1 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:12,770 2 00:01:44,420 --> 00:01:45,850 Come on. 3 00:02:05,260 --> 00:02:06,850 What is it Pete? 4 00:02:07,500 --> 00:02:11,250 It's just that I spent the first 20 years of my life in one place 5 00:02:11,500 --> 00:02:15,930 and suddenly I'm in England and now 36 hours later we're off over Europe. 6 00:02:16,180 --> 00:02:17,970 I'll get used to it. 7 00:02:18,220 --> 00:02:21,010 Pilot to crew. Check in. - Gunner ready. 8 00:02:21,260 --> 00:02:23,370 Wireless operator ready. 9 00:02:25,540 --> 00:02:28,370 Bomb aimer ready. - Co-pilot ready. 10 00:02:30,260 --> 00:02:35,460 It's where you go in Europe that's important if you want to make a career out of it. 11 00:03:23,860 --> 00:03:27,010 Well OberLeutnant Horst, although the news is not particularly good, 12 00:03:27,260 --> 00:03:32,610 it's gratifying to know that the Gestapo system of communication is still approximately two days ahead of the Abwehr. 13 00:03:34,100 --> 00:03:36,690 Sir? - I hope you're not too disappointed that your journey has been in vain. 14 00:03:36,940 --> 00:03:42,370 On the country Herr Sturmbannfuhrer, I am delighted to know that the efficiency that made Germany great is still with us. 15 00:03:42,620 --> 00:03:45,210 It makes our eventual victory more certain than ever. 16 00:03:45,460 --> 00:03:51,210 To my mind that has never been in question. And now, perhaps if you'll excuse me, I was just about to leave when you arrived. 17 00:03:51,460 --> 00:03:56,730 There's a Bach recital by Walter Gieseking at the Opera House tonight. I should not like to miss it, and I have to change. 18 00:03:56,980 --> 00:04:01,690 Of course. The reputation of the Brussels Friday evening recitals has spread to Amsterdam. 19 00:04:01,940 --> 00:04:04,770 In fact, I was hoping to attend this evening myself. 20 00:04:05,020 --> 00:04:07,770 I do not return to my unit until Sunday night. 21 00:04:08,020 --> 00:04:12,050 Perhaps, I may have the pleasure of seeing you in the interval Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. - Yes, possibly. 22 00:04:12,820 --> 00:04:15,090 Good day, Sir. - Good day. 23 00:04:16,180 --> 00:04:21,490 May I say how impressed I am that you have a record of these three magnificent Rubens. 24 00:04:21,740 --> 00:04:25,290 I had quite forgotten them until I passed the convent today. 25 00:04:25,580 --> 00:04:28,450 You are familiar with these paintings? 26 00:04:28,700 --> 00:04:33,290 Why, yes. At least, I have not seen them since 1938, but I presume they still hang there. 27 00:04:33,540 --> 00:04:37,970 In a convent on the way from Amsterdam? - It's about 40 kilometers from here. 28 00:04:38,220 --> 00:04:39,730 But you know it of course? 29 00:04:39,980 --> 00:04:43,290 How did you come to visit a Flemish convent in pre war Belgium? 30 00:04:43,540 --> 00:04:50,290 Forgive me Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. I should explain that I am a graduate of the Hamburg Academy of Arts. 31 00:04:50,540 --> 00:04:55,530 In 1938 I set off with two fellow students on a cycling tour of the Low Countries. 32 00:04:55,780 --> 00:05:01,010 We visited many religious houses, hoping to discover works of art that had escaped the Napoleonic purges. 33 00:05:01,260 --> 00:05:04,330 You were successful? - Only on this one occasion Herr Sturmbannfuhrer. 34 00:05:04,580 --> 00:05:07,850 But still, an outstanding discovery. 35 00:05:08,100 --> 00:05:11,770 These photographs were brought to me by a dealer here in Brussels. 36 00:05:12,020 --> 00:05:16,170 They were taken over 20 years ago, but have only recently come into his possession. 37 00:05:16,420 --> 00:05:20,730 He is as anxious as I am to make sure that these and other paintings remain in this country. 38 00:05:20,980 --> 00:05:24,570 You have taken them into safekeeping? - No. 39 00:05:24,940 --> 00:05:27,130 But in the wrong hands... 40 00:05:27,500 --> 00:05:30,140 They have great value. 41 00:05:33,180 --> 00:05:38,930 I have not taken them into safekeeping because until you informed me just now, I did not know their whereabouts. 42 00:05:40,180 --> 00:05:44,370 Germany is indebted to you OberLeutnant. You will take an aperitif? 43 00:05:44,620 --> 00:05:47,570 Rennert. Fetch the OberLeutnant a glass of schnapps. 44 00:05:47,820 --> 00:05:53,530 Oh, and yes, phone the Opera House, I want you to reserve another place for tonight's recital. 45 00:05:53,780 --> 00:05:56,650 Tell them I shall bring a second guest. 46 00:05:56,980 --> 00:06:00,530 And tomorrow, perhaps you will accompany me to this convent? 47 00:06:12,140 --> 00:06:16,130 As you can see, Monsieur, Jacques has almost finished the Entombment. 48 00:06:16,380 --> 00:06:19,610 You may collect all three originals whenever you wish. 49 00:06:19,860 --> 00:06:23,810 Oh, please, Reverend Mother, not all three. We may not be able to return them for a very long while. 50 00:06:24,060 --> 00:06:30,400 If I had not thought out the situation thoroughly, I should not be offering them. You will take all three, I insist. 51 00:06:30,660 --> 00:06:35,210 Then we accept, very gratefully. You may be sure the money will be put to good use. 52 00:06:35,460 --> 00:06:39,810 Any use you put it to that may bring a swifter end to this war must be good. 53 00:06:40,060 --> 00:06:42,930 Your husband seems quite taken by the Crucifixion. 54 00:06:43,180 --> 00:06:47,810 Monsieur Foiret is in charge of our operations, Reverend Mother. But he's not my husband. 