1 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:41,750 Who's next? Foiret? 2 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:45,230 Not yet. Our friend wants to watch him die. 3 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,670 What about the Boche then? -When I'm ready. 4 00:01:56,320 --> 00:01:57,950 I'll check the corridor. 5 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:08,670 Alain. Pascal. Major Turner. 6 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:12,590 Major, can you give me a hand. 7 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:21,870 I'll get some water. 8 00:02:23,480 --> 00:02:26,710 Vercors. They've taken Albert and Monique. 9 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:29,750 How long ago? -I don't know about 15 minutes, maybe more. 10 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:31,920 Where did they go? -I don't know. I didn't see. 11 00:02:32,000 --> 00:02:34,240 Are you alright, Pascal? -Yes, yes, don't worry about me. 12 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,590 Alain, they've taken Monsieur Foiret. -Where have they taken them? 13 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,030 Rue de Bois. The old works. 14 00:03:56,520 --> 00:03:58,670 Do you know who this woman is, Foiret? 15 00:04:00,480 --> 00:04:06,430 This is Jacqueline Leclerc. Her husband, Guy Leclerc was my closest friend. 16 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:11,150 He was killed five months ago when you betrayed us to the Boche. 17 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,150 Are you listening to me, Foiret? 18 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,510 Look up into her eyes. 19 00:04:26,000 --> 00:04:28,640 I said look up into her eyes. 20 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:34,343 I swore to her one day she would watch the last 21 00:04:34,367 --> 00:04:37,270 breath squeeze from your filthy throat, Foiret. 22 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,750 I had no choice. -She can't hear you. 23 00:04:41,080 --> 00:04:45,110 Are you pleading for her forgiveness? -I had no choice. 24 00:04:46,200 --> 00:04:49,350 I thought you would betray us. 25 00:04:49,880 --> 00:04:51,310 Liar. 26 00:05:26,200 --> 00:05:27,830 Hey there. Stop, stop. 27 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:30,590 Hey. 28 00:05:36,400 --> 00:05:37,830 Do it. 29 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:40,150 Come on. 30 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:47,310 Stop. 31 00:06:18,200 --> 00:06:19,630 Oh, my God. 32 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:21,670 Grab him. 33 00:06:22,280 --> 00:06:23,710 Lift him up. 34 00:06:24,440 --> 00:06:26,070 Push him forward. Push him forward. 35 00:06:26,680 --> 00:06:28,110 That's it, that's it. 36 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:30,110 Keep him rested. Keep him rested. 37 00:06:33,080 --> 00:06:35,110 Take the flag off him, quick. 38 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:40,990 That's it. 39 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,120 Is he still breathing? -I don't know. 40 00:06:56,840 --> 00:06:58,270 Is he dead? 41 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,150 You did a good job Major. You probably saved his life. 42 00:07:21,520 --> 00:07:24,160 I have a prisoner to hand over. 43 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,150 He's alright. 44 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:35,950 Major, what about Monique Duchamps? 45 00:07:36,320 --> 00:07:39,350 We can't do much until we know where they've taken her. Excuse me. 46 00:07:39,840 --> 00:07:41,990 But she could be dead. We must find her. 47 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,583 As soon as he regains consciousness, we may know. 48 00:07:44,607 --> 00:07:45,870 I'll be at HQ. I'll do what I can. 49 00:07:46,160 --> 00:07:47,910 But that could be too late. 50 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:50,698 With respect mademoiselle, you are not the only people in Brussels 51 00:07:50,722 --> 00:07:53,180 who need my help, nor the only evasion line. 52 00:08:02,320 --> 00:08:06,150 Alain, we must find her. Help me please, Alain. Help me. 53 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:11,670 How Natalie. You've been out there. It's chaos on the street. -We have to try. 54 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:21,428 Gestapo HQ, Sir. I thought I'd bag it for us, before The Guards moved in. 55 00:08:21,452 --> 00:08:22,720 Well done. How's it all going? 56 00:08:22,920 --> 00:08:25,870 By the book so far. But I get the feeling that they moved out fast. 57 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:28,760 See if you can get hold of Brigade for me. - Yes, Sir. 58 00:08:29,360 --> 00:08:31,590 It's alright, Sergeant. He's a prisoner. 59 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:33,868 Now Major, since you're familiar with this building, 60 00:08:33,892 --> 00:08:35,800 perhaps you'd like to show me the best office. 61 00:08:35,824 --> 00:08:39,150 Our senior officers would prefer one with a view. 62 00:08:39,520 --> 00:08:41,534 Sorry, Sir, we haven't cleared that one yet. 63 00:08:41,558 --> 00:08:43,950 I'm sure the Major will let us know if it's safe. 64 00:08:44,320 --> 00:08:45,750 After you. 65 00:09:04,840 --> 00:09:07,590 I see. Not terribly original. 66 00:09:09,760 --> 00:09:11,924 No, give them to the Major. He'll do it for you. 67 00:09:11,948 --> 00:09:13,510 That's a job for an expert, Sir. 68 00:09:13,880 --> 00:09:17,630 I've no doubt the Major is familiar with German booby traps. 