Colditz (1972–1974): Season 1, Episode 15 - Gone Away: Part 2 - With the Wild Geese - full transcript
With the prisoners' band playing,to provide noise cover and warn of any danger, the four men begin their escape,through the kitchen window and across the courtyard, into the sewers and then,on the other side of the wall,they descend the cliff with a rope. Ullmann is aware that something is wrong but by this time the quartet are clear. Player and Peter Muir head for Nuremburg whilst Pat Grant and Carrington board a train which ultimately carries them to the Swiss border and freedom.
16, 17...
16, 17, turning.
And now!
We got away with it.
Fancy Downing doing Henry Irving.
He should get an Academy Award, right?
Come on.
God! We got to go through that?
Just don't think about it.
George, you'll have to tidy this up
when we finish.
Now, that should do it,
if anybody looks up.
If anybody looks up,
we've had it anyway.
Give me time to make the ventilator,
then come as quickly as you can.
Let Phil and I get into the bushes on
the far side before you make your move.
Now, you may be able to see us
or you may not.
So you must rely on that music cue.
Don't forget that sentry is just
around the corner. So nice and easy.
Right, page 6, letter D.
You know what to do.
Keep going!
What's happening?
Can't see a bloody thing.
Something must have gone wrong.
They haven't gone yet.
Five minutes to lock-up.
I don't think I'm going to get back.
Ulmann?
It could be.
Captain James, why is your orchestra
rehearsing in Colonel Preston's rooms?
Well...
It was offered.
Herr Hauptmann. I think I can explain.
What now?
- We wait.
...and as my quarters are away
from the others,
I offered Captain James the facility of
practising here sometimes.
Is something wrong?
Possibly not. We shall see.
Will you all go back
to your own quarters?
It is one minute before curfew.
Okay, Jimmy. Thank you.
Well, that's it.
Can't get back tonight.
What are you going to do?
I'll get some kip
in one of those big cauldrons.
In the morning I should be able
to tag on to the orderlies
without too much difficulty.
Anyway, that's my problem.
Anything happening?
- Not a damn thing!
What are they doing?
Looks like our turn.
Send you a postcard.
A completely different time.
The one thing Simon couldn't tell us.
Well, that does it.
You realise we can't get back from here.
Back when you were up there,
I had a look down there.
And I think
there's a cellar that goes through
underneath the Kommandantur.
I'm not sure, but I think so.
- All right, come on.
You all right?
Light a match. For God's sake,
light a match!
Give us the box.
- Here.
It's a dead end.
A lousy dead end.
The air's fresh in here.
Apart from Dick.
- Easy.
The flame is blowing in one direction.
There must be an opening
down here somewhere.
I got it. I got it!
What is it?
- Strike another match.
No, we don't know what's there.
What is it?
Feels like some
kind of a coal chute.
How big is it?
One second.
10 by 18 inches.
We can't get through there.
- We'll have to try.
We might without some of
these clothes on.
Dick, you're slimmest. Get cracking.
- Right.
Right. Get in position, right.
There's a guard up there
with a bloody dog!
Did he get a scent?
And it comes out at ground level
on the moat path.
Is there a way through?
- It's pretty tight, even for me.
Okay, let's go!
Next stage.
Good luck.
And you.
See you in Switzerland.
Right.
They should be on that by now.
That means there's an hour
before morning Appel.
There's our way out.
So far so good.
Listen.
It's a guard.
There can't be a guard
on every damn bridge.
We could swim it.
Yes, we could.
But it would take two days
for the clothes to dry.
There's another bridge
three miles downstream.
There he is.
Let's go.
How much further do you think it is
to the railroad?
It's about a mile,
assuming we haven't gone wrong.
Keeping by the roads has its advantages.
Ja.
Keep still. Stay asleep. Gestapo.
Flemish?
Hey! Hello!
Hello!
What's he saying?
Something about tickets.
Danke.
What was all of that about?
I bought return tickets.
You're kidding.
No.
We've got 25 or 30 miles from here.
Yeah, we'll do the bulk of that
when it's dark.
I left my case in there.
We'll have to let it go.
You can share my stuff.
Salute him.
They won't have any trouble
spotting us out there.
We'd better wait until it gets dark.
We need daylight to find that road.
There's a fork here somewhere.
One road goes to Switzerland.
The other one goes past
an army training camp.
That'll take us back to Rottweil.
We're a mile from the border
and this place is going to be
loaded with sentries.
We've got to chance that.
We must find that road in daylight.
Then we can lie low.
Hey!