55 00:06:48,060 --> 00:06:54,170 Oh, I'm sorry. It is just that your dear mother described a man who fitted monsieur's description almost exactly. 56 00:06:55,580 --> 00:07:00,250 Thank you for your generosity and time Reverend Mother and it's been wonderful seeing you again. 57 00:07:00,500 --> 00:07:04,050 I must leave now if we're to get to Antwerp in time for the train. 58 00:07:04,300 --> 00:07:10,740 If there's any need to alter the arrangements, you will be contacted. Otherwise, the paintings will be collected next Wednesday at midday. 59 00:07:10,980 --> 00:07:14,680 That would be perfectly convenient. Jacques will have them ready for you. 60 00:07:14,940 --> 00:07:17,050 Who else knows about these copies apart from Jacques? 61 00:07:17,300 --> 00:07:20,090 Just his sister. She is here with us as a novice. 62 00:07:20,340 --> 00:07:21,770 What about their parents? 63 00:07:22,020 --> 00:07:26,130 Killed Monsieur. Both killed in the first bombing raid on Antwerp in 1940. 64 00:07:26,380 --> 00:07:29,130 Don't worry, no one else will know our secret. 65 00:07:30,460 --> 00:07:34,490 The church involved itself with us once before. It resulted in death. 66 00:07:34,740 --> 00:07:38,440 We don't want anything more on our conscience than we have already. 67 00:07:54,580 --> 00:07:56,210 What's the hurry? 68 00:07:58,340 --> 00:08:00,850 We're not due in for another 5 minutes. 69 00:08:01,100 --> 00:08:04,980 I was beginning to think you didn't want her to lend us the paintings. 70 00:08:06,660 --> 00:08:13,450 I was merely trying to point out that her wimple wouldn't protect her, or her Sisters, if things became difficult. 71 00:08:14,220 --> 00:08:18,530 Considering Lifeline's current financial state, I should have thought you would be very grateful. 72 00:08:18,780 --> 00:08:21,770 It's been nearly two months since London managed to get us any money through. 73 00:08:22,020 --> 00:08:26,210 You know as well as I do, that if London wanted to, they could get funds to us tomorrow. 74 00:08:26,460 --> 00:08:31,250 It's a show of strength. It's their way of telling us they're fed up with chucking money into escape lines, 75 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:35,490 just to make them more effective for spreading the communist doctrine. 76 00:08:35,740 --> 00:08:40,130 Can't you convince them Lifeline's not a political organization. 77 00:08:41,940 --> 00:08:46,450 Anyway, England's supposed be fighting this war against Germany, not Russia. 78 00:08:46,740 --> 00:08:52,090 I think our allies are now as concerned with the political victory, as a military one. 79 00:08:52,940 --> 00:08:56,210 And if you give in, they'll just start dictating to us again. 80 00:08:56,460 --> 00:09:01,660 And using us as a pipeline for their own intelligence. - English spies in Lifeline. 81 00:09:01,940 --> 00:09:06,850 No, pawning those paintings to our Swiss speculator will buy us independence for a little while. 82 00:09:07,100 --> 00:09:10,610 But if we intend to continue with Lifeline's business, 83 00:09:10,860 --> 00:09:13,970 we shall need a flow of money which is unending 84 00:09:14,220 --> 00:09:18,610 and that can only be obtained from a major power outside this country. 85 00:09:18,860 --> 00:09:21,370 You don't care which one. 86 00:09:23,980 --> 00:09:28,090 Antwerp to Brussels in 37 minutes. 87 00:09:29,700 --> 00:09:31,770 Almost like pre war. 88 00:09:52,620 --> 00:09:56,810 Pilot to crew. I can't hold it any longer. We're losing altitude. 89 00:10:19,100 --> 00:10:20,530 We're going to crash. 90 00:10:23,140 --> 00:10:27,330 Bail out. If there's anyone left out there. Bail out. 91 00:10:30,580 --> 00:10:32,010 Come on. 92 00:10:35,020 --> 00:10:36,450 Bail out. 93 00:11:20,620 --> 00:11:24,810 That was a rousing little number. - So it seems. A Major too. 94 00:11:25,060 --> 00:11:28,210 Well, it's all good fun. - Oh yes? 95 00:11:29,260 --> 00:11:31,690 Natalie's arrived. - I've seen her. 96 00:11:33,660 --> 00:11:35,450 Just put it down dear. 97 00:11:35,860 --> 00:11:40,410 Keep an eye on her will you? I want at least one of these left to drink from at the end of the war. 98 00:11:40,660 --> 00:11:42,970 Oh give me that, Claudette. 99 00:11:45,100 --> 00:11:47,290 Hey, you're smoking too much. 100 00:11:48,180 --> 00:11:50,050 Did you get the details of our latest visitors? 101 00:11:50,300 --> 00:11:55,770 Yes. Their names are Charles McGee and Peter Harris. - McGee. Harris. 102 00:11:56,380 --> 00:11:58,210 Do you want coffee? - Please. 103 00:11:58,460 --> 00:12:01,130 Charles McGee... Peter Harris. 104 00:12:01,820 --> 00:12:05,130 Irish and Welsh names, which probably means... 105 00:12:05,380 --> 00:12:09,530 They're American. - More and more. 106 00:12:09,780 --> 00:12:13,090 I'll get Alain to check, check with London tonight. 107 00:12:13,340 --> 00:12:18,850 Madame Desmarts telephoned. Apparently their Flying Fortress came down in the middle of a wood. 108 00:12:19,100 --> 00:12:22,090 She doesn't expect the wreckage to be discovered until tomorrow. 109 00:12:22,340 --> 00:12:26,330 Are they the only survivors? - As far as she knows, she's hiding them both on her farm. 110 00:12:26,900 --> 00:12:28,850 Near Aarschot? - Yes. 111 00:12:29,100 --> 00:12:32,130 Her father's very ill, so she's unable to deliver them herself. 112 00:12:32,380 --> 00:12:36,810 And I've promised Albert, they'll be collected tomorrow. - Of course. 113 00:12:46,340 --> 00:12:48,410 Here. Try that. 114 00:12:56,460 --> 00:12:57,930 Two coats. 