69 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,550 And since it's his own neck, he's likely to be extra careful. 70 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,710 Well done. 71 00:10:21,600 --> 00:10:25,830 Well, let's have the window open. It's a bit stuffy in here. Not you, Sergeant. 72 00:11:08,000 --> 00:11:10,902 Splendid. You're going to save us an awful lot of time, Major. 73 00:11:10,926 --> 00:11:13,150 I'm so glad you waited on for us. 74 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,270 Pascal, can't we talk to him? He's the only one who knows where Monique is. 75 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:24,630 He's going to come round, my dear, but he'll do it in his own time. 76 00:11:27,520 --> 00:11:30,750 Albert, where is she? -Natalie. For God's sake! 77 00:11:31,080 --> 00:11:34,030 Tell me where Monique is. Tell me... 78 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:44,350 Natalie, come on. 79 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:48,243 There was nothing. 80 00:11:48,267 --> 00:11:51,670 Some old woman in the market place said she saw them being taken away, but... 81 00:11:55,400 --> 00:11:58,350 Albert, come on. -Leave him. Leave him. 82 00:12:10,080 --> 00:12:12,110 Right, he's coming round. 83 00:12:28,880 --> 00:12:30,430 Carry on, Sergeant. 84 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:36,338 Well Major, as an intelligence officer yourself, 85 00:12:36,362 --> 00:12:38,860 I imagine you're fairly familiar with this routine. 86 00:12:39,240 --> 00:12:40,317 Reinhardt, Hans Dietrich... 87 00:12:40,341 --> 00:12:43,070 Yes, yes, alright, but let's try and move on a bit from there, hmm? 88 00:12:43,400 --> 00:12:45,453 Your colleagues have left the city. You have stayed behind, why? 89 00:12:45,477 --> 00:12:46,416 Reinhardt, Hans Dietrich... 90 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,878 Having decided to stay. You have already been blacklisted by 91 00:12:48,902 --> 00:12:51,590 the Gestapo, so why not go the whole way and cooperate with us? 92 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:57,310 Reinhardt, Hans Dietrich Major, Luftwaffe. -No. Let's get it right. Luftwaffe police. 93 00:12:57,840 --> 00:13:01,070 The senior officer responsible for the capture and torture of Allied airmen. 94 00:13:01,400 --> 00:13:02,819 All prisoners taken under my command 95 00:13:02,843 --> 00:13:04,656 were treated in accordance with the Geneva Convention. 96 00:13:04,680 --> 00:13:07,148 Reinhardt, I have interviewed dozens of RAF aircrew. 97 00:13:07,172 --> 00:13:09,920 Some have been through your hands. Would you like to see the medical reports? 98 00:13:09,944 --> 00:13:12,400 Not my hands. -Then whose hands? 99 00:13:12,680 --> 00:13:15,178 My orders were to hand over all captured airmen 100 00:13:15,202 --> 00:13:17,700 to the Gestapo, as I'm sure you are aware, Major. 101 00:13:18,000 --> 00:13:21,750 Are you saying that Kessler gave the orders for torture and summary execution? 102 00:13:24,360 --> 00:13:26,008 Reinhardt... 103 00:13:26,032 --> 00:13:28,373 Reinhart. I have only turn you loose on the Grand Place out there. 104 00:13:28,397 --> 00:13:29,763 Before you've got a dozen yards the resistance boys 105 00:13:29,787 --> 00:13:31,000 will have a rope around your neck. 106 00:13:31,024 --> 00:13:33,550 You will not do that, Major. -Oh, wouldn't I? 107 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,303 If you could hand our chaps over to the Gestapo. 108 00:13:36,327 --> 00:13:38,430 Why couldn't I hand you over to the resistance? 109 00:13:38,800 --> 00:13:42,550 I gave myself up. I have told you, I was acting under orders. 110 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,480 Where are those orders? Let me see them. 111 00:13:45,880 --> 00:13:48,830 All records have been removed as you can see. 112 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:53,990 Looks to me, Sir, as if the Major is up that old familiar creek, without a paddle. 113 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:55,750 I'm afraid it does. 114 00:13:56,760 --> 00:13:59,400 Apart from the brutal treatment of service personnel, 115 00:13:59,680 --> 00:14:01,643 I'm getting mounting evidence of the torture, 116 00:14:01,667 --> 00:14:03,630 mutilation, and murder of Belgian civilians. 117 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,950 The orders came from here, from this building. -But not from me. 118 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:11,360 Someone's going to have to stand trial for it. 119 00:14:11,720 --> 00:14:14,870 And I'm afraid Kessler has left you holding the baby. 120 00:14:15,360 --> 00:14:16,790 Take him away. 121 00:14:18,440 --> 00:14:19,870 This way please. 122 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:28,270 What do you really want from me, Major? 123 00:14:32,120 --> 00:14:33,550 Kessler. 124 00:14:36,840 --> 00:14:41,860 Standartenführer Kessler left Brussels at midday. 125 00:14:42,360 --> 00:14:46,390 As late as that? And would you care to tell me where he was heading? 126 00:14:48,080 --> 00:14:51,510 As far as his petrol will take him. I suppose. 127 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:04,230 Damn it. 128 00:15:08,040 --> 00:15:10,680 I ordered them to fill the tank. 129 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,150 I ordered them. 130 00:15:22,160 --> 00:15:23,590 Come. 131 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:47,790 Ludwig, I can't keep up. 132 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:51,503 We should have reached the Liege canal by now. 133 00:15:51,527 --> 00:15:53,830 We must have taken the wrong turning. 