Leave it to me.
I'm not too keen on that.
- That makes two of us.
Let's see what he does.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Which way do we go?
- Left.
Is the river the border?
No.
It's some distance on the other side.
Are we... Are we in Switzerland?
You have been in Switzerland
for the last two miles.
16, 17, turning.
And now!
We got away with it.
Fancy Downing doing Henry Irving.
He should get an Academy Award, right?
Come on.
God! We got to go through that?
Just don't think about it.
George, you'll have to tidy this up
when we finish.
Now, that should do it,
if anybody looks up.
If anybody looks up,
we've had it anyway.
Give me time to make the ventilator,
then come as quickly as you can.
Let Phil and I get into the bushes on
the far side before you make your move.
Now, you may be able to see us
or you may not.
So you must rely on that music cue.
Don't forget that sentry is just
around the corner. So nice and easy.
Right, page 6, letter D.
You know what to do.
Keep going!
What's happening?
Can't see a bloody thing.
Something must have gone wrong.
They haven't gone yet.
Five minutes to lock-up.
I don't think I'm going to get back.
Ulmann?
It could be.
Captain James, why is your orchestra
rehearsing in Colonel Preston's rooms?
Well...
It was offered.
Herr Hauptmann. I think I can explain.
What now?
- We wait.
...and as my quarters are away
from the others,
I offered Captain James the facility of
practising here sometimes.
Is something wrong?
Possibly not. We shall see.
Will you all go back
to your own quarters?
It is one minute before curfew.
Okay, Jimmy. Thank you.
Well, that's it.
Can't get back tonight.
What are you going to do?
I'll get some kip
in one of those big cauldrons.
In the morning I should be able
to tag on to the orderlies
without too much difficulty.
Anyway, that's my problem.
Anything happening?
- Not a damn thing!
What are they doing?
Looks like our turn.
Send you a postcard.
A completely different time.
The one thing Simon couldn't tell us.
Well, that does it.
You realise we can't get back from here.
Back when you were up there,
I had a look down there.
And I think
there's a cellar that goes through
underneath the Kommandantur.
I'm not sure, but I think so.
- All right, come on.
You all right?
Light a match. For God's sake,
light a match!
Give us the box.
- Here.
It's a dead end.
A lousy dead end.
The air's fresh in here.
Apart from Dick.
- Easy.
The flame is blowing in one direction.
There must be an opening
down here somewhere.
I got it. I got it!
What is it?
- Strike another match.
No, we don't know what's there.
What is it?
Feels like some
kind of a coal chute.
How big is it?
One second.
10 by 18 inches.
We can't get through there.
- We'll have to try.
We might without some of
these clothes on.
Dick, you're slimmest. Get cracking.
- Right.
Right. Get in position, right.
There's a guard up there
with a bloody dog!
Did he get a scent?
And it comes out at ground level
on the moat path.
Is there a way through?
- It's pretty tight, even for me.
Okay, let's go!
Next stage.
Good luck.
And you.
See you in Switzerland.
Right.
They should be on that by now.
That means there's an hour
before morning Appel.
There's our way out.
So far so good.
Listen.
It's a guard.
There can't be a guard
on every damn bridge.
We could swim it.
Yes, we could.
But it would take two days
for the clothes to dry.
There's another bridge
three miles downstream.
There he is.
Let's go.
How much further do you think it is
to the railroad?
It's about a mile,
assuming we haven't gone wrong.
Keeping by the roads has its advantages.
Ja.
Keep still. Stay asleep. Gestapo.
Flemish?
Hey! Hello!
Hello!
What's he saying?
Something about tickets.
Danke.
What was all of that about?
I bought return tickets.
You're kidding.
No.
We've got 25 or 30 miles from here.
Yeah, we'll do the bulk of that
when it's dark.
I left my case in there.
We'll have to let it go.
You can share my stuff.
Salute him.
They won't have any trouble
spotting us out there.
We'd better wait until it gets dark.
We need daylight to find that road.
There's a fork here somewhere.
One road goes to Switzerland.
The other one goes past
an army training camp.
That'll take us back to Rottweil.
We're a mile from the border
and this place is going to be
loaded with sentries.
We've got to chance that.
We must find that road in daylight.
Then we can lie low.
Hey!
Leave it to me.
I'm not too keen on that.
- That makes two of us.
Let's see what he does.
Hey! Hey! Hey!
Which way do we go?
- Left.
Is the river the border?
No.
It's some distance on the other side.
Are we... Are we in Switzerland?
You have been in Switzerland
for the last two miles.