115 00:12:58,940 --> 00:13:01,970 How is he? Did he say anything while I was away? 116 00:13:02,220 --> 00:13:04,530 He kind of grunts. - We couldn't catch it. 117 00:13:04,780 --> 00:13:07,050 He's about the same. I guess. 118 00:13:08,460 --> 00:13:09,890 Well? 119 00:13:12,580 --> 00:13:14,010 Tomorrow. 120 00:13:16,140 --> 00:13:17,570 They will collect you tomorrow. 121 00:13:17,820 --> 00:13:20,850 What do you mean tomorrow? We could be in a POW camp by then. 122 00:13:21,100 --> 00:13:26,040 Don't worry. I would not be putting my father, and our home at risk if there was any danger. 123 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:30,290 No one ever passes here. - Yeah, it's like the only water hole in the middle of a desert. 124 00:13:31,980 --> 00:13:37,450 Lady, all it needs is for one hungry German patrol to pass by here and you can bet where they'll head for. 125 00:13:37,700 --> 00:13:41,730 And I don't intend to be around to serve them your chicken soup when they come knocking on your door. 126 00:13:41,980 --> 00:13:44,170 Charlie. Come on man. 127 00:13:44,580 --> 00:13:48,810 We have very few hens left in this country thanks to the Germans 128 00:13:49,060 --> 00:13:52,330 and those we have, we try to keep alive. 129 00:13:52,620 --> 00:13:55,330 They produce eggs you see. 130 00:13:56,020 --> 00:13:59,090 You and your friend may return to England 131 00:13:59,340 --> 00:14:02,690 to come back to fight on against our enemies. 132 00:14:02,940 --> 00:14:05,250 That would be productive too, 133 00:14:05,500 --> 00:14:08,770 and that is the reason I give you shelter in my house. 134 00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:13,850 Look, I'm sorry and we are grateful, 135 00:14:14,100 --> 00:14:18,530 but, I wish I could make you understand how we feel. 136 00:14:19,820 --> 00:14:22,250 I lived on a farm all my life. 137 00:14:22,500 --> 00:14:26,410 I hadn't been more than 50 miles away from home until I was drafted. 138 00:14:26,660 --> 00:14:31,570 Two weeks ago we were still 6,000 miles away on the training base at Kelly Field, Texas. 139 00:14:31,820 --> 00:14:36,810 And now we're here, and number one target for any Kraut that's half awake. 140 00:14:42,220 --> 00:14:46,890 Could you maybe just tell us who it is will be collecting us, and at what time tomorrow? 141 00:14:48,140 --> 00:14:50,970 Who will collect you is not important, 142 00:14:51,220 --> 00:14:54,970 and the time will be tomorrow, sometime. 143 00:14:56,220 --> 00:14:58,530 Do you want to risk it? 144 00:15:01,140 --> 00:15:06,810 You have no need to fear Reverend Mother. Your paintings will be quite safe with us. They will be stored for the duration of the war. 145 00:15:07,180 --> 00:15:11,490 You must realize the value of these paintings, if they fell into the wrong hands. 146 00:15:11,740 --> 00:15:14,770 Or, and I do not like to admit this occurs, 147 00:15:15,020 --> 00:15:20,970 members of the Reich, who have designs on building up their own large private collections. 148 00:15:22,020 --> 00:15:27,890 This is a practice which the Fuhrer abhors, and I have strict orders to see that temptation is removed from such people. 149 00:15:28,300 --> 00:15:32,610 Now perhaps your assistants could help carry the paintings to my car. 150 00:15:33,460 --> 00:15:39,170 Oberleutnant Horst, would you kindly countersign the Reich's receipt for the Reverend Mother? 151 00:15:39,420 --> 00:15:41,050 A pleasure, Herr Sturmbannführer. 152 00:15:41,300 --> 00:15:46,570 So, I'm sure you understand the measures I'm taking are merely preventive. Good day to you. 153 00:16:00,740 --> 00:16:03,450 You're not thinking what I think you're thinking? 154 00:16:03,700 --> 00:16:07,250 I think we might just stand out a little too much on those. 155 00:16:09,820 --> 00:16:14,370 We should have stayed in that farmhouse. Her friends would have picked us up by now. - Exactly. 156 00:16:15,100 --> 00:16:17,610 No, she was leveling with us, I'm sure of it. 157 00:16:17,860 --> 00:16:23,370 Well you weren't so damn sure last night. Look, Pete, we made a decision and we left. 158 00:16:23,620 --> 00:16:28,410 Now, suppose we try and get near a town somewhere, so we can get our bearings, OK? 159 00:16:28,860 --> 00:16:33,650 How? We can't walk along that road with only these over our uniforms. 160 00:16:38,060 --> 00:16:42,450 Then we'll have to get ourselves some transportation. For the road. 161 00:16:43,140 --> 00:16:49,010 Come on. Give me a couple more. It's worth a try. 162 00:17:01,340 --> 00:17:04,370 I'm particularly fond of the Fatherland at this time of the year. 163 00:17:04,620 --> 00:17:08,570 I agree. Do you know the Black Forest and the lakes? - Oh, of course. 164 00:17:08,820 --> 00:17:13,940 When I was little more than a boy, I would go camping there with my companions. 165 00:17:15,380 --> 00:17:20,010 Although I must admit that life under canvas would perhaps not suit me now. 166 00:17:22,140 --> 00:17:24,780 May I offer you lunch Herr Sturmbannfuhrer? 167 00:17:25,020 --> 00:17:28,610 There is a small auberge not more than 6km from here. 168 00:17:28,860 --> 00:17:30,890 The cooking is French, of course. 169 00:17:31,140 --> 00:17:36,340 It always amuses me how much better one can live in the country during war than in the city. 170 00:17:37,380 --> 00:17:41,330 I was under the impression that this was your first war, Oberleutnant. 