134 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:55,550 I can't keep up.. 135 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,630 American Mustangs. They swarm around like flies. 136 00:16:05,920 --> 00:16:07,670 Where's the Luftwaffe? 137 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:13,230 I'm holding you up. 138 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:21,343 No, of course not. 139 00:16:21,367 --> 00:16:23,430 As long as we keep moving under cover until nightfall. 140 00:16:23,720 --> 00:16:27,070 Tomorrow Dietrich's Panzers will be here and will counterattack. 141 00:16:27,360 --> 00:16:29,390 Madeleine, there is a chance. Believe me. 142 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:33,430 The Allies have stretched their lines too far. It's the classic mistake. 143 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:35,870 Just say you love me. 144 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:39,990 I love you, Madeleine. 145 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,440 More than my own life. 146 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:05,910 Damn those Mosquitoes. -They're attacking all the canals. 147 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:11,070 We were safer on the barge, and drier. -They want to sink every barge they can. 148 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:15,150 Most of them are full of German soldiers trying to reach Holland. 149 00:17:34,320 --> 00:17:39,750 I've had it!. I'm cold. I'm wet. I'm tired. I want to get out of here 150 00:17:55,760 --> 00:17:57,190 What is it? 151 00:17:58,120 --> 00:17:59,550 Kessler. 152 00:18:00,320 --> 00:18:01,750 Who's Kessler? 153 00:18:45,480 --> 00:18:46,910 Ludwig... 154 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:50,470 I'm being stung to pieces. 155 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:02,150 What is it? 156 00:19:04,800 --> 00:19:06,350 What did you see? 157 00:19:19,760 --> 00:19:21,190 Kessler. 158 00:19:25,560 --> 00:19:29,110 Here, this is Kessler. Head of the Gestapo in Belgium. 159 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:31,347 The most hated man in the whole country. 160 00:19:31,371 --> 00:19:34,030 He will be trying to reach the German lines. 161 00:19:34,800 --> 00:19:36,750 He'll get himself killed. 162 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:40,732 Come on, let's get moving. It can't be all that far to Brussels. 163 00:19:40,756 --> 00:19:43,150 We were only 16 km away when we left the barge. 164 00:19:43,560 --> 00:19:45,710 Is there anything useful here? 165 00:19:47,760 --> 00:19:51,710 He's responsible for the death of my wife. 166 00:19:55,720 --> 00:19:57,750 Alright. I can manage. 167 00:19:58,880 --> 00:20:00,510 Just point me in the right direction. 168 00:20:02,480 --> 00:20:05,910 Maybe we've already passed through the German lines and didn't notice. 169 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:08,270 Well, which way? 170 00:20:09,640 --> 00:20:12,670 Keep parallel to the canal. It will be full of troops. 171 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:16,350 I'm going to find this man. 172 00:20:31,240 --> 00:20:34,103 It's now clear that the last of the German occupation troops left the 173 00:20:34,127 --> 00:20:36,990 city by Northern suburbs virtually as we arrived from the Southwest. 174 00:20:37,200 --> 00:20:40,360 Yes, I've just come from their barracks. There was coffee still warm in the pot. 175 00:20:40,384 --> 00:20:43,750 But they left a few fireworks behind. Some real, some dummy. 176 00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:46,750 Our good friends in the resistance have done a wonderful job in pinpointing 177 00:20:46,774 --> 00:20:49,336 their positions and have offered to help us in any way that they can. 178 00:20:49,360 --> 00:20:51,190 We are very obliged to you, gentlemen. 179 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:53,823 Obviously our first concern is to make sure 180 00:20:53,847 --> 00:20:56,150 the main services are in full operation as soon as possible. 181 00:20:56,520 --> 00:20:58,950 Electricity, gas and telephones. 182 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,710 Telephones, Mr. Dunlop. -Thank you Sir. 183 00:21:02,560 --> 00:21:07,190 Now there are two 20 Kg charges in this building. Is that correct, gentlemen? 184 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:09,150 Here and here. 185 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:13,950 The first charge is wired to the existing burglar alarm circuit, 186 00:21:14,320 --> 00:21:18,270 but that is in fact a dummy. -Oh, so we can ignore that? -Correct. 187 00:21:18,640 --> 00:21:22,390 The real charge is linked to the switchboard itself. 188 00:21:22,680 --> 00:21:25,283 One of our group is a telephone engineer. 189 00:21:25,307 --> 00:21:27,910 He's ready to go with you and identify the circuits. 190 00:21:52,480 --> 00:21:53,910 Tommy. 191 00:21:54,320 --> 00:21:55,750 Hey, Tommy. 192 00:21:58,840 --> 00:22:01,270 Don't shoot, don't shoot, please. 193 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:03,110 Hande hoch. 194 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:07,630 Looks like a local, Sir. 195 00:22:09,360 --> 00:22:12,110 You were asking to get shot. 196 00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:15,750 Please you must help me. -Get lost. Allez-vous. 197 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:18,270 Jeezes. 