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00:00:00The End
00:01:39Good night, gentlemen.
00:01:41Good morning, men.
00:01:43Stage five in ten minutes.
00:01:47Come on.
00:01:48Come on.
00:01:52Why don't you take it back?
00:01:55Oh.
00:02:07Come on.
00:02:08Come on.
00:02:09Settle down.
00:02:10Quiet.
00:02:11Hold that hammering voice, please.
00:02:14Now, will you all pay attention to the director?
00:02:21Now, Liz, I want you all to listen very, very carefully to what I'm going to say.
00:02:25The scene we're about to shoot takes place in a cafe owned by the mayor of a little village in
00:02:31Austria.
00:02:31The mayor is a pompous political type, and he's just made a speech in which he's insulted the honor of
00:02:37the regiment.
00:02:38The regiment gentleman that you are supposed to represent.
00:02:41Well, now, as a sort of retaliation, you force your way into his cafe and smash the place out.
00:02:46Now, is that clear?
00:02:47Yes.
00:02:48Good.
00:02:48And when I say smash, I mean smash.
00:02:52Now, I don't want to take this scene twice, and if you do it properly the first time, well, there
00:02:56won't be anything left to take it to the game, will there?
00:02:57But one thing I must impress upon you, this has got to be tough.
00:03:02And when I say tough, I mean tough.
00:03:05Now, look.
00:03:06I want six of you chaps as section leaders just to start the ball, really.
00:03:09I'll take you, and, uh...
00:03:11Yes, you'll do, and, uh...
00:03:15Here, you. Come over here a minute.
00:03:21Well, if it isn't young Blair, how are you?
00:03:24I'm all right, sir.
00:03:25Good to see you again.
00:03:26Uh, tell me.
00:03:28Are you doing this for Olivia?
00:03:30Yes.
00:03:30Look, I want to talk to you.
00:03:31You go down to my office.
00:03:32I know, but I've just signed on...
00:03:33Don't mind what you've signed.
00:03:34Ron.
00:03:35Sir.
00:03:36Show Mr. Blair down to my office.
00:03:37Yes, sir.
00:03:38Yes, and change out of that ruddy, awful uniform.
00:03:41Come this way, please.
00:03:42Right.
00:03:42Uh, we'll take four more of you, and then we'll have a crack.
00:03:46Right.
00:03:47Demonstrations, please.
00:03:49I was just wondering, uh...
00:03:50If you need to come over there...
00:03:56Good to see you again, Neil.
00:04:01When did you get out?
00:04:02Five months ago.
00:04:04Have you, uh...
00:04:05Spent your couture thing?
00:04:06Yes.
00:04:08Let myself do a drink.
00:04:14Have you, uh, been doing any writing?
00:04:16A little.
00:04:17Sold anything?
00:04:18No.
00:04:24Tell me...
00:04:26Would you care for a job?
00:04:28It all depends.
00:04:29As what?
00:04:31Script writer.
00:04:32Three months contract starting tomorrow.
00:04:34You work at a place called Val Crotche up in the Dolomites.
00:04:37Thirty quid a week and all your expenses.
00:04:40Whether you want it or not.
00:04:41What makes you think I can write a script?
00:04:43I don't.
00:04:44Then why?
00:04:44Well, you're not supposed to be writing one.
00:04:46You see, what you're really doing is, uh...
00:04:49Holding a sort of watching brief for me
00:04:50And keeping an eye on certain people.
00:04:52I'd go myself, only I've got to finish this epic first.
00:04:55What makes you think I'm the man for the job?
00:04:56Nobody else.
00:04:58Oh, I see.
00:04:59I know I can trust you and that helps.
00:05:01You're supposed to be a writer, so that gives me an excuse for sending it.
00:05:04The rest...
00:05:05It's in the lap of the gods.
00:05:06Well, if you'll risk it, I will.
00:05:08Fine.
00:05:08What's the drill?
00:05:09Now, look.
00:05:10You go to this place, Val Crotche, and snoop around.
00:05:13You live in a little ski hut up in the mountains.
00:05:15And I want you to watch everyone who comes there carefully.
00:05:18And keep me posted about everything that goes on.
00:05:21Everything.
00:05:23And, uh...
00:05:23Look out for her.
00:05:25She used to call herself Carla or Meta, but I should think she's changed that by now.
00:05:28All right.
00:05:29What else?
00:05:30Nothing else.
00:05:30Blimey. Is that all I get to go on?
00:05:32Yes.
00:05:32The less you know about this, the better.
00:05:34You see, I'm following a lead I picked up when I was in intelligence in Italy.
00:05:38Maybe there's something in it, maybe not.
00:05:39But I'm going to find out.
00:05:41At least you're going to find out for me.
00:05:43All right.
00:05:43When do I start?
00:05:44Tomorrow morning.
00:05:46My secretary will give you all the dope about the plane and everything.
00:05:48And I'm sending a cameraman with you.
00:05:50A chap called Wesson.
00:05:51What on earth for?
00:05:52A local colour.
00:05:53He can take a few exteriors while he's there.
00:05:55And in case anyone doubts your story.
00:05:57Does he know about, uh...
00:05:58No, no.
00:05:58As far as he's concerned, you really are a scriptwriter and there's really going to be a film.
00:06:03Well, good luck, I'll tell you.
00:06:07Oh, yes.
00:06:08There's one other little thing.
00:06:10This chap, Wesson, he's bound to try and talk you into staying at the hotel down below instead of at
00:06:14the hut.
00:06:15If he does, the answer's no.
00:06:34I'm sorry, old boy, but the answer is no.
00:06:36Well, I don't get it.
00:06:37What possible difference can it make to your script?
00:06:39If we stay here in comfort in the hotel instead of living in a blinking hut halfway of a perishing
00:06:43owl.
00:06:44Connect.
00:06:45Do okay, Nick.
00:06:46So it...
00:06:46Well, I imagine that Engles thinks we can get better start-up at the hut.
00:06:49Oh, well, for you, of course.
00:06:50You can sit around the fire all day long, kid yourself, you're working.
00:06:52I'm the one that's going to go prancing about in the snow like a bloody mountain goat.
00:06:55Yeah.
00:06:56What's the film about, anyway?
00:06:58Where's the script?
00:06:59I'm supposed to begin to write the script.
00:07:00Well, it's the storyline.