171 00:17:41,580 --> 00:17:49,370 We should also bear in mind our own women and children who are suffering hourly under the murderous bombing attacks on our cities. 172 00:17:52,780 --> 00:17:57,610 However, I realise your invitation was given in good faith. 173 00:17:57,860 --> 00:18:01,130 So I will accept your offer to lunch. 174 00:18:24,380 --> 00:18:25,810 We've got'em. 175 00:18:46,220 --> 00:18:47,810 It's a German officer. 176 00:18:48,060 --> 00:18:51,840 So? What better cover do we need to take us to the Swiss border? 177 00:19:12,220 --> 00:19:15,410 He's also got a gun. - Exactly. 178 00:19:22,780 --> 00:19:24,490 Well come on then. 179 00:19:24,740 --> 00:19:29,810 Wait a minute. - You want to change the flat? 180 00:19:37,180 --> 00:19:38,610 Get it. 181 00:20:03,860 --> 00:20:05,930 Put your hand back on the wheel. 182 00:20:06,940 --> 00:20:12,530 The Oberleutnant is returning a military salute from the advance guard of an approaching Panzer column. 183 00:20:12,940 --> 00:20:17,730 You told us to act naturally, which is exactly what the Oberleutnant was trying to do. 184 00:20:47,660 --> 00:20:50,040 Pete. Window. 185 00:20:54,780 --> 00:20:56,650 Here comes another one. 186 00:21:00,260 --> 00:21:04,530 As soon as it's out of sight, you take the next left turn you come to. 187 00:21:27,860 --> 00:21:30,240 OK. Let's get out. 188 00:21:30,500 --> 00:21:33,410 Take it easy. 189 00:22:07,260 --> 00:22:10,610 You're a Lieutenant, right? - Correct? - What about him? 190 00:22:10,860 --> 00:22:12,690 I'm a doctor. 191 00:22:12,940 --> 00:22:17,090 The OberLeutnant called me out to visit a patient when the army doctor could not be contacted. 192 00:22:17,340 --> 00:22:22,650 I also have my regular Saturday morning surgery full of sick patients waiting for me in Brussels. 193 00:22:22,900 --> 00:22:25,280 I shall most certainly be missed. 194 00:22:26,340 --> 00:22:29,610 So I suggest you let me go at least. 195 00:22:30,660 --> 00:22:32,970 I will tell no one of your whereabouts. 196 00:22:33,220 --> 00:22:37,490 Charlie, what do you say? We only need one hostage for cover and if this guy is a doctor? 197 00:22:38,180 --> 00:22:43,730 I never saw a doctor yet who made a house call without a little black bag. 198 00:22:49,380 --> 00:22:51,450 Here, you cover them. 199 00:23:26,660 --> 00:23:28,650 Hold it right there. 200 00:23:48,380 --> 00:23:52,930 The feathers came off an old dress of my grandmother's. - Oh? - Well, do you like it? 201 00:23:53,420 --> 00:23:55,800 Well, I like what's inside it. 202 00:23:56,060 --> 00:23:58,440 Did you pay Madame for the flour? 203 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:01,730 Just tell me what's wrong with it Albert? I won't mind. I just want to know. 204 00:24:01,980 --> 00:24:05,490 Well it's all these feathers my dear. I mean, you've got real talent. You don't need all that. 205 00:24:05,740 --> 00:24:08,690 That means I can't get away with them, I suppose. 206 00:24:08,940 --> 00:24:12,850 Well, I like them. And I'm wearing it tonight. You liked it in that film. 207 00:24:13,100 --> 00:24:16,170 I'm needed down in the office. Well, you're probably right. 208 00:24:18,540 --> 00:24:22,050 Anyway, you must wear whatever makes you feel happy. 209 00:24:29,060 --> 00:24:33,410 They took all three?! - Confiscated for the duration. 210 00:24:36,580 --> 00:24:40,330 I don't suppose you could send the copies of the paintings to your man in Zurich? 211 00:24:40,580 --> 00:24:43,530 At least you wouldn't have to find the money to repay him at the end of the war. 212 00:24:43,780 --> 00:24:46,610 Copies would convince the German army. They would never fool a Swiss. 213 00:24:46,860 --> 00:24:50,090 So Lifeline is still short of funds. What will you do? 214 00:24:50,340 --> 00:24:53,730 What we did before? Our own people supplied us then. They will again. 215 00:24:53,980 --> 00:24:57,810 Come on Albert, you know there isn't any money any more. We wouldn't last a month. 216 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:03,330 Then, as preserving the line is my first priority, I shall have to contact London again. 217 00:25:06,260 --> 00:25:09,770 Candide. It's alright. Major. 218 00:25:12,340 --> 00:25:14,690 And tell him that you'll be a good boy from now on 219 00:25:14,940 --> 00:25:18,820 and help them root out all these naughty communists they seem to think are running every link in their line. 220 00:25:19,060 --> 00:25:24,290 If that is a condition for survival, then yes, that is what I shall agree to. 221 00:25:32,740 --> 00:25:36,370 You propose that I carry you and your companion all the way to Switzerland? 222 00:25:36,620 --> 00:25:42,010 Just as close as you can get Dutch. Pete and I'll see about getting across the frontier. 223 00:25:42,260 --> 00:25:46,330 But it will take days. How can you hope to keep these two prisoner all the time? 224 00:25:46,580 --> 00:25:51,290 Nobody leaves the barge until we're where we wanna be, unless it's feet first. 225 00:25:51,540 --> 00:25:54,210 We all stick together OK? 226 00:25:54,460 --> 00:25:57,610 What is keeping your friend with the knife? What is he doing with my Lena? 227 00:25:57,860 --> 00:26:04,200 Look, as long as you behave yourself, your wife is going to be OK. Relax. 228 00:26:07,420 --> 00:26:11,120 Anyway, you know she's a little old for him. 229 00:26:12,260 --> 00:26:15,130 Nah, Pete's just persuading her our plan makes sense. 