198 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,270 You don't understand. I have just seen Kessler head of the Gestapo in Belgium. 199 00:22:25,640 --> 00:22:29,390 I don't give a damn even if you've seen 'itler. -But, I've seen him. 200 00:22:29,680 --> 00:22:32,630 Why won't you listen? -This man is impossible. 201 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:34,990 Go home. 202 00:22:35,760 --> 00:22:37,710 Why won't you listen? 203 00:22:38,000 --> 00:22:41,550 That man is important. He must be found. 204 00:22:43,520 --> 00:22:44,950 Come on. 205 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,408 I'm afraid the Major's in a briefing conference at the moment. 206 00:22:49,432 --> 00:22:52,080 There hasn't been much time. As you can imagine, we've been rather busy. 207 00:22:52,104 --> 00:22:52,974 Can I see him, please? 208 00:22:52,998 --> 00:22:55,070 Not at the moment. He's with the resistance leaders. 209 00:22:55,400 --> 00:22:56,830 Oh, so much the better. 210 00:22:57,360 --> 00:22:59,000 I say you can't just pop in there like... 211 00:22:59,320 --> 00:23:02,550 Major Turner, you promised to make inquiries about Monique Duchamps. 212 00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,230 Terribly sorry, Sir, she just wouldn't wait. 213 00:23:05,600 --> 00:23:08,630 Alright. -Have you? -Can any of you chaps help us? 214 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,150 Do any of you know Monique Duchamps? 215 00:23:19,640 --> 00:23:21,590 The lady from the Candide restaurant. 216 00:23:22,560 --> 00:23:23,990 We know her. 217 00:23:24,800 --> 00:23:27,030 I think not well enough. 218 00:23:27,760 --> 00:23:30,790 The Candide was owned and run by us. 219 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,880 Albert Foiret, Monique Duchamps, Alain Muny 220 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,110 and this young lady here, Natalie Chantrens were our agents. 221 00:23:39,480 --> 00:23:40,910 But... 222 00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,870 Why weren't we told this before? -It was too great a risk. 223 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:48,763 I see Major. You can trust a black marketeer 224 00:23:48,787 --> 00:23:51,350 like Monsieur Foiret, but not the resistance movement. 225 00:23:51,680 --> 00:23:54,710 Did you tell the evasion lines who you people were? 226 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,150 We used people who are least likely to arouse suspicion, just as you did. 227 00:23:58,520 --> 00:23:59,950 Monsieur... 228 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:03,870 Do you know Paul Vercors? 229 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:06,430 I might. -Where can I find him? 230 00:24:06,720 --> 00:24:09,750 You can trust her Monsieur. It is important. 231 00:24:10,040 --> 00:24:11,470 What do you want him for? 232 00:24:11,760 --> 00:24:15,190 He tried to hang Albert Foiret. If he's got Monique, he may do the same. 233 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:18,080 Where is he Monsieur Spaatz? I want to know. 234 00:24:21,320 --> 00:24:25,150 He could be anywhere in the city. -I think you can do better than that. 235 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:31,710 You might find him in the Gift des Souris -- later today. -Thank you. 236 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,790 Shall I send someone with you? -No thank you Major. I'll go alone. 237 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:22,350 Where is everyone? 238 00:25:24,280 --> 00:25:26,030 Why aren't they eating? 239 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:28,190 Haven't we opened? 240 00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,470 You are feeling better, Albert? -I'm alright. 241 00:25:32,760 --> 00:25:34,190 What's this? 242 00:25:37,640 --> 00:25:39,324 It's a miracle that any of us survived. 243 00:25:39,348 --> 00:25:41,390 I've never seen such anarchy on the streets. 244 00:25:41,680 --> 00:25:45,110 It's only a tiny minority, but they were creating chaos. 245 00:25:45,400 --> 00:25:48,630 They say the British are bypassing Brussels, making straight for Antwerp. 246 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,870 No, no they're here. -Only a handful. 247 00:25:52,120 --> 00:25:55,150 Enough to say they've taken the city. How can they keep order? 248 00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,675 The mobs, are they still out there? 249 00:25:57,699 --> 00:26:01,110 Who can stop them? Too many for the police to cope with. 250 00:26:06,480 --> 00:26:07,910 Where's Monique? 251 00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:11,950 Monique? -Yes, where is she? 252 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:20,030 Albert, what happened? 253 00:26:21,840 --> 00:26:23,270 What happened? When? 254 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:37,950 I couldn't breathe. 255 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:40,430 I couldn't breathe. 256 00:26:52,840 --> 00:26:56,990 Ludwig, are you sure we're going in the right direction? 257 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:04,750 I think that's a road. 258 00:27:07,720 --> 00:27:11,750 Come on, it'll easier for you. -But more dangerous. 