00:07:01Isn't one yet?
00:07:02Well, Engles must be up the pole.
00:07:04Do you know him long?
00:07:05Yeah, he used to be my CEO.
00:07:07Didn't get shell shock or anything like that, did he?
00:07:09That's I know of.
00:07:09He left us to go into intelligence.
00:07:11He was perfectly all right then.
00:07:12Intelligence, eh?
00:07:13Yes, I knew a fellow in that lark once.
00:07:15Thought everybody was a spy.
00:07:16Spent thousands of pounds having perfectly innocent people watched.
00:07:20Scusate, signor.
00:07:23Scusate.
00:07:24All is arranged.
00:07:25The rooms at the refugio, they are booked and the buses, she leave in five minutes.
00:07:28I couldn't be more, please.
00:07:29If the signori wish to stay here, I can arrange.
00:07:32Yes?
00:07:32No.
00:07:33The signori can sleep here and go to the call every day.
00:07:35He's very healthy at the refugio.
00:07:37But it's not like hotel.
00:07:38It's badly managed, too.
00:07:39Well, doesn't the hut belong to the hotel?
00:07:40No, no.
00:07:41We arrange the bookings, that is all.
00:07:42It's not comfortable there.
00:07:43I met Aldo.
00:07:44He's no good.
00:07:45Dirty lazy.
00:07:46And his wife.
00:07:48Very soon, two, three days, I sack them both.
00:07:50Yes, I thought you'd tell me that it didn't belong to you.
00:07:53Not yet.
00:07:54But in two days' time, there will be an auction here in this very room.
00:07:57I will buy it then for 250,000 lira.
00:07:59Nice straight auction.
00:08:01Ah, formality, signor.
00:08:02We arrange things well here in Val Croce.
00:08:05There will be one bid only, mine.
00:08:07You will see.
00:08:07It is all arranged.
00:08:08Well, why have an auction?
00:08:09Well, that is the government.
00:08:10The government sell it, but they do not know in Roma how it is here in Val Croce.
00:08:13Oh, I see you have a nice government too.
00:08:15Well, how comes the government to own a scheme?
00:08:18Last week, they arrested the man who buy it at the end of the war.
00:08:21Ah, we think he's Italian, but now we find it is Delban, a German Gestapo man who hide there.
00:08:27Ah, it's a dirty dog.
00:08:28Yeah, well, I might come down and have a look at that auction.
00:08:30Good, you come.
00:08:31And after we have celebration, eh?
00:08:32When you have seen a Val Croce auction, you have seen a something, I tell you.
00:08:37First, I'll stick with it.
00:08:38Eh, scusate, signore, scusate.
00:08:40L'autobus è arrivato.
00:08:41Gli altri genti hanno...
00:08:42Gia prepposto.
00:08:44Non posso aspettare lungo tempo per queste genti qui.
00:08:46Dovete partare immediatamente, subito, subito, subito.
00:08:50Eh, grazie, grazie, grazie.
00:08:52What's he say?
00:08:53Oh, I say the bus is here.
00:08:54Eh, well, I hope you will be very comfortable in a refusal.
00:08:57But I know you will not.
00:08:59Ah, right there.
00:09:01Oh, scusami, scusate.
00:09:03Another formalities.
00:09:04Arrivederci, signore.
00:09:07Arrivederci.
00:09:09Arrivederci.
00:09:09Arrivederci.
00:09:37Arrivederci.
00:09:39Arrivederci.
00:09:45Arrivederci.
00:09:47Arrivederci.
00:09:52Arrivederci.
00:09:54Arrivederci.
00:09:55Arrivederci.
00:09:55Arrivederci.
00:09:56Arrivederci.
00:09:57Arrivederci.
00:09:59Arrivederci.
00:10:01Arrivederci.
00:10:26Come on, let's get a move on.
00:10:59Come on, come on.
00:11:01Come on.
00:11:04We have booked two rooms, Mr. Blair and Mr. Wesson.
00:11:11That went well.
00:11:14Even the downbell doesn't work.
00:11:16No, it doesn't.
00:11:17Signori.
00:11:18Oh, good morning.
00:11:20We are from the alberga, Mancini, and we have booked two rooms.
00:11:23Non ci sono camere.
00:11:25What?
00:11:26Mr. Mancini said the rooms are booked.
00:11:28No rooms, no rooms.
00:11:29Now, look here, you bald-headed old bath bun.
00:11:31Don't think that we want to stay at your little old log cabin.
00:11:34Look, we have booked two rooms.
00:11:36No rooms, no rooms, no rooms.
00:11:49No rooms, no rooms.
00:11:55Oh, pardon me.
00:11:56All right, what's in this one?
00:11:57Oh, sorry.
00:12:00I'm so sorry.
00:12:02You are looking for me?
00:12:04No, we are looking for a room.
00:12:06Ah.
00:12:06We have booked, but he says there are no rooms.
00:12:09My name is Valdini.
00:12:11Stefano Valdini.
00:12:12Ah.
00:12:12This man, Aldo, is a fool.
00:12:14Un momento.
00:12:15Questi signori han prelottato le camere a mezzo di Mancini?
00:12:18Si, il signor Mancini mi ha telefonato oggi dall'albergo.
00:12:20Mi ha detto di servarle.
00:12:21Allora, bisogna dargliele.
00:12:22Ma la condessa...
00:12:23Basta cosi!
00:12:23Immedito!
00:12:24Dimensila!
00:12:25Da lì le camere!
00:12:27She's lazy, that's all.
00:12:29The fewer people, the fewer work.
00:12:30He thinks you're right now.
00:12:32Thank you so much.
00:12:32It is a pleasure.
00:12:33Le due camere di frontè.
00:12:35A questi inglesi.
00:12:37Si, subito, signor Mallini.
00:12:38Over the other side.
00:12:39Aldo will show you.
00:12:40Thank you to you.
00:12:42Bene.
00:12:42Bene, bene.
00:12:43Molto bene to you.
00:12:55You grab this one, Neil.
00:12:56All right.
00:13:01I'm next door.
00:13:02What?
00:13:03I'm next door.
00:13:04Oh, good.
00:13:05Bring the bags up, will you?
00:13:06Huh?
00:13:07Bags.
00:13:07Bagagio.
00:13:08I bagaglio.
00:13:09Bagagio.
00:13:10Three bags.