230 00:26:15,380 --> 00:26:19,490 Now why don't you just be a good little Dutchman and go along with us? 231 00:26:19,740 --> 00:26:23,410 You may as well do as he says. There is really no alternative. 232 00:26:24,500 --> 00:26:27,570 OK, we gotta try this sometime, so why not now? 233 00:26:27,820 --> 00:26:32,410 I'm going to go up and talk with Pete and you are going to stay here and cover these two. 234 00:26:35,620 --> 00:26:40,170 Pete, I'm coming up. Cover the lady, will you? 235 00:26:43,020 --> 00:26:49,730 Just remember, Pete's knife is very sharp. One false move... 236 00:26:53,860 --> 00:26:55,650 Cover him. 237 00:27:01,340 --> 00:27:02,930 I'll do it. 238 00:27:11,060 --> 00:27:14,890 Well Oberleutnant, I think that lunch at the auberge might have been preferable. 239 00:27:15,140 --> 00:27:18,890 I'm so sorry Sir. They seemed to jump us from nowhere. 240 00:27:19,140 --> 00:27:22,450 I thought I noticed some glass on the road when I was changing the wheel. 241 00:27:22,700 --> 00:27:27,410 Quite probably. Still a rather old-fashioned device for an observant officer to fall for, don't you think? 242 00:27:27,660 --> 00:27:30,690 Again, I am so sorry Sir, but don't worry, 243 00:27:30,940 --> 00:27:34,720 I will make every effort to get us out of this predicament as quickly as possible. 244 00:27:34,980 --> 00:27:38,490 You will do nothing. They will do it for us. 245 00:27:39,220 --> 00:27:42,490 How's that Sir? - Because they are frightened. 246 00:27:42,740 --> 00:27:44,930 Already a sense of friction between them. 247 00:27:45,180 --> 00:27:49,010 The nerve will go, and they will make a mistake. We must be ready for that. 248 00:27:49,500 --> 00:27:55,730 I wonder how long it will take for someone to discover the deserted car and the paintings. Three priceless Rubens. 249 00:27:56,940 --> 00:28:00,770 It's by whom they discovered that I'm most concerned with. You, bargee. 250 00:28:01,380 --> 00:28:04,570 Sir. - Do you know who I am? - Gestapo? 251 00:28:04,820 --> 00:28:08,050 I'm Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler. - Chief of Gestapo, Brussels. 252 00:28:08,300 --> 00:28:11,810 However, it's better than my identity is not revealed to the American airmen. 253 00:28:12,060 --> 00:28:18,290 The younger one is too frightened already. But our friend, whose gun you now point at me, might perhaps pull the trigger, 254 00:28:18,700 --> 00:28:21,810 and that would help no one. 255 00:28:22,980 --> 00:28:27,690 We all know what the Fuhrer's lesson was for the senseless murder of Heydrich in Czechoslovakia. 256 00:28:27,980 --> 00:28:33,530 Lidice. It is one the world must never forget. 257 00:28:34,420 --> 00:28:39,650 My wife, my Lena and I, we just want a simple life. We don't take sides. 258 00:28:39,900 --> 00:28:43,010 That's a state you could maintain no longer. You must commit yourself. 259 00:28:43,260 --> 00:28:46,450 What is this? Sit down. 260 00:28:47,340 --> 00:28:48,770 Give me that. 261 00:28:49,020 --> 00:28:53,330 You better go and see your old lady. She was going on about the engine. 262 00:28:53,580 --> 00:28:57,410 I'll cover our two prisoners here. - Surely there are six of us on this barge. - Yeah, so? 263 00:28:57,660 --> 00:29:01,650 So, as you said earlier, no one can leave without the other. 264 00:29:01,900 --> 00:29:06,130 Surely that makes a number of prisoners six? 265 00:29:12,620 --> 00:29:17,450 Let me go ashore. Let me phone my niece? Tell him Hans. 266 00:29:17,700 --> 00:29:22,900 Your wife has been telling me that she might be able to contact an escape line that gets pilots back to England. 267 00:29:23,140 --> 00:29:28,410 Did she also tell you what happened last time we handed a pilot over to one of these escape lines? 268 00:29:28,660 --> 00:29:32,650 Hans. They didn't mean that to happen. They did all they could. 269 00:29:32,900 --> 00:29:36,010 Maybe... But the pilot died. 270 00:29:36,260 --> 00:29:41,200 He didn't want to fight you see? He wanted out of the war. To stay in Switzerland. 271 00:29:41,460 --> 00:29:46,850 So that he would have a life with his family when this war was over. Do you understand? 272 00:29:47,100 --> 00:29:51,730 I understand. But it's a man's duty to fight for his country. There's no choice. 273 00:29:53,900 --> 00:29:56,050 There is always a choice. 274 00:29:56,500 --> 00:30:01,250 I made it in the First World War when I decided to stop fighting for Germany. 275 00:30:02,900 --> 00:30:06,450 You see why I understood the other airman. 276 00:30:06,700 --> 00:30:11,370 But I also understood why the escape line allowed him to be killed. 277 00:30:11,620 --> 00:30:16,450 He was expendable. And you two are alone. They will help you too. 278 00:30:16,700 --> 00:30:19,810 Let me go ashore and telephone. That way at least you stand a chance. 279 00:30:20,060 --> 00:30:23,690 He's a German. How do I know you wouldn't just call the Gestapo when you get ashore? 280 00:30:24,780 --> 00:30:27,930 She may. But it's a chance you take. 281 00:30:28,300 --> 00:30:33,240 But if she did, she might find the phone unanswered. 282 00:30:33,900 --> 00:30:37,890 What are you getting at? - The prisoner. The one in the suit... 283 00:30:38,140 --> 00:30:39,570 The doctor? 284 00:30:39,820 --> 00:30:44,490 He's Sturmbannführer Kessler. Head of the Gestapo in Brussels. 285 00:30:46,220 --> 00:30:49,450 I'm sorry I can't hear you very well. Huh? 286 00:30:50,180 --> 00:30:54,060 Natalie? Yeah yeah. Here she is. Yeah, hold on. 287 00:30:54,300 --> 00:30:56,530 Who is it? - I don't know. 288 00:30:58,420 --> 00:31:02,250 Hello. Who? I can't hear you. The line's very bad. 289 00:31:03,460 --> 00:31:07,770 Aunt Lena. How wonderful. Where are you? 290 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:13,450 Natalie, listen to me. I must get back to the barge, but this is very important. 