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,388
He says he does not want to publish
until after the war,

582
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,517
so he'll take it with him
when he's released.

583
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,913
Simon, will you come?

584
00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,715
-What is it?
-In the dorm.

585
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:39,599
(WHIMPERING)

586
00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,548
Simon, before we realised,
he was just tearing them up.

587
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,518
Got through half the papers
in the mattress.

588
00:36:56,000 --> 00:36:57,638
(SIGHING HEAVILY)

589
00:37:07,160 --> 00:37:08,513
(GRUNTS)

590
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:17,392
Captain Holland,
this will not happen again,

591
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,278
because in future you won't know
where these things are kept.

592
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,476
In the meantime,
I suggest you pull yourself together.

593
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:26,678
You're not the first officer who's had
an escape plan turned down, you know.

594
00:37:26,760 --> 00:37:28,910
That was rather my point, sir.

595
00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,953
Yes. All right, you can go.

596
00:37:42,640 --> 00:37:44,949
-Sir...
-Yes, all right, Simon, I know,

597
00:37:45,040 --> 00:37:49,158
but that man is far too near cracking
for me to read the Riot Act to him.

598
00:37:49,240 --> 00:37:51,629
I'll have to have the doc
keep an eye on him in future.

599
00:37:51,720 --> 00:37:55,838
Yeah, well, I could never have okayed
that cockeyed scheme of his.

600
00:37:56,160 --> 00:37:57,957
No, I realise that.

601
00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:01,032
Anyway, he's no longer a candidate
for escape.

602
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:02,879
Well, he's like a lot of chaps
here, sir.

603
00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,032
I mean, he'd make a jolly good
member of an escape team.

604
00:38:06,120 --> 00:38:08,793
If only we had some project to work on.

605
00:38:40,320 --> 00:38:42,914
Ah! How's it going?

606
00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:48,312
I'm more out of touch than I thought.
Have to do a lot of re-reading.

607
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:49,475
Well, I suppose you'd find...

608
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,949
The main problem is distractions!

609
00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:54,997
No privacy.

610
00:38:56,600 --> 00:38:58,397
How do most of them manage?

611
00:38:58,480 --> 00:39:01,392
Oh, best they can. Odd corners.

612
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:03,717
Then I must find one.

613
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:07,354
Yes, well, I... I'll leave you to it.

614
00:39:07,680 --> 00:39:11,036
Uh, we're looking at, uh,
at Eliot if you'd like to...

615
00:39:12,480 --> 00:39:14,311
Right, I'll see you.

616
00:39:18,920 --> 00:39:20,399
(DOOR CLOSING)

617
00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:23,113
(SIGHING)

618
00:39:25,720 --> 00:39:28,757
''Because I know that time
is always time

619
00:39:29,080 --> 00:39:32,072
''And place is always and only place

620
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:36,673
''And what is actual
is actual only for one time

621
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:38,751
''And only for one place

622
00:39:39,480 --> 00:39:42,278
''I rejoice that things are as they are

623
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,235
''and I renounce the blessed face

624
00:39:45,760 --> 00:39:47,671
''And renounce the voice

625
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:50,634
''Because I cannot hope to turn again

626
00:39:51,000 --> 00:39:55,118
''Consequently I rejoice,
having to construct something

627
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:57,550
''Upon which to rejoice.

628
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,388
''And pray to...''

629
00:40:06,120 --> 00:40:07,872
(DOOR SLAMMING SHUT)

630
00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:11,914
He's starting to give me the creeps.

631
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:45,035
Shaw!

632
00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:04,232
(PIGEONS WARBLING)

633
00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:08,355
Shaw!

634
00:41:12,640 --> 00:41:15,473
Odd, quiet corners, you said.

635
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,558
-What in God's name is this?
-What does it look like? It's a roof.

636
00:41:32,640 --> 00:41:33,993
I had no idea.

637
00:41:34,080 --> 00:41:36,150
You mean, you never saw
that grid down there?