259 00:27:16,960 --> 00:27:19,110 It's a Wehrmacht car. 260 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,830 Stop, stop. 261 00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,990 Why didn't they stop? 262 00:27:32,320 --> 00:27:34,070 Stop. -Stop. 263 00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:57,430 Get me Evere Forward HQ. -Yes, Sir. 264 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,308 I knew they wouldn't pass the message on. 265 00:27:59,332 --> 00:28:02,280 Well, they probably tried, but there's so much traffic on this one line. 266 00:28:02,320 --> 00:28:04,270 Come on operations, urgent. 267 00:28:04,600 --> 00:28:07,840 Can you show me the exact position you spotted him? -Yes. 268 00:28:10,520 --> 00:28:12,150 Here. -And the time? 269 00:28:12,560 --> 00:28:14,990 Over two hours ago. -Damn. 270 00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:17,163 He'll have made quite a bit of distance now, 271 00:28:17,187 --> 00:28:18,950 even if he's kept off the roads. 272 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:22,630 And he has a woman with him. -A woman. Are you sure? 273 00:28:22,920 --> 00:28:24,670 Major. Operations, Sir, -Good. 274 00:28:27,800 --> 00:28:31,430 Ronnie? Neil Turner. Operation Foxhunt. 275 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:34,203 Ronnie, we have a definite sighting on Kessler. 276 00:28:34,227 --> 00:28:36,630 On foot in open country with a woman companion 277 00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:41,550 heading East 3 miles South of Burg Leopold. 278 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:45,230 About 1300 today. 279 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,590 Listen, Ronnie, can you get AOP to set up a search? 280 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:55,270 Yes, if we spot him, make sure we get him alive. Thanks Ronnie. 281 00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,990 He may have reached the German lines by now. 282 00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:03,263 They're all running like hell for Holland. 283 00:29:03,287 --> 00:29:06,150 Our man's heading in the opposite direction. 284 00:30:44,240 --> 00:30:45,670 Is he here? 285 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:48,150 Not yet. 286 00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,750 What are you doing? -That uniform must not have a face. 287 00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:24,870 Good God. 288 00:31:39,480 --> 00:31:41,510 I don't know how you can do that. 289 00:31:41,800 --> 00:31:45,350 I can do anything that is necessary for our survival. -Ludwig... 290 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,880 You must never call me that again. 291 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:53,310 I'm Major Franz Spitzweg. That is Ludwig Kessler. 292 00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:58,430 I don't think I know you at all. -Then you will have to learn. Come. 293 00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:01,030 Come on! 294 00:32:06,720 --> 00:32:08,270 Yes, put him through. 295 00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:11,110 Hello? It's Dunlop, Sir. 296 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,790 Oh, very good. Just a moment, Sir. They run your fox to ground, Sir. 297 00:32:18,360 --> 00:32:19,990 Hello. Well done. 298 00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:23,150 Oh, I see. 299 00:32:24,160 --> 00:32:26,110 What, totally unrecognizable? 300 00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,710 So you haven't got positive identification. That's a pity. 301 00:32:33,760 --> 00:32:35,190 Two other bodies? 302 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,830 Just a moment. What happened to our bargee friend, Van Broeken? 303 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,550 He's downstairs. 304 00:32:41,960 --> 00:32:43,390 Get him back here. 305 00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,470 Listen, was there a woman with them? 306 00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:02,510 Had your revolution then? 307 00:33:04,160 --> 00:33:05,590 There's someone looking for you. 308 00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:07,630 Who? 309 00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:15,830 Natalie Chantrens. Looking for her friend, 310 00:33:16,160 --> 00:33:19,790 the songbird from the Candide. -Well I wish her luck. 311 00:33:21,240 --> 00:33:22,822 The British claim they're innocent. 312 00:33:22,846 --> 00:33:24,990 What do the British know? They weren't here. 313 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:27,920 They were paying the piper. They ought to know. -More fool them. 314 00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:32,267 Vercors. I've just come from British headquarters. 315 00:33:32,291 --> 00:33:34,910 And I think you've got it wrong. 316 00:33:35,280 --> 00:33:38,310 The Candide was the center of Lifeline. 317 00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,990 And I'm beginning to think that you knew that all the time. 318 00:33:42,680 --> 00:33:46,910 You lied to your comrades. That's your affair. 319 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:51,870 But you lied to us. We don't like that. 320 00:33:52,200 --> 00:33:53,830 It's the British who are lying. 321 00:33:55,640 --> 00:34:00,660 What's the matter with you? Want a nice fat payment for your resistance work? 322 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:06,470 Look, you're absolutely sure the woman was with him? 323 00:34:06,800 --> 00:34:08,967 When I last saw them by the canal they were together. 324 00:34:08,991 --> 00:34:11,630 He had a mistress, you know. 325 00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,720 Well, we have Kessler we think. 