00:13:11Three collies.
00:13:12Three collies.
00:13:12That's it.
00:13:13Yeah.
00:13:13Three collies.
00:13:13Bring them up, will you?
00:13:15Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:13:17Questi stranieri, eh?
00:13:18Non mi piacciono questi signori.
00:13:20Sempre lo stesso.
00:13:22Eh, Emilia!
00:13:23Emilia!
00:13:25Emilia!
00:13:25Emilia!
00:13:26Eh, eh, i bagagli, eh?
00:13:28Eh!
00:13:29Cosa ci stai a fare?
00:13:30Spesso imbicilli, eh?
00:13:32Prendi le valice e portale sopra subito!
00:13:35Figla indolente che non sei altro, eh!
00:13:38Prendi tutta, tutta sta roba!
00:13:40E fila!
00:13:41E sbrigati, sbrigati, sbrigati!
00:13:43Presto, eh!
00:13:56Decidive!
00:13:57Cosa ci si agli da!
00:13:57Do you speak english?
00:13:58Yeah.
00:13:59Oh, don't waste your time banging that thing!
00:14:01Aldo!
00:14:03Aldo!
00:14:05Aldo!
00:14:06It's like that is it?
00:14:07Seams like it!
00:14:08Been here long?
00:14:09Quite half an hour?
00:14:09Half an hour too long.
00:14:10And if Aldo thinks i'm going to wait for him every time i want a drink, he's had it!
00:14:15Grappa, try anything once.
00:14:17Ah, e lei il direttore?
00:14:18Si, signore.
00:14:19Oprano di fatto una camera.
00:14:21Il nome è Maine.
00:14:23Non ci sono camere, signore, non ci sono camere.
00:14:25No rooms?
00:14:26No rooms.
00:14:26Have you booked?
00:14:27Yeah.
00:14:28Well, go on up.
00:14:29There's an empty one at the end.
00:14:30I looked.
00:14:30You tried that with us too?
00:14:32Curious.
00:14:33He's lazy, that's all.
00:14:35Oh, don't keep saying.
00:14:37Look here, my fine Italian friend.
00:14:38If you expect me to pay for this red biddy,
00:14:40go and get me a slate so I can chalk it up.
00:14:42I'm not waiting for you every time I get thirsty, see?
00:14:44Well, thanks for the tip.
00:14:46We'll see you later.
00:14:46The friend will have a lead, GF, segue me.
00:14:48Aye, aye, aye.
00:14:52Emilia!
00:14:53Emilia!
00:14:54Oh.
00:14:55Would you like to stroll around and see what the place looks like?
00:14:57I know what the place looks like.
00:14:58Coldest charity and miserable as sin.
00:14:59You have a stroll.
00:15:00That's an unfinished business here.
00:15:02All right.
00:15:36Joe!
00:15:38Joe, come out of here with her.
00:15:43You see that girl sitting over there talking to the little Italian from upstairs?
00:15:51Is that the same girl, isn't it?
00:15:55Could be.
00:15:56Where did you get this?
00:15:59That's a picture of an Italian actress I met outside Naples just before Anzio.
00:16:03But the point is, Joe, is that the same woman?
00:16:06Well, what are you going to ask her?
00:16:08Yes, I do.
00:16:09I say, if you've got a knife stuck in your back, don't ask me to come and pull it out,
00:16:12will you?
00:16:17Excuse me. Good morning.
00:16:19Do you remember me, signorina?
00:16:21I don't think so.
00:16:22Well, I was in Italy with the British Army.
00:16:24Excuse me if I'm being rude, but I meet so many people.
00:16:27Why don't you sit down and tell me all about it?
00:16:30Thank you, I will.
00:16:33Now, where was it that we met?
00:16:35In Naples.
00:16:36Your name is Carla Rometta, isn't it?
00:16:39Well, I'm afraid you're mistaken, my friend.
00:16:42Allow me to make an introduction.
00:16:43This is Contessa Forelli.
00:16:45Mr...
00:16:46Blair.
00:16:46Oh, Mr Blair.
00:16:48I'm sorry to disappoint you, Mr Blair.
00:16:51Yes, but this is your photograph.
00:16:55Where did you get this?
00:16:58No.
00:16:59You can see for yourself it is not me.
00:17:02Although there's a certain likeness.
00:17:04Very strange.
00:17:05Yes, it's a remarkable likeness.
00:17:07Well, please excuse me.
00:17:09Oh, don't go, Mr Blair.
00:17:10Stéphane, order a drink for Mr Blair.
00:17:13No, no, no.
00:17:13I've been quite rude enough for one day.
00:17:15Please forgive me.
00:17:17You are forgiven.
00:17:18We must meet again.
00:17:20Stéphane tells me you are here to prepare a picture with your friend.
00:17:23You must tell me all about it.
00:17:24I'm always very interested in films.
00:17:37Well, was it her?
00:17:39Ah, I think so, but I don't think she wanted to admit it.
00:17:42Well, it's hard to blame her, can you, with that little guy in tow?
00:17:43Well, take my advice you lay off.
00:17:45Unless you're looking for trouble.
00:17:47Perhaps I am.
00:17:48Oh?
00:17:49Don't jump me out of it.
00:17:51Never have to drink.
00:17:52Give me one.
00:17:53It's the only trouble I want.
00:18:05Gratia.
00:18:07Not bad, eh?
00:18:08Tea?
00:18:09I know you're gonna drink.
00:18:13Oh, dearie, who ever called this muck tea?
00:18:15What's it look like?
00:18:16No, don't tell me.
00:18:17Well, you ought to know better than to order tea at a place like this.
00:18:20Oh, I think something's crawling there and died.
00:18:23What do you suppose that is?
00:18:24That's the tea, senor.
00:18:25You permit?
00:18:27I hear you and your partner make a big film out here.
00:18:30That should be most interesting.
00:18:32Cigarette.
00:18:34Cigarette.
00:18:34No, I have a pipe.
00:18:35Oh, you smoked a pipe.
00:18:36But it's so much more comfortable down in the hotel.
00:18:39I do not understand why you should live in a place like this.
00:18:42Why do you?
00:18:44You see, I must live high up for my health.
00:18:46Oh, too bad.
00:18:47Oh, it goes much better now.
00:18:49Oh, thank you, my friend.
00:18:54Mind if I join you?