638
00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:40,119
Well, yes, but I thought it was
some kind of a... I don't know,

639
00:41:40,200 --> 00:41:41,679
ventilation.

640
00:41:41,760 --> 00:41:46,151
There's a proper staircase over there
with a door at the bottom. Locked.

641
00:41:46,280 --> 00:41:49,397
This must've been some
sort of escape route once,

642
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:51,516
into what is now the library.

643
00:41:51,600 --> 00:41:54,160
Well, it's a large castle.

644
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:14,990
What... What are you doing?

645
00:42:16,320 --> 00:42:20,279
I've been re-reading them.
Rubbish, the whole damn lot. Rubbish.

646
00:42:20,640 --> 00:42:22,995
I can't do it, James.
It just isn't there.

647
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,878
Well, give it time!
You've barely started.

648
00:42:26,160 --> 00:42:29,277
I started five years ago.
I didn't mention that.

649
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:35,356
I always swore that after I got
my fellowship at Oxford and security,

650
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,829
I was going to write this book.

651
00:42:38,440 --> 00:42:41,750
All the college politics,
the wheeling and the dealing,

652
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:46,197
were just preparation for this book
and others to follow.

653
00:42:46,840 --> 00:42:51,789
Great works of criticism,
original, illuminating.

654
00:42:53,640 --> 00:42:55,437
But I was just putting it off.

655
00:42:55,520 --> 00:42:59,195
And when I finally tried, like now...

656
00:43:01,400 --> 00:43:02,879
nothing there.

657
00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:06,278
-Listen to me...
-No, I... I want to explain.

658
00:43:06,360 --> 00:43:11,115
Please try to understand
that I have no originality.

659
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:15,311
I can absorb other men's ideas,
pass them on, teach,

660
00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:17,436
but I have none of my own.

661
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:21,479
Nothing to say that hasn't been said
a thousand times already

662
00:43:21,560 --> 00:43:22,993
and better.

663
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:28,958
I thought maybe now
it would be different.

664
00:43:29,280 --> 00:43:30,395
Now that I...

665
00:43:30,480 --> 00:43:32,072
(INHALES DEEPLY)

666
00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,192
Mohn was right.

667
00:43:36,200 --> 00:43:37,315
Mohn?

668
00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:39,592
And so was I, maybe.

669
00:43:40,720 --> 00:43:43,029
I'm not so different from him.

670
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:48,279
Only very ordinary men
need to prove themselves.

671
00:43:49,200 --> 00:43:52,351
All I've proved
is that I needed to prove something.

672
00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:54,556
It hasn't changed me.

673
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:57,998
And the truth is,

674
00:43:58,440 --> 00:43:59,839
God help me,

675
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:02,512
I still need it.

676
00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:07,515
The gongs, the acclamation.

677
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:13,074
I like being what they want me to be.

678
00:44:15,040 --> 00:44:16,712
It's all I can be.

679
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:20,793
(SHAW GRUNTS)

680
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,872
Well, I don't know what I can say...

681
00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,311
except that you're wrong.

682
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:33,672
Look, I know that...

683
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,588
Look, what do you think about this?

684
00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:47,038
Not bad, eh? It's my notes again.
Best end to them.

685
00:45:11,840 --> 00:45:13,432
SHAW: Launching would be a problem,
of course,

686
00:45:13,520 --> 00:45:17,115
but it should be possible
with some kind of heavy weight.

687
00:45:17,200 --> 00:45:20,158
And just, uh, well,
shoot the thing off the bloody roof.

688
00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:21,434
(ALL LAUGHING)

689
00:45:21,520 --> 00:45:23,078
I don't want to bore you gentlemen

690
00:45:23,160 --> 00:45:25,310
with a whole lot
of mathematical calculations,

691
00:45:25,400 --> 00:45:27,914
but I can assure you they are sound.

692
00:45:28,400 --> 00:45:33,758
It's a 32-foot span,
giving a wing area of 1 62 square feet.

693
00:45:33,880 --> 00:45:36,599
The rudder here, that's the only part
of the design which isn't original,

694
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:37,908
that's the Luton Buzzard model.