326 00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:17,350 What? -But he's dead. 327 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:19,510 Dead? 328 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,270 But you have positively identified this man as Kessler? 329 00:34:26,240 --> 00:34:29,390 No, but... -I can identify him for you Major. 330 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:31,110 Yes, I hope so. 331 00:34:31,720 --> 00:34:33,150 And ze woman? 332 00:34:33,520 --> 00:34:34,950 Nothing. 333 00:34:43,840 --> 00:34:46,480 Ludwig, can we stop? 334 00:34:52,720 --> 00:34:56,150 Well, put your shoes back on again. -I can't, I've got a blister. 335 00:35:10,680 --> 00:35:12,110 You're hurt. 336 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,830 It's my ankle. I think I've sprained it. 337 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:18,230 Can you walk? 338 00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:21,310 Yes. -Are you sure? -Yes 339 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,390 Madeleine, you can't walk far. 340 00:35:38,480 --> 00:35:40,710 In little more than an hour it'll be dark. 341 00:35:41,680 --> 00:35:43,830 We shall hide up until then. 342 00:35:50,480 --> 00:35:52,830 Come on, put your arm round my neck. 343 00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,670 This is Free Radio Brussels. 344 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:45,950 Spearhead troops of the British Guards Regiment and the 11th Armored Division 345 00:36:46,320 --> 00:36:49,150 march their way on victoriously towards Holland. 346 00:36:49,520 --> 00:36:52,350 The Allied Air Forces rule the skies. 347 00:36:52,720 --> 00:36:57,270 The complete liberation of our beloved country is now only a matter of days. 348 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:01,950 There are excited citizens on the streets to hail the victors. 349 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,750 We're free. 350 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:05,790 We're free. 351 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:09,750 I have to tell you, however 352 00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:14,110 that the British Military Command has issued this communique. 353 00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:19,030 While we fully understand your delight at the liberation of your city, 354 00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:22,950 we must ask you not to impede the progress of our troops. 355 00:37:23,240 --> 00:37:24,990 We appeal to you for calm. 356 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,400 Disorder has broken out in several parts of the city. 357 00:37:27,680 --> 00:37:32,510 The destruction of property, looting and instances of murder by public hanging. 358 00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,750 In order to ensure the safety of the law abiding population of Brussels, 359 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,110 it has been decided to continue the curfew for the next few days... 360 00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,230 They can't do that! -Why not? The Germans did. 361 00:37:43,520 --> 00:37:45,978 I issue this order with regret, but I must ask 362 00:37:46,002 --> 00:37:48,460 for your patience during the hours of darkness. 363 00:37:48,960 --> 00:37:52,990 We are seriously concerned that unruly elements, determined on vengeance 364 00:37:53,320 --> 00:37:56,150 may prove impossible to control. 365 00:37:56,760 --> 00:38:01,110 Well, that freedom was short lived. They're continuing the German curfew. 366 00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:02,830 They're quite right. 367 00:38:03,160 --> 00:38:06,390 They could at least allow the restaurants to stay open. 368 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:10,350 Albert, you're a fool. You were lucky to escape with your life. 369 00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:15,470 Well, where are the troops? The patrols? 370 00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:19,750 I'm told there are not more than 100 of them in the whole of Brussels. 371 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:25,550 We're no safer than we were before. -If anything, less so. 372 00:38:27,200 --> 00:38:31,350 The mobs are building cages. I've seen them on the streets. 373 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:35,230 All civilians are ordered to be off the street by 1700 hours 374 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:39,190 and remain in their homes until 0600 tomorrow morning. 375 00:38:39,720 --> 00:38:42,523 Night workers and people maintaining essential 376 00:38:42,547 --> 00:38:45,350 services will be issued with special passes. 377 00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:52,990 And what will your new friends do when they find us on the streets, eh? 378 00:38:53,320 --> 00:38:57,470 Shoot us down? Like the Nazis. -They're doing the best they can. 379 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:01,030 So Kessler lives again, this time in a British uniform. 380 00:39:01,320 --> 00:39:05,470 You expect them to leave the city to your anarchists? -Why not? It's our city. 381 00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,270 Monsieur Vercors? 382 00:39:10,560 --> 00:39:13,790 May I speak with you, please? Alone. 383 00:39:17,440 --> 00:39:18,990 Watch it, Vercors. 384 00:39:38,840 --> 00:39:43,190 Name, rank and number? -Franz Spitzweg, Major. 618924. 