00:18:55No, come in.
00:18:56I should have introduced myself before.
00:18:58I'm Gilbert Main.
00:18:59Joe Wesson.
00:19:00Neil Blair.
00:19:00I am Baldini.
00:19:02Ah, yes.
00:19:03You're here for your health, I understand.
00:19:05That is so.
00:19:06Why do you ask?
00:19:07Well, I was wondering if this was the ideal spot for your complaint.
00:19:11I think I do not understand.
00:19:13No, I think you do, but it doesn't matter.
00:19:15Ah, that'll be my call.
00:19:17Any use, senor.
00:19:17You're here for your health, also?
00:19:19That's right.
00:19:20Quite a coincidence, isn't it?
00:19:22Two of us here for the same reason.
00:19:24Yes.
00:19:26Yes, she's here, all right.
00:19:28She calls herself the Contessa Forelli.
00:19:30Forelli.
00:19:32F-O-R-E-L-L-I.
00:19:35Yes, that sounds like her.
00:19:38Who was the chap with her?
00:19:42Well, go on.
00:19:44An auction.
00:19:46When?
00:19:48Now, look.
00:19:50You get down there and keep your eyes open.
00:19:52I want to know exactly what happened.
00:19:55Right.
00:19:57Chair, old boy.
00:20:14All right.
00:20:14Yeah.
00:20:19Something coming up.
00:20:20Sounds like it.
00:20:21It's a bit late for new visitors, isn't it?
00:20:22Well, it must be the new guest I'll do is expecting.
00:20:25He told me of him today.
00:20:26He's a Greek called Keramikos.
00:20:28He also has come here for his health, Mr. May.
00:20:31Mm-hm.
00:20:43Good evening, gentlemen.
00:21:10Hello, Joe.
00:21:11Doing all right?
00:21:12What do you think you're doing?
00:21:13I'm going down to the auction.
00:21:14Oh?
00:21:15What about the script?
00:21:16Oh, they can wait till later.
00:21:17Engels won't care for that.
00:21:18Don't you be so sure?
00:21:19I may get a very good scene out of that auction.
00:21:21I suppose it is the auction you're going to.
00:21:24What do you mean?
00:21:24Not an assignation with the Contessa.
00:21:27It's not down to my arm, will you?
00:21:28Sure.
00:21:30I'm sure you haven't forgotten anything.
00:21:31Quite sure.
00:21:31Ah, you have.
00:21:32What?
00:21:33Dancing shoes.
00:21:34Oh, yeah.
00:21:36I say, if I'm not back for tea time, send out a couple of St. Bernard dogs to look for
00:21:38me.
00:21:39And don't forget those little barrels of brandy that hang around their necks.
00:21:58Una delle ultime roccheforti tenute in questo paese dalle forze dell'oppressione, se non l'ultima,
00:22:04e per questa ragione solo, signore e signori, località di interesse storico.
00:22:09Ma come se ciò non bastasse, e a renderla maggiormente storica, proprio la settimana scorsa,
00:22:16una belva in sembianze umane, un mostro seviziatore, Heinrich Stelben,
00:22:24cui finalmente raggiunto e catturato come un topo in strada.
00:22:30Magnificent, beautiful, eh?
00:22:32What's he getting so excited about?
00:22:34Oh, he tell the story of how the notorious Heinrich Stelben
00:22:36was arrested in the refugio last week.
00:22:38Stelben? Not di Stelben.
00:22:40But yes, he was arrested at that very place.
00:22:42Ah, he begins to end.
00:22:44Un posto storico, meraviglioso, che si fa amare il col della vista che ha per vicine le
00:22:51eterne montagne, e le cui memorie sono parte intrinseca del cuore stesso della nostra grande
00:22:57e generosa stir.
00:23:08E ora signori, un'offerta. Signori, chi mi fa un'offerta?
00:23:12250.000.
00:23:14250.000 offre il signore.
00:23:16300.000 in lira.
00:23:19E 10.
00:23:19400.000.
00:23:21400.000 offre il signore.
00:23:22E 10.
00:23:24Mezzo milione.
00:23:25Mezzo milione offre il signore.
00:23:271 milione.
00:23:281 milione offre il signore.
00:23:292 milioni.
00:23:302 milioni offre il signore.
00:23:31E mezzo.
00:23:322 milioni e mezzo offre il signore.
00:23:333 milioni offre il signore.
00:23:363 milioni offre il signore.
00:23:363 milioni e mezzo offre il signore.
00:23:373 milioni offre il signore.
00:23:384 milioni offre il signore.
00:23:40Nessun'altra offerta?
00:23:404 milioni, 4 milioni, 4 milioni per la prima.
00:23:434 milioni per la seconda.
00:23:454.500.000 per signore!
00:23:48Nessun'altra offerta, nessun'altra offerta.
00:23:504.500.000 per la prima, 4.500.000 per la seconda,
00:23:574.500.000 per la seconda.
00:23:594.500.000 per un hat?
00:24:10Is she saying? There is something behind this, my friend.
00:24:13Sir Mancini, I've heard from people well informed
00:24:16that Baldini wanted to buy a refuge for the Contessa Forelli.
00:24:19My God!
00:24:21For the love of God!
00:24:23It was for the Contessa Forelli that Baldini was bidding.
00:24:25Contessa? Well, who bought it?
00:24:27Gloria from Milano bidding for no one, new zoo.
00:24:30It doesn't make sense.
00:24:32There is something behind this, mark my words.
00:24:35Come with me.
00:24:47Good morning, Mr. Blair.
00:24:50Oh, hello, good morning.
00:24:51Good morning.
00:24:52Going back to the hut?
00:24:53Yeah.
00:24:54The bus doesn't leave for nearly half an hour.
00:24:56Will you have some coffee with me?
00:24:57Out on the terrace.
00:24:58All right, thank you.
00:24:59You just come down on the run?
00:25:01Yes, my exercise for the day, and I fell only once.
00:25:03Good, isn't it?
00:25:06You've just missed the fun.
00:25:08They've been selling our hut.
00:25:09Do a coffee.
00:25:10So with yourself.
00:25:11And somebody bought it for four and a half million lira.
00:25:14Four and a half million?
00:25:15Yeah.
00:25:16Ha ha.
00:25:18Who bought it?
00:25:18Never received snow.