291 00:31:16,700 --> 00:31:19,130 Oh, my God. Aunt Lena. 292 00:31:19,380 --> 00:31:24,450 Now look, whatever else happens, don't let them harm him. Alright? 293 00:31:24,700 --> 00:31:27,370 Now I must talk with the others immediately. 294 00:31:27,620 --> 00:31:30,690 Now where can I get hold of you? What's your next stop? 295 00:31:30,940 --> 00:31:37,010 We should reach Massenhoven by nightfall. I could try and get ashore to do some shopping. 296 00:31:37,260 --> 00:31:40,290 The Cafe Boule d'Or. You know it? 297 00:31:40,540 --> 00:31:43,970 Next to the wharf, yes. 7:30 if I can. 298 00:31:44,220 --> 00:31:45,650 You must. 299 00:31:51,140 --> 00:31:52,570 Well? 300 00:31:52,820 --> 00:31:59,450 It's done. Someone will meet me in the cafe on the wharf at Massenhoven, 7:30. 301 00:32:00,340 --> 00:32:05,170 Will they help us? - I hope so. She's talking with them now to see what can be worked out. 302 00:32:05,420 --> 00:32:09,120 Hans. I'm so afraid. 303 00:32:10,220 --> 00:32:14,370 I know if he, that man below in our home, 304 00:32:14,620 --> 00:32:19,850 if he questions me, if he has me tortured - Lena - I'll give away everything. 305 00:32:20,100 --> 00:32:25,330 Lena, no one is going to question you. There's no reason to. Calm yourself. 306 00:32:25,580 --> 00:32:32,290 Now we better get going if we're to make Massenhoven by 7:30. Go and start the barge. - Yes. 307 00:32:35,220 --> 00:32:38,890 Don't you think your friend will be wondering why we have stopped? 308 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:44,850 Where've you been? What's this barge stopped so long for? 309 00:32:45,100 --> 00:32:48,210 Just a lock. There's several of them on this stretch of water. 310 00:32:48,460 --> 00:32:50,730 You worked out how soon before we get to Switzerland? 311 00:32:50,980 --> 00:32:53,770 It's difficult to estimate the speed this thing travels. 312 00:32:54,020 --> 00:32:57,650 What? - We could only take you as far as Saint-Symphorien anyway. - Yeah, where is that? 313 00:32:57,900 --> 00:33:02,290 10, maybe 14 days away. - 14 days?! 314 00:33:06,260 --> 00:33:11,050 OK, that does it. We gotta get rid of them. 315 00:33:11,300 --> 00:33:14,210 No, Charlie, you can't. - Oh yeah, why not? You don't realise... 316 00:33:14,460 --> 00:33:19,810 I think your friend now understands that many more lives will be at stake if you dispose of the Oberleutnant and myself. 317 00:33:20,500 --> 00:33:26,370 What is this? What's going on here? Who are you? 318 00:33:26,780 --> 00:33:29,420 Take him above. I'll look after them here. 319 00:33:29,660 --> 00:33:34,410 Don't worry. As long as my wife is with you, I won't try anything. 320 00:33:35,340 --> 00:33:38,850 You'd better not Mac. I've got ears, you know? 321 00:33:45,100 --> 00:33:47,970 I wish I could get my hands on him when he's not holding a gun... 322 00:33:48,220 --> 00:33:50,780 Don't be impatient. That will happen soon enough. 323 00:33:51,140 --> 00:33:55,410 I must admit to finding the situation quite fascinating. 324 00:33:55,740 --> 00:33:59,970 It's not often one has the opportunity to study evaders in action at first hand. 325 00:34:01,380 --> 00:34:06,450 They are in an impossible position of course. The odds are loaded too heavily against them. 326 00:34:06,740 --> 00:34:13,450 But, if this were a game of chance, I should hazard on the younger one's nerve going first. 327 00:34:13,700 --> 00:34:17,970 He will probably try to persuade the older one to make a break, or give himself up. 328 00:34:18,220 --> 00:34:25,210 His second choice will annoy our friend with a gun. So he may decide to take the first course, on his own possibly. 329 00:34:25,460 --> 00:34:28,850 He may even decide to dispose of his companion. 330 00:34:29,940 --> 00:34:32,810 How would you wager Meneer van Broecken? 331 00:34:33,060 --> 00:34:39,290 I'm not a gambling man, Sir. I just want to get you safely off my barge. 332 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:44,210 But that is what we all want, is it not OberLeutnant? 333 00:34:50,940 --> 00:34:56,290 She says these people help airmen get back all the time. There's a whole chain of people. 334 00:34:56,540 --> 00:34:59,730 You've heard about them, Charlie. - So, you let her off the barge. 335 00:34:59,980 --> 00:35:04,290 How else could she contact them? - You should have asked me before letting her off the barge. 336 00:35:04,540 --> 00:35:06,130 And what would you have said? 337 00:35:06,380 --> 00:35:11,130 I'd have said no. No thank you ma'am. We don't need any escape line. 338 00:35:26,740 --> 00:35:29,410 What's all this then? - Sit down. 339 00:35:29,660 --> 00:35:31,770 Take that back, dear. 340 00:35:33,140 --> 00:35:36,130 Have you seen any extra patrols? Security? Anything? 341 00:35:36,380 --> 00:35:40,330 No, nothing. They can't have missed him yet. - Thank God it's happened over the weekend. 342 00:35:40,580 --> 00:35:44,490 Do you think Natalie's got there by now? - Well she should be. She left three hours ago. 343 00:35:44,740 --> 00:35:49,170 Not those glasses dear. Not on a Saturday night. We'll have none left for tomorrow. 344 00:35:49,660 --> 00:35:52,970 I don't know why she's always here when we're so busy? 345 00:36:01,220 --> 00:36:05,170 It's already 7:45 I was meant to meet her at 7:30. 