385 00:39:43,520 --> 00:39:45,670 Regiment? -Alright? 386 00:39:46,280 --> 00:39:48,230 I'm with the 15th Artillery. 387 00:39:48,520 --> 00:39:50,950 Date of birth? -13 November 1898. 388 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:53,670 Place? -Travemünde. 389 00:39:54,000 --> 00:39:56,259 How long have you been serving on the western front? 390 00:39:56,283 --> 00:39:57,830 I've been there for three months. 391 00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,710 Before that I was on the Russian front for two years. 392 00:40:04,000 --> 00:40:08,550 Charkov, Smolensk and Voronez under General Von Bock. 393 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:10,950 Yes, that's most convincing. 394 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:24,710 You've left out the most important question of all. 395 00:40:25,440 --> 00:40:28,790 Have you ever been a member of the National Socialist Party? 396 00:40:29,080 --> 00:40:32,630 No, never. I have no interest in politics. 397 00:40:32,920 --> 00:40:35,583 As a serving soldier, I carried out the orders 398 00:40:35,607 --> 00:40:38,270 of my superior officers according to my oath of allegiance. 399 00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:44,070 Are you married Franz Spitzweg? -I doubt if that would interest them. 400 00:40:44,400 --> 00:40:47,280 They're more concerned with trying to place the disposition of regiments. 401 00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:48,950 But if they should? 402 00:40:49,600 --> 00:40:52,950 Yes, I've been married for five years to Gertrud Liselotte Spitzweg. 403 00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:56,470 We have two children, Kurt and Elizabeth. 404 00:40:56,760 --> 00:41:01,190 So you have a settled family life, Herr Major? 405 00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:08,270 Madeleine. You and I know it's only a fiction. Spitzweg is dead. 406 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,190 Who are you? 407 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:15,350 If I should be unlucky enough to be captured, then I am Spitzweg. 408 00:41:15,680 --> 00:41:18,240 Simply to satisfy the interrogators. 409 00:41:18,560 --> 00:41:22,390 If you are captured and you are a major in the 15th Artillery 410 00:41:22,720 --> 00:41:27,660 with a wife and two children in Travemünde, then who am I? 411 00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,080 You took a risk coming here. 412 00:41:32,480 --> 00:41:37,030 You saw what happened to Foiret. Did he die, by the way? 413 00:41:37,400 --> 00:41:42,030 I came here Monsieur to reason with you. -I see. To plead? 414 00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:46,910 No, not to plead. To try to convince you that you've made a mistake. 415 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:51,830 We were not German puppets. But you knew that. 416 00:41:52,160 --> 00:41:54,310 You knew all about Lifeline. 417 00:41:55,400 --> 00:41:58,830 You wanted to take it over, but you couldn't. 418 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:03,190 We have helped hundreds of British airmen get back to England 419 00:42:03,520 --> 00:42:05,750 and you call us collaborators. 420 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:09,510 No doubt the Allies will reward you. 421 00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:14,230 If you want her, go out and look for her. 422 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,550 Monsieur Vercors... 423 00:42:20,400 --> 00:42:22,230 Well, Meneer Van Broecken? 424 00:42:22,600 --> 00:42:26,030 This body is not Kessler. -You can't be sure that. 425 00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:30,110 Major, Kessler was responsible for the death of my wife. 426 00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:33,350 I know Kessler. He wore glasses. 427 00:42:33,720 --> 00:42:37,470 But there were no marks, either on the front or behind the ears. 428 00:42:37,840 --> 00:42:40,590 Kessler was a desk man. He has soft, pale hands. 429 00:42:40,840 --> 00:42:44,190 This man has been in the field for months using weapons. 430 00:42:44,520 --> 00:42:47,080 His hands are rough, calloused. 431 00:42:54,800 --> 00:42:59,550 And is it coincidence that this man had his face blown off? 432 00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:01,510 Just his face. 433 00:43:02,280 --> 00:43:04,230 And how did he come to be in that car? 434 00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:06,563 Couldn't something have happened to his own car 435 00:43:06,587 --> 00:43:08,590 and he obtained a lift from fellow officers? 436 00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:11,261 The officers in that car were all regular army officers. 437 00:43:11,285 --> 00:43:13,521 That body is wearing SS uniform. 438 00:43:13,545 --> 00:43:15,070 Well? 439 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:20,990 Regular Army officers fleeing from the enemy would not stop for an SS officer. 440 00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:25,750 Why not? They're all Germans. -Major Turner they detested the SS. 441 00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:31,020 How can you be sure? -I'm sure. I'm German. 442 00:43:34,480 --> 00:43:38,630 Soon it will be dark. The sky is cloudy, there'll be no moon. 443 00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:43,990 We must make as much ground as we can. -No, let me try. 444 00:43:44,840 --> 00:43:48,990 Well, I doubt if I'll get far like this. -Then I'll carry you. 445 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:53,710 As far as the German lines? -To the Fatherland itself if necessary. 