00:25:21A lawyer from Milano did the bidding.
00:25:22It's all a bit odd, don't you think?
00:25:25Well, I don't know.
00:25:26Nothing is really odd if you know the reason behind it.
00:25:32For instance, yourself.
00:25:34What about me?
00:25:36Well, some people might think it's strange that you live in a place like the hut.
00:25:40Yes, but I'm...
00:25:41I know you are writing a film story.
00:25:44But you could be so much more comfortable down here and do the same thing.
00:25:48I'm not the only person living up at the hut.
00:25:50Of course not.
00:25:51Of course not.
00:25:52There's your friend Wesson.
00:25:54Takes his pictures and is happy.
00:25:57But what Valdini?
00:25:58Why does he live there?
00:26:00Wouldn't you say he was more atonement in night clubs than a skiing hut?
00:26:03Yes, sir.
00:26:05And then Maine.
00:26:07Where does he fit in?
00:26:08And then yourself.
00:26:09Where do you fit in?
00:26:11Me?
00:26:13I like the solitude, Mr Blair.
00:26:15And it pains me a little to see that I have got it.
00:26:23Shall I tell you something else?
00:26:25Yes, please do.
00:26:29I know that you're not really writing a film story.
00:26:31Well, if I haven't written much yet, it's only because I'm absorbing the background.
00:26:35Ah, the background.
00:26:37A very good explanation, Mr Blair.
00:26:39A writer can always explain anything he does, however strange,
00:26:42by saying that he is absorbing the background for his characters.
00:26:46And yet it seems to me that you are more interested in what happens around you
00:26:49than you are in your story.
00:26:50Is that not so?
00:26:51To an extent, yes.
00:26:52I'm certainly interested in you.
00:26:55You flatter me, Mr Blair.
00:26:58You knew Maine before you met him last night, didn't you?
00:27:02You noticed that?
00:27:03Oh?
00:27:04You're very observant.
00:27:06I wonder why.
00:27:08What else do you know about Mr Maine?
00:27:10Absolutely nothing.
00:27:13Let me help you.
00:27:14He was useful to me in Greece.
00:27:17It was after he had deserted from the British Army.
00:27:20He was the leader of a deserted gang in Naples,
00:27:22until your military police cleared them up.
00:27:25Then he came to me, to Athens.
00:27:29And I think you should go now, Mr Blair.
00:27:31You'll miss your bus.
00:27:33Oh, yes.
00:27:34I must do that.
00:27:35Thank you for a most interesting chat.
00:27:37Well, what did Maine do for you in Greece?
00:27:41I think that will keep us at another time.
00:27:43Goodbye.
00:27:44Goodbye.
00:27:46Would you mind telling Aldo that I shan't be back for dinner?
00:27:48Yes, certainly.
00:27:49Goodbye.
00:27:50Goodbye.
00:28:03Carla.
00:28:05Carla.
00:28:06Bambina mia.
00:28:08Carla, non far cosi.
00:28:09Amor mio, Carla.
00:28:11Tu freu.
00:28:11Tu freu.
00:28:12Carla.
00:28:14Carla mia.
00:28:21Carla.
00:28:29Hello there.
00:28:32Oh.
00:28:33Hello.
00:28:34Are you working?
00:28:35I go.
00:28:37You are very easily distracted.
00:28:39Well, only when I have good reason.
00:28:40Oh.
00:28:41Me?
00:28:43Then I must go or there will be no picture.
00:28:45Just a minute.
00:28:46Where are you going?
00:28:47Back to the hotel.
00:28:49I'll come with you.
00:28:51How about your work?
00:28:52Never mind about that.
00:28:53I'll be down in just one minute.
00:29:03It's very nice of you to come with me.
00:29:05But what about your work?
00:29:06Don't just worry about that.
00:29:07Of course we must worry.
00:29:08Listen.
00:29:08You come halfway on lay and then you'll be back in an hour.
00:29:11What?
00:29:12What?
00:29:22Come at me.
00:29:23What?
00:29:29I will eat.
00:29:30Yes, sir.
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00:33:26Neil !
00:33:28Neil
00:33:31Neil !
00:33:37what's so funny you ought to be up here all right i'll come down things i'm frozen hurry up
00:34:29i found a cover hat for myself down there
00:34:31a sort of dark room i thought i was right still it's warmer near the bar
00:34:53what wouldn't i give to be a writer
00:34:55oh it's got a cure for frostbite you might try whiskey yes if we had any this italian hooch is
00:35:03no good for my liver don't let that stop you i won't get off your nose how's the script coming
00:35:10on
00:35:10just sorting out the characters how do you get on get any pictures what do you think i was doing
00:35:16out there in the snow all the afternoon yeah lovely stuff ski shots down at the bottom of the first
00:35:19slope there there's a sharp turn i got them coming right up into camera if you'd seen you listening
00:35:25yes
00:35:31i myself was with the underground you yes in rome we fight the germans all night the next day the
00:35:38americans
00:35:38arrive i don't like the germans and they are beastly people you speak as if the underground
00:35:45were of assistance of the british and americans peasants that's all they were peasants worth no
00:35:51more than a platoon of infantry what happened in the towns not until it was all over and the germans
00:35:57were in full retreated they come out with their red arm bands now that's your underground
00:36:02you knew them well i suppose yes i knew them
00:36:07were you in the army my sins italy yeah what are you in i was in the 201 light attack
00:36:18act
00:36:20they were in the abruzzi i remember them quite well especially tommy cross one of their battery
00:36:26commanders grand fellow do you remember him tommy cross yeah big chap light blue eyes large ginger
00:36:34mustache yes yes of course gratia gentlemen blast you wesson why what's the matter you might have warned us
00:36:42you were going to do that oh no much better to take you by surprise i like my pictures natural
00:36:48just to go on drinking don't take any notice of me suppose i don't want my picture taken
00:36:54you don't really mind do you it happens i do superstition perhaps yes a superstition and
00:37:00one i think you share mr caramicos oh this is a madhouse give me a ring somebody i have surprised
00:37:08mr wesson that people are superstitious have you ever tried to photograph native people i was a news
00:37:14photographer once well then you'll know that some native peoples do not like their pictures taken
00:37:19why because they are afraid afraid of what they don't understand a little black box which takes away
00:37:26their face for strangers to gaze at perhaps it's the same with our friend here he doesn't want his face
00:37:30exposed for strangers to see
00:37:59so
00:38:05you
00:38:07you
00:38:07you
00:38:08you
00:38:09you
00:38:11you
00:38:24you
00:38:25We work together, we work together.