346 00:36:05,420 --> 00:36:11,490 Hans, can't you convince him? - Yeah, Hans. Convince me. 347 00:36:12,140 --> 00:36:15,690 About the escape line? No. You must take your chance. 348 00:36:15,940 --> 00:36:20,210 About the result of any harm coming to your hostage. 349 00:36:20,460 --> 00:36:23,730 Yes, I think I can. 350 00:36:25,300 --> 00:36:26,730 Listen to me. 351 00:36:28,060 --> 00:36:33,890 The man in the suit is Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler, head of the Gestapo in Brussels. 352 00:36:34,980 --> 00:36:38,450 Last year, two patriots assassinated Heydrich, 353 00:36:38,700 --> 00:36:42,130 Chief of the security in Czechoslovakia. 354 00:36:42,380 --> 00:36:47,580 The German reprisal was to annihilate two villages. 355 00:36:47,900 --> 00:36:55,250 Complete with all their inhabitants. Men. Women. And children. 356 00:36:56,140 --> 00:36:59,610 If another Gestapo chief were to be killed, 357 00:36:59,860 --> 00:37:04,290 the reprisal might not stop at two villages. 358 00:37:15,060 --> 00:37:20,130 You, er, you'd better not keep your contact waiting any longer. 359 00:37:28,220 --> 00:37:31,290 I thought you'd be asleep. - No. 360 00:37:32,380 --> 00:37:36,290 What time is your rendezvous with Natalie and the airmen in the morning? - 8:00. 361 00:37:36,540 --> 00:37:41,370 Good, well that means you'll have to leave the convent by 7. - I know. 362 00:37:43,260 --> 00:37:48,730 Come with me Albert? - Oh no, I can't. Sunday morning's far too busy. I'm bound to be missed. 363 00:37:51,140 --> 00:37:54,010 Take Max with you. He'll make a good doctor. 364 00:37:54,420 --> 00:38:00,570 Anyway, no one listens to the piano on Sunday mornings. Goodnight. 365 00:38:15,980 --> 00:38:18,170 You know Max, they're almost too good. 366 00:38:18,420 --> 00:38:22,330 We'll have to very careful when we make the switch that we don't mix up the copies with the real thing. 367 00:38:22,580 --> 00:38:25,330 You don't half go on, don't you? I agree. They're good. 368 00:38:25,580 --> 00:38:27,930 Well it's true. I couldn't tell them apart. 369 00:38:28,180 --> 00:38:30,930 Any self respecting art collector could. 370 00:38:31,180 --> 00:38:35,090 What about the Gestapo? After all. they've just seen the originals. 371 00:38:35,340 --> 00:38:38,530 The thing about fakes my dear, is that you have to be looking for them. 372 00:38:38,780 --> 00:38:41,420 Kessler and his friends have seen the real thing. 373 00:38:41,660 --> 00:38:45,570 I reckon they'll be so pleased to find them that they won't look at them that closely. 374 00:38:47,420 --> 00:38:51,610 Anyway, I have an idea that may appeal to Albert's sense of humour. 375 00:38:51,860 --> 00:38:56,800 Oh? Well, I hope you make it soon. He hasn't smiled at me in weeks. 376 00:39:02,660 --> 00:39:04,770 Hey that was it wasn't it? 377 00:39:42,620 --> 00:39:44,050 Wait here 378 00:40:36,540 --> 00:40:39,050 Quick, you're free. They've gone. Come on. 379 00:40:39,300 --> 00:40:41,610 They've been gone for a whole hour. 380 00:40:41,860 --> 00:40:46,730 They've taken my Lena. They said they'd kill her if I didn't give them exactly that time to get away. What could I do? 381 00:40:46,980 --> 00:40:50,170 You can show us the way to the nearest village. - Of course. Please hurry. 382 00:41:55,860 --> 00:41:59,130 Lena? Lena, they're gone. 383 00:42:00,340 --> 00:42:03,250 Lena, are you alright? 384 00:42:10,700 --> 00:42:17,140 Hey kid. I think we've hit the right place at last. What took you so long to persuade me? 385 00:42:19,180 --> 00:42:25,010 You know? Tall blondes with long legs in the back of an ambulance is just my style. 386 00:42:26,900 --> 00:42:31,840 Hey, how do you feel about interestingly mature dark nurses? 387 00:42:36,780 --> 00:42:39,690 Come on. I was only joking. 388 00:42:41,100 --> 00:42:43,480 And what are you looking at me like that for? 389 00:42:43,740 --> 00:42:49,850 She's probably wondering how someone who has caused as much trouble as you have over the past two days, 390 00:42:50,100 --> 00:42:53,170 risking the lives of untold numbers of people, 391 00:42:53,420 --> 00:42:56,530 not to mention those who are still helping you, 392 00:42:56,780 --> 00:43:01,570 could possibly continue to behave in such a stupid and offensive manner. 393 00:43:01,820 --> 00:43:05,410 Hey now wait a minute. - Don't try our patience any more. 394 00:43:05,660 --> 00:43:08,370 Your credibility is being checked with London now. 395 00:43:08,620 --> 00:43:12,500 If you're cleared, you will both be on your way South by tonight. 396 00:43:12,740 --> 00:43:17,530 After what you've done, keeping you in Brussels would be suicidal for us all. 397 00:43:17,780 --> 00:43:25,460 But, if you don't check out, or if I hear one more word from you other than the answers to my questions, 398 00:43:25,700 --> 00:43:30,450 I shall take the greatest pleasure in pulling this trigger. 399 00:43:57,380 --> 00:44:02,770 Hans, it's all right thank God and I got some real coffee. They... 400 00:44:04,740 --> 00:44:08,890 Welcome home. I have a few questions for you. 401 00:44:13,700 --> 00:44:15,730 You really have nothing to fear. 402 00:44:15,980 --> 00:44:19,370 Unless of course you have something to hide. 403 00:46:20,260 --> 00:46:22,330 I am sorry. 404 00:46:22,860 --> 00:46:25,240 She was nervous. 405 00:46:26,460 --> 00:46:29,100 She did not see the ambulance. 