446 00:43:54,000 --> 00:43:57,750 You Germans. You still believe you're Siegfried. 447 00:43:58,320 --> 00:43:59,750 The name is Franz. 448 00:44:03,680 --> 00:44:07,230 Ludwig, why did you decide to pose as a married man? 449 00:44:07,600 --> 00:44:10,630 I didn't decide. Spitzweg was married, that's all. 450 00:44:11,400 --> 00:44:15,030 You can't know that. It wasn't in his papers. -No, it was in a letter. 451 00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:16,750 What letter? 452 00:44:17,320 --> 00:44:19,350 A letter from his wife. 453 00:44:20,320 --> 00:44:21,750 Here. 454 00:44:22,080 --> 00:44:24,510 You read it? -Of course. 455 00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,070 How else would I know the name of his wife? That he had two children? 456 00:44:28,400 --> 00:44:31,830 So it wasn't a fiction? -Of course not. 457 00:44:32,200 --> 00:44:35,830 You shouldn't have read his letter. It's personal. 458 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,111 There can be nothing more personal than taking a man's identity. 459 00:44:39,135 --> 00:44:41,350 You've no right to pry into his wife's letters. 460 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:44,910 Burn it. -But it helps to confirm my new identity. -Burn it. 461 00:44:45,240 --> 00:44:46,990 Let it die with him. 462 00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,550 You may think you've a right to his uniform, his name even, Ludwig, 463 00:44:51,840 --> 00:44:53,790 but not his wife and family. 464 00:44:54,080 --> 00:44:55,510 Madeleine. -Burn it. 465 00:44:58,680 --> 00:45:00,110 Very well. 466 00:45:01,200 --> 00:45:03,840 If it upsets you so much. 467 00:45:18,880 --> 00:45:24,110 Suppose the widow...Suppose she hears of you? Comes to find you? 468 00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,790 Well, that's unlikely. There are so many widows from this war. 469 00:45:28,080 --> 00:45:30,785 You're claiming to be the father of those children, Ludwig. 470 00:45:30,809 --> 00:45:32,030 One day they may track you down. 471 00:45:32,320 --> 00:45:35,350 I took only a man's name and uniform. 472 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,710 You took a man's past. 473 00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:40,310 I have no past. 474 00:45:44,200 --> 00:45:45,830 Only a future. 475 00:45:47,720 --> 00:45:49,870 Our future, Madeleine. 476 00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:54,150 When we reach Germany, we shall be married 477 00:45:54,520 --> 00:45:57,080 somewhere a long way from all this. 478 00:45:57,680 --> 00:46:00,430 And we too will have children. 479 00:46:00,760 --> 00:46:03,590 Always hiding. Always afraid. 480 00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:10,190 Listen. 481 00:46:20,840 --> 00:46:22,270 Our troops. 482 00:46:22,840 --> 00:46:24,470 They are advancing. 483 00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:35,830 Ludwig? 484 00:46:36,760 --> 00:46:38,190 It's must be. 485 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,230 Hande hoch. 486 00:46:50,640 --> 00:46:52,070 Hoch. 487 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:56,710 It works like a charm. That's the fourth one today. 488 00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:02,910 Move. 489 00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:11,150 How many many more of you inside? -No one. Just me 490 00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:12,950 We'll see about that. 491 00:47:17,680 --> 00:47:19,110 Smith, cover the door. 492 00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:25,070 Harris, over there. 493 00:47:30,560 --> 00:47:32,590 You're a naughty boy mate. 494 00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,950 Smith, pull up the wagon. Right, back over there. Move. 495 00:48:10,760 --> 00:48:14,510 We'll have a bit of a wait. Name, rank and number? 496 00:48:14,840 --> 00:48:17,480 Spitzweg, Franz. Major. 618924. 497 00:48:17,840 --> 00:48:19,670 And who's your lady friend? 498 00:48:20,960 --> 00:48:22,390 She's my hostage. 499 00:48:23,240 --> 00:48:26,070 Come on, Spitzburger, come on. 500 00:48:26,840 --> 00:48:28,790 Your war is over. 501 00:48:29,440 --> 00:48:32,000 Just stand here quietly. 502 00:48:32,320 --> 00:48:36,270 Some of my lads are a bit trigger happy. Know what I mean? 503 00:48:39,760 --> 00:48:42,320 Everything ok, driver? 504 00:48:46,640 --> 00:48:51,580 Right Miss. If you want walk over there and hit that Jerry where it hurts most, 505 00:48:51,920 --> 00:48:53,950 no one's going to notice. 506 00:48:55,400 --> 00:48:57,150 Go on. Don't be shy. 507 00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:29,950 I love you. 508 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,830 Come on, lads. In the wagon. 509 00:49:40,200 --> 00:49:42,550 There, makes you feel better, doesn't it? 510 00:49:54,120 --> 00:49:55,550 Drive on. 511 00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:07,270 Right Spitzburger. Walkies. Collins, escort the prisoner. Move. 512 00:50:13,800 --> 00:50:16,030 Missed your chance there, Sir. She was a bit of alright. 513 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:19,950 Sam, I could put you on a charge for what you were thinking. 514 00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:22,270 Congratulations. 515 00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,430 You saved me. -You're welcome. 516 00:50:29,200 --> 00:50:32,430 Left, left, left, left...