00:38:29We work together.
00:38:32Can I not have any experience?
00:38:36Of course not.
00:38:40Not so few as here.
00:38:42We have no problem.
00:38:45We have a lot of experience.
00:38:46We have no problem.
00:38:54We have no problem.
00:38:58We have no problem.
00:39:00We have no problem.
00:39:07Maybe it's here.
00:39:16We have no problem.
00:39:18The spirits have all the reasons.
00:39:18We have no problem.
00:39:22We have no problem.
00:39:43We have no problem.
00:39:45We have no problem.
00:39:45We have no problem.
00:39:46There is a lot.
00:40:34I've been waiting for you, Mr. Blair.
00:40:39Why?
00:40:40Are you surprised to see me? That's not very clever.
00:40:43The print of your feet in the snow outside the door was still wet.
00:40:46It had to be either you or Valdini.
00:40:48Valdini's room is next to mine and he snores like a pig.
00:40:52Your door was open. Very careless.
00:40:54Do you mind pouring me another drink?
00:40:56It's been very cold waiting for you.
00:41:04Your health, my friend.
00:41:07Where's the other fellow?
00:41:10The other fellow.
00:41:12Oh, the other fellow.
00:41:14You didn't see him, did you?
00:41:15No.
00:41:17He's, uh, he's gone.
00:41:20I've waited for you because there are some questions I want to ask you.
00:41:23Quite a few I'd like to ask you, too.
00:41:25I have no doubt about that.
00:41:26Tell me, do you speak German?
00:41:28Yes.
00:41:29Enough.
00:41:30So you heard what I said just before I closed the door.
00:41:33You said, it is necessary to get rid of Valdini and his countess.
00:41:39Then, you said to the other fellow, you're good at that sort of thing.
00:41:45Uh-huh.
00:41:46Well, what's the game, Kerimikos?
00:41:49Mr. Blair, I have something to say to you and you do well to remember it.
00:41:52This is not your law-abiding, neat little island of England.
00:41:56This is Europe.
00:41:58Europe after seven years of war.
00:42:00Where people starve and hate and go on fighting.
00:42:03It's a jungle.
00:42:05Here it is no good to meddle into matters which do not concern you.
00:42:08Murder is a matter that concerns everybody.
00:42:10Murder.
00:42:12If you didn't hear the whole of the conversation, only a scrap.
00:42:15Hold on to that, Mr. Blair.
00:42:17And go to bed.
00:42:20Tomorrow, tomorrow, you'll concentrate on your film story.
00:42:23How can I concentrate on this place?
00:42:26Everyone here is here for a particular reason.
00:42:29I want to know what that reason is.
00:42:31It is none of your business.
00:42:33You're young, you've got your life in front of you.
00:42:35I hope.
00:42:38Cultivate a little, uh...
00:42:41A little less curiosity.
00:42:44Is that a threat?
00:42:45Take it as you wish, Mr. Blair.
00:42:46Good night.
00:42:50Good night.
00:42:53Good night.
00:43:20Morning, Blair.
00:43:21Oh, hello. Lovely day, isn't it?
00:43:23Yeah, lovely.
00:43:24How about going for a run?
00:43:26Well, I'm here to work, you know.
00:43:28You can't work all the time.
00:43:29That's true enough, but I'm afraid I'm not much good on skis, anyway.
00:43:32I can't believe that.
00:43:34That's a fact.
00:43:35Well, how about the Corvo Alto run? Not very difficult.
00:43:38All right.
00:43:39Fine, and we'll start right away after breakfast.
00:43:42Yeah.
00:43:42Good.
00:43:48Good.
00:44:16Good.
00:44:30Good.
00:44:31The zodiac.
00:44:32Good.
00:45:05When do we start going down?
00:45:07Just as soon as you've eaten these.
00:45:09About time, too.
00:45:13Just look at it.
00:45:14It's even grander than the view from the hut.
00:45:16Not bad, is it?
00:45:17You see, three countries from here.
00:45:19Three?
00:45:19You're counting this one.
00:45:21The Swiss border's a mile or two over there,
00:45:22and France is just over that peak.
00:45:25I had no idea. We were so near the border.
00:45:29Nain.
00:45:30Yep.
00:45:31Tommy Cross was small and clean-shaven.
00:45:36So what?
00:45:37Last night you agreed that he was a big fellow with a ginger moustache.
00:45:41You're quite a little detective, aren't you?
00:45:43That first night when Kerimikos arrived, you recognised him, didn't you?
00:45:46Go on.
00:45:47And I believe you already knew Valdini and the Countess.
00:45:49If you're observant, I'll say that for you.
00:45:51Now, I've been very open with you.
00:45:53Will you tell me something?
00:45:55What?
00:45:56You and all the others are here searching for something, aren't you?
00:45:59Now, what is it?
00:46:02I'll read these up.
00:46:03We'll discuss that later.
00:46:06All right.
00:46:14That reminds me.
00:46:15A friend of mine once went to a cinema.
00:46:17When he got inside, he found himself sitting behind a very large man in a fur coat.
00:46:21When he got accustomed to the darkness,
00:46:23he realised he wasn't the man at all.
00:46:24It was a large bear.
00:46:26Complying with you? Bear?
00:46:27Bear.
00:46:27Well, he said to the man sitting next to the bear, he said,
00:46:29Excuse me, is that bear with you?
00:46:31The man said, Yes.
00:46:33So he said, Well, do you mind taking him out?
00:46:35The man said, Take him out.
00:46:36He paid for a seat. He's enjoying himself, behaving himself. Why should I?
00:46:40So, at the end of the performance, my friend said to the man,
00:46:43I hope he didn't think I was very rude asking me to take the bear out.
00:46:46The man said, No, it's all right.
00:46:48My friend said, All I would like to ask you is,
00:46:51Why bring a bear to a cinema?
00:46:53And the man said, Well,
00:46:55As a matter of fact, I thought I had to bring him.
00:46:57You're very keen to see this film.
00:46:59You see, he enjoyed the book so much.
00:47:17Can you take it a bit faster? We're getting late.
00:47:19I had no idea for such a long run.