406 00:46:29,340 --> 00:46:33,930 She had no need to be afraid. The questioning was to be only a formality. 407 00:46:35,460 --> 00:46:38,890 You do not know sir the terror you inspire. 408 00:46:39,140 --> 00:46:41,850 Oh, I do bargee, I do. 409 00:46:42,540 --> 00:46:47,560 Right, take him back. He was with me all the time on the barge. There is nothing he can tell us. 410 00:46:49,100 --> 00:46:51,850 Your wife was a passenger in a German vehicle. 411 00:46:52,100 --> 00:46:55,980 We shall assume responsibility for the necessary arrangements. 412 00:46:57,660 --> 00:47:03,090 No. No, thank you. I prefer now to walk. 413 00:47:17,700 --> 00:47:21,330 Well I think that must be a record for starting evaders off down the line. 414 00:47:21,580 --> 00:47:24,810 They must be nearly in Senlis by now. 415 00:47:25,060 --> 00:47:28,290 Poor Natalie, I don't think she's spent two nights in her own bed in the last three weeks. 416 00:47:28,540 --> 00:47:31,410 Well, they checked out and we couldn't risk holding onto them. 417 00:47:31,660 --> 00:47:37,610 Their descriptions will be circulated everywhere by now. And they did come from the best possible source. 418 00:47:38,860 --> 00:47:41,240 Well, at least we've got these. 419 00:47:41,500 --> 00:47:44,730 Max is taking these into Switzerland first thing in the morning. 420 00:47:44,980 --> 00:47:49,490 I must admit I'd enjoy listening to him bargaining with a capitalist speculator. 421 00:47:49,740 --> 00:47:53,210 Pretending to be a moralist sympathizer. 422 00:47:55,220 --> 00:47:56,890 Should get a good price for them. 423 00:47:57,140 --> 00:48:00,210 Aren't you going to wait in here for Hans's phone call. - No, I don't think so. 424 00:48:00,460 --> 00:48:03,370 Did he say what time is gonna call? - No, just that he wanted to talk to you. 425 00:48:03,620 --> 00:48:07,930 Oh mind you, Yvonne took the telephone message. Well, you know what she's like. 426 00:48:08,180 --> 00:48:11,010 If you don't start off with your rank, she stops listening. 427 00:48:12,900 --> 00:48:15,330 Oh, that's nice. 428 00:48:18,140 --> 00:48:23,570 Keep an eye on that stupid relief girl will you. She broke 14 of my best glasses last night. 429 00:48:23,820 --> 00:48:26,490 Our glasses. Albert. 430 00:48:31,500 --> 00:48:32,930 Hello. Oh yes, Hans. 431 00:48:36,620 --> 00:48:41,010 I think he was doing the goose step, not the foxtrot. 432 00:48:43,900 --> 00:48:46,170 Claudette, the tables. 433 00:48:48,220 --> 00:48:51,250 What's the matter with your foot, Yvonne? - The German army. 434 00:48:51,500 --> 00:48:55,570 Oh dear. Well, when it stops paying for its drinks, you can stop dancing with it. 435 00:48:55,900 --> 00:49:00,170 Don't you think it's about time you relieved Claudette? She's been waiting tables on her own now 3/4 of an hour. 436 00:49:00,420 --> 00:49:03,330 There's another 5 minutes before the changeover, Monique. 437 00:49:03,900 --> 00:49:07,290 Oh, what a lovely watch Yvonne. It's new isn't it? 438 00:49:07,540 --> 00:49:10,570 A present. - People are so kind to you. 439 00:49:10,820 --> 00:49:13,650 It must be your personality. 440 00:49:13,900 --> 00:49:16,810 By the way dear, beer is awfully bad for the figure, 441 00:49:17,060 --> 00:49:21,970 not to mention the concentration, and we don't want you dropping anything this early in the evening do we? 442 00:49:26,420 --> 00:49:30,300 No, Hans. They would have kept you if they suspected you of anything. 443 00:49:30,940 --> 00:49:33,320 Yes, I'll tell Natalie. 444 00:49:35,460 --> 00:49:40,210 And thank you Hans. We may well call on you soon. Goodbye. 445 00:49:40,620 --> 00:49:44,770 I finished their ids. - Right, good. - What's happened? 446 00:49:45,020 --> 00:49:48,720 Natalie's aunt and uncle were taken to Gestapo Headquarters for questioning. 447 00:49:48,980 --> 00:49:52,610 As her Aunt got out of the car, an ambulance hit her. Killed instantly. 448 00:49:53,860 --> 00:49:55,850 Poor Natalie. 449 00:49:56,100 --> 00:49:58,850 What about Hans? - Oh, he's in the clear. 450 00:49:59,100 --> 00:50:01,330 So we're off the hook. 451 00:50:01,620 --> 00:50:05,730 Yeah, at a price. I mean she took her own life. 452 00:50:05,980 --> 00:50:11,130 Well it could have cost us and a lot of others a lot more. - Yes, I know. 453 00:50:12,340 --> 00:50:17,570 And we do still have these. Our first step towards a little independence. 454 00:50:17,820 --> 00:50:22,890 We still work with London Max. Not for, but with. - Right. Sure. 455 00:50:24,620 --> 00:50:27,690 Did I ever tell you my idea regarding them? - No. 456 00:50:27,940 --> 00:50:31,940 Once I'm safely in the land of the cuckoo clocks, I suggest that Sturmbannfuhrer Kessler 457 00:50:31,990 --> 00:50:36,550 receive a telephone call from your friend, the mother superior. - Now look... - Hear me out. 458 00:50:37,300 --> 00:50:42,240 It would be to ask him if he would be so good as to keep her little secret. - Which is? 459 00:50:42,500 --> 00:50:48,650 That the three beautiful Rubens which he's so kindly looking after for the convent are in fact copies, 460 00:50:48,900 --> 00:50:50,690 painted locally. 461 00:50:50,940 --> 00:50:54,290 That she didn't like to admit this in front of the Sisters when he had called 462 00:50:54,540 --> 00:51:01,770 for they had always believed their convent to be specially blessed in possessing such revered paintings by one of Belgium's most famous sons. 463 00:51:08,340 --> 00:51:11,410 That is of course, if you approve. 464 00:51:15,660 --> 00:51:17,090 Right.