695
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:39,638
-(ALL LAUGHING)
-Fantastic!

696
00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:41,631
So luckily, I found all kinds of stuff
in the library.

697
00:45:41,720 --> 00:45:43,472
Newtons, airframes, aircraft designs...

698
00:45:43,560 --> 00:45:45,198
Things Jerry thought
we'd have no use for, yeah?

699
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,316
Yeah, well, technically,
there are very few problems.

700
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:49,038
Uh, raw materials, of course,

701
00:45:49,120 --> 00:45:51,714
but basically it's just a matter
of time and manpower.

702
00:45:51,800 --> 00:45:54,792
-You'll get that, all right.
-Where did you come up with this idea?

703
00:45:54,880 --> 00:45:58,111
The other day when I found this place
above the library.

704
00:45:58,200 --> 00:46:01,829
We build a false wall,
then we have the perfect workshop.

705
00:46:02,640 --> 00:46:04,790
Open up the roof down one side,

706
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,678
and it's a straight 300-yard glide
to the river.

707
00:46:07,760 --> 00:46:08,875
(ALL LAUGH)

708
00:46:08,960 --> 00:46:11,872
I'd begun to think there was no way out,
and suddenly I saw that.

709
00:46:11,960 --> 00:46:15,953
-And what's all this about?
-Oh, just, uh, showing some drawings.

710
00:46:17,400 --> 00:46:20,472
Isn't this something you should've kept
for the escape committee?

711
00:46:20,560 --> 00:46:22,118
Oh, sorry, didn't think.

712
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,237
You're surely not going to
turn this one down, Simon.

713
00:46:25,320 --> 00:46:26,992
Well, unlike Squadron Leader Shaw,

714
00:46:27,080 --> 00:46:29,071
I'm prepared to wait
for the committee's decision.

715
00:46:29,160 --> 00:46:31,674
-Look, Simon, this was just...
-What?

716
00:46:32,800 --> 00:46:33,869
Nothing, forget it.

717
00:46:33,960 --> 00:46:36,315
Damn it, Simon,
this is the most spectacular escape

718
00:46:36,400 --> 00:46:37,435
anyone's come up with yet,

719
00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:39,909
and you're quibbling about
our bloody committee?

720
00:46:40,000 --> 00:46:41,911
Most of them are here now, why don't you
ask them what they think?

721
00:46:42,000 --> 00:46:44,275
The escape committee meets tonight.

722
00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:48,319
Until then, I've got nothing to say.
And I trust no one else has.

723
00:46:57,920 --> 00:47:01,435
All right, so we had no right
to go behind Simon's back.

724
00:47:01,600 --> 00:47:03,636
But it's a brilliant idea!

725
00:47:05,000 --> 00:47:08,072
-Well, don't you think so?
-I know it is.

726
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:14,398
Anyway, that's the idea.
Some enormous weight, it'll go...

727
00:47:14,480 --> 00:47:17,278
Boom! Whoosh!

728
00:47:17,360 --> 00:47:19,078
A glider? Good God.

729
00:47:19,160 --> 00:47:20,149
He had plans, material.

730
00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,118
I mean, he's got the whole thing
worked out to the last detail.

731
00:47:23,200 --> 00:47:24,235
What did you say?

732
00:47:24,320 --> 00:47:27,232
Well, it's just about the most
ridiculous scheme I've ever heard.

733
00:47:27,320 --> 00:47:28,355
You turned him down?

734
00:47:28,440 --> 00:47:31,910
No, sir, but I shall have to
advise the escape committee against it.

735
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,878
-Why?
-Well, after the way he's behaved?

736
00:47:35,240 --> 00:47:38,835
His behaviour has nothing to do
with the merits of his plan.

737
00:47:38,920 --> 00:47:42,515
Nor of the reasons for changing
his mind, whatever they might be.

738
00:47:42,600 --> 00:47:44,670
Well, I find it pretty hard to swallow,
this attitude of his,

739
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:46,318
that he can just come along
in his own sweet time

740
00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,038
and expect the rest of us
to jump at his say-so.