00:47:21It's absolutely straightforward from now on. No difficult turns.
00:47:23Just a straight run down through the woods.
00:47:26All right. It's just going.
00:47:28Keep those behind me, won't you? I don't want you to lose your way.
00:47:31Right.
00:47:53Yeah.
00:47:57Yeah.
00:48:06Yeah.
00:48:08Yeah.
00:48:09Yeah.
00:48:17It's just going.
00:48:21Beautiful.
00:48:23Yeah.
00:48:23See you.
00:48:23I don't know.
00:49:05Is this seat taken?
00:49:06Come è carina da parte sua di venire a tenermi compagnia.
00:49:09Mi sentivo così sola.
00:49:10Un rifugio non è molto divertente, non è vero?
00:49:13A meno che non si siano due.
00:49:15Oh, cosa mi fa dire?
00:49:17Massaclay è molto simpatico.
00:49:21Parle-vi in francese.
00:49:22Un francese no.
00:49:23No.
00:49:24Never mind.
00:49:25I speak.
00:49:27I speak slow.
00:49:30You and me.
00:49:35Telefono.
00:49:36Telefono.
00:49:37Telefono.
00:49:38For me?
00:49:39Telefono.
00:49:40Telefono.
00:49:40Telefono.
00:49:41For me.
00:49:42Naturalmente.
00:49:43Telefono.
00:49:44I go.
00:49:45I go.
00:49:47Telefono.
00:49:48You stay.
00:49:49You wait.
00:49:50I come back quick.
00:49:53I telephono.
00:49:55Ma bene, Venone.
00:49:56Basta che ho volte gli occhi e cosa mi succede?
00:49:58Tre giorni.
00:49:59Tre giorni che siamo sposati.
00:50:00Eh, ti faccio plettare con il primo venuto.
00:50:02Hello.
00:50:03Wesson?
00:50:04Has Blair turned up at the hut yet?
00:50:06No, I don't know.
00:50:07No, he's not here.
00:50:09Oh, I thought he was behind me.
00:50:10Do you know how it is when you get in the run?
00:50:12No.
00:50:14No, I've been back about halfway looking for him.
00:50:16You've been halfway looking for him?
00:50:19What do you mean?
00:50:20What's happened?
00:50:22Been in an accident or something?
00:50:24What?
00:50:25He's lost?
00:50:27Of course I realise it's serious, but what's to be done?
00:50:32A rescue party?
00:50:33What's happened, Mr. Wesson?
00:50:34Who's lost?
00:50:36Blair's lost out there in the snow.
00:50:37Who is that on the telephone?
00:50:39Maine.
00:50:39He says he went back to look for him.
00:50:40Let me speak to him.
00:50:41Quick.
00:50:42Gilbert.
00:50:43Yes, yes, that is Carla.
00:50:45What's happened?
00:50:48What have you done with that boy?
00:50:50Now, listen, Carla.
00:50:51You keep out of this.
00:50:52It was an accident, I tell you.
00:50:55What?
00:50:56Now, leave Wesson to organise the search party.
00:51:00Hmm?
00:51:01Necessary?
00:51:02Of course it was.
00:51:02He knew too much.
00:51:04Now, keep out of it, you hear?
00:51:05And don't contact Mancini.
00:51:07Leave it to Wesson, I tell you.
00:51:12Hello?
00:51:13Hello?
00:51:14Hello?
00:51:15Hello?
00:51:17Hello?
00:51:22Hello?
00:51:23Pronto?
00:51:24E li Mancini?
00:51:26Un incidente.
00:51:28Si, a Blair.
00:51:30Si, sull'Alto Corvo.
00:51:33Si.
00:51:34Si, benissimo.
00:51:37Grazie.
00:51:38Grazie, Mancini.
00:51:50What's happening?
00:51:52Mancini is sending a search party.
00:51:54They'll go straight up from Albergo Mancini.
00:51:56Don't worry.
00:51:57They'll find him.
00:51:58They're used to those things.
00:52:01Oh, my God.
00:52:02Nah, ah.
00:52:07He'll find that form.
00:52:08On the matter.
00:52:16Oh.
00:52:24He says,
00:52:25I'll find this man.
00:52:25Oh, yeah.
00:52:25Oh, yeah.
00:52:26Look.
00:52:28He's gone.
00:52:29Oh, my God.
00:52:29Oh, my God.
00:52:29Oh, my God.
00:52:30Yes, sir.
00:52:30Oh, my God.
00:52:31This man justappy will be there.
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00:58:59So, with your permission, I'd like to buy you all a little drink.
00:59:07Where do you keep the barmen round here?
00:59:08We don't. I sacked him long ago.
00:59:10Just grab what you want and chalk it up.
00:59:11Or don't.
00:59:12All right. Well, grab this one on me.
00:59:14Is that what you want?
00:59:15Yes, thank you. That and the cable car. Well...
00:59:17Caramere, they will not come.
00:59:19What?
00:59:20The tempest. The fear for the cable.
00:59:22That means you're stuck here for the night.
00:59:23Oh, no. I go down on ski.
00:59:25Not tonight. You won't. You'll never manage it.
00:59:26But I can't stay here.
00:59:27Oh, yes. We'll fit you in somehow.
00:59:28Huh?
00:59:29I think perhaps if I...
00:59:31Mr. Maine, I think, was going to suggest he move in with Mr. Valdini,
00:59:34but there is no need for that.
00:59:36I shall be delighted for Oliver to fix me up with the mattress.
00:59:38Down here, near the stove.
00:59:39No, no. I'll sleep down here.
00:59:41No, no. I prefer it this way.
00:59:42No, no. I prefer it this way.
00:59:42But I'm the younger man, if I...
00:59:43Now, now, gentlemen, I hate to see all this chivalry wasted.
00:59:46The, uh, contests shall have my room.
00:59:48And then the, uh, sheets will be clean, won't they?
00:59:51And the mattress can go on the floor in, uh, Blair's room.
00:59:54Thank you. You're very kind.
00:59:55Not at all. We've got a lot to discuss, anyway.
00:59:58And, actually, I'm not very fond of sleeping alone.
01:00:01Uh, I mean, uh, that is, in a strange house.
01:00:29What's going on?
01:00:31Come Hmm?
01:00:32What's going on?
01:00:33Let me see.
01:00:36What did he say?