741
00:47:48,120 --> 00:47:50,634
I see, if he'd come along
in your sweet time and at your say-so,

742
00:47:50,720 --> 00:47:53,029
-you'd have backed this plan, would you?
-That's not what I meant, sir.

743
00:47:53,120 --> 00:47:55,111
Surely he's only asking
for what you attempted to force on him

744
00:47:55,200 --> 00:47:58,431
when he first came here. ''Absolute
priority'' I think is what you said.

745
00:47:58,520 --> 00:48:01,751
As I recall, sir, it was you
that said you were opposed to...

746
00:48:01,840 --> 00:48:05,549
''star status'', I think you called it,
for one individual prisoner.

747
00:48:05,640 --> 00:48:08,359
Now he comes along and he wants 50 men
to work for God knows how many months

748
00:48:08,440 --> 00:48:10,874
Just to get him out of here. One man!

749
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:14,077
-What do you call that?
-If the men are willing.

750
00:48:15,040 --> 00:48:16,314
You mean you back him up?

751
00:48:16,400 --> 00:48:20,075
I shall back whatever decision
the escape committee arrive at.

752
00:48:20,160 --> 00:48:24,551
But I'm not going to turn this down
out of hand, if that's what you expect.

753
00:48:24,640 --> 00:48:27,916
Carter didn't stand a chance.
Not once I put it to the chaps.

754
00:48:28,000 --> 00:48:30,468
(LAUGHS) He tried to argue
that it was a hell of a lot of work

755
00:48:30,560 --> 00:48:33,677
to put into one man's escape,
but I trumped him there.

756
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,228
I point out it's a two-seat glider.

757
00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:39,877
The passenger can be anyone
the committee votes in.

758
00:48:39,960 --> 00:48:41,996
They'll all be working for it.

759
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:44,753
-So, you're all set, hmm?
-All set.

760
00:48:47,600 --> 00:48:50,319
Uh, James...

761
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:53,518
-Hmm?
-There's something I have to tell you.

762
00:48:54,560 --> 00:48:56,232
You won't like it.

763
00:48:57,560 --> 00:49:00,711
I'm afraid you're going to
have to provide cover.

764
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:03,469
Cover?

765
00:49:05,960 --> 00:49:07,552
How do you mean?

766
00:49:21,080 --> 00:49:24,038
This. It's the only way in.

767
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,354
But you said there was another door.

768
00:49:30,160 --> 00:49:31,275
At the far end...

769
00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:33,191
Locked. And on the same floor
as some Kraut's office.

770
00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:36,909
All the materials and men
would have to come through here.

771
00:49:37,640 --> 00:49:38,834
No.

772
00:49:39,360 --> 00:49:42,432
I'm sorry, James,
but there's nothing I can do.

773
00:49:42,960 --> 00:49:46,430
My God, Shaw, haven't you done enough
without destroying this place?

774
00:49:46,520 --> 00:49:48,112
It's the only place
in the whole damn building!

775
00:49:48,200 --> 00:49:50,236
PRESTON: Captain Porteous.

776
00:49:50,480 --> 00:49:53,677
I can't allow anyone
to disrupt an escape attempt.

777
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:59,275
In that case, sir, I suggest
that we close the library altogether.

778
00:49:59,360 --> 00:50:01,590
No, James, I'm sorry,
I don't think you understand.

779
00:50:01,680 --> 00:50:04,114
The library must appear
to function as usual,

780
00:50:04,200 --> 00:50:06,953
and I shall rely upon you
to see that it does.

781
00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,191
-Is that an order, sir?
-Yes, that is an order.

782
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:13,315
-It's this way, sir.
-Thank you.

783
00:50:15,040 --> 00:50:18,191
PRESTON: The screw comes out, does it?

784
00:50:18,280 --> 00:50:19,952
MAN: Mind your head.

785
00:50:20,040 --> 00:50:21,996
(MEN CHATTERING)