01:00:38Something has happened to the cable.
01:00:40Can't do a thing under the lights.
01:00:41How long is this going on for?
01:00:42Maybe hours, maybe days.
01:00:46Another day like this.
01:00:48Why are you afraid?
01:00:52Afraid?
01:00:52Yes. You're afraid of something.
01:00:55What is it?
01:00:59Your friend will tell you.
01:01:06What does she mean by that?
01:01:09Tell me a game of gin rummy.
01:01:11Gin rummy, yeah?
01:01:16Give him another eye on that old boy.
01:01:18What are you talking about?
01:01:21You'll see presently.
01:01:29You can't have been concentrating.
01:01:31That'll be £1.13.
01:01:32I'll have to alert you.
01:01:33Okay.
01:01:34Ah, here comes dinner.
01:01:37Ah!
01:01:38Voltoveni!
01:01:40Voltoveni!
01:01:41Mmm.
01:01:45Ah, the contest.
01:01:47Alarm.
01:01:51Ha!
01:01:53Will you share the joke with us, Mr. Engels?
01:01:56You know, I can't help thinking how amusing it is to see us all cooped up here together.
01:02:02This is where your story's about to begin.
01:02:05Mr. Engels is pleased to talk in riddles.
01:02:08Riddles by foot, Mr. Kerimikos.
01:02:10The Mr. Smith of Greece.
01:02:12Greek since when, Herr von Kellermann?
01:02:22What, after all, is there in a name, huh?
01:02:25You mean a rose by any other name?
01:02:28The celebrated British humour.
01:02:30Where would the world be without it?
01:02:32Well, Mr. Engels, as you say in your wonderful language, so what?
01:02:37You've been puzzling me, Kellermann.
01:02:39Why?
01:02:40Because I don't look German, huh?
01:02:41Well, I'll tell you, my mother was Greek.
01:02:43I was brought up in Berlin, Paris, and you're Oxford.
01:02:46Yes, well, I'll take your word for that.
01:02:48I knew you'd come here, but how exactly did you find out about the gold?
01:02:52What gold?
01:02:53All in good time, I want.
01:02:55I'll tell you.
01:02:57Why not?
01:02:58That should be very interesting.
01:03:00No, no, very ordinary.
01:03:02There was a certain Corporal Holtz.
01:03:05That's right, I remember.
01:03:06He was one of Stelden's party.
01:03:08But didn't he die with the others?
01:03:10No, he didn't die.
01:03:11He managed to get away.
01:03:12But my colleagues and myself were fortunate enough to meet him,
01:03:15and we persuaded him to tell us his story.
01:03:20I see.
01:03:21And now you will share it with us.
01:03:25Why not?
01:03:28Will you drink with me?
01:03:30Why not?
01:03:30Why not?
01:03:33Strange is it not that we should be drinking together?
01:03:37Colonel Engels of the British Intelligence,
01:03:39and Special Agent Kellerman of the Gestapo.
01:03:42Yes, only one can't always choose one's company, can one?
01:03:46That is life.
01:03:47You serve your country and I serve mine.
01:03:50Yes, only you haven't got one left to serve, have you?
01:03:54For the moment it is true.
01:03:56There are many like me working all over the world, you know.
01:03:59We need funds.
01:04:00That's why I'm here.
01:04:02Germany is destroyed now, but one day she will be rebuilt.
01:04:05Her industry will again be the best in the world,
01:04:07and it will be the same with our armed forces.
01:04:10One day you can be sure fascism will triumph again, we'll see to that.
01:04:15There will be a new generation, thank heavens,
01:04:17who will have forgotten that war is horrible.
01:04:20You're very frank.
01:04:22I only hope you'll be equally honest with your story.
01:04:25Why not?
01:04:29You know, of course, that I was in charge of the Gestapo in Venice.
01:04:33It was there that Heinrich Stelven reported to me when Italy capitulated.
01:04:38My instructions were to remove the entire gold reserves
01:04:42of the bank of Italy to the fatherland.
01:04:45Stelven was the one man I could trust with such an important mission,
01:04:48so I gave him the necessary orders for its transfer to Germany.
01:04:53Had I known then that he was an admirer of Carla Rometta,
01:04:58or should I say the Contessa Aurelia,
01:05:01I might have acted differently.
01:05:03I found out afterwards that they were in the habit of meeting
01:05:06at Valdini's restaurant.
01:05:08Naturally, Carla was surprised to hear that Stelven was suddenly leaving Venice,
01:05:12especially when he refused to say where he was going.
01:05:16This intrigued her very much.
01:05:18She finally got out of him our plans for transferring the gold,
01:05:22and at once ceased on the chance of grabbing some of it for herself.
01:05:27The war was nearly over, she told him.
01:05:29If he took the gold back to Germany, it would only fall into the hands of the enemy.
01:05:34Why risk that, when, with a little ingenuity, they could keep it for themselves?
01:05:40The temptation was too great.
01:05:42Stelven eventually gave in and agreed to do as she suggested.
01:05:47What he did not know was that Carla had fallen for the charms of Gilbert Main.
01:05:53And Heinrich Stelven was now simply a means to an end.
01:05:56And that end was gold.
01:05:59Two days later, Stelven ordered the convoy to stop at a lonely hut up in the mountains.
01:06:05As Mr. Blair must have guessed by now, that lonely hut was here.
01:06:11And that, my friend, is the story of how the gold came to the Col de la Vista.
01:06:15All of it?
01:06:18Sufficient on to the moment, Colonel England.
01:06:20Tell me, why didn't you come out here before?
01:06:24Because, unfortunately, the good corporal never knew the name of the village to which he drove that night.
01:06:29I see.
01:06:30And I have not the slightest doubt that your persuasion of the corporal was sufficient to provide the end of
01:06:35the story.
01:06:37We have our methods.
01:06:39You see, Neil, here is your story forming as I promised you it would.
01:06:41And here are your characters about to play their appointed parts at any moment now.
01:06:47Main, for instance.
01:06:50Yes.
01:06:52Englishman.
01:06:52Public school.
01:06:53Charming.
01:06:54Didn't like having his photograph taken.
01:06:57No, I've no doubt you didn't.
01:06:59When I left the war office before coming here, I was informed that there was a certain Gilbert Main who
01:07:03had been reported missing, but believed killed.
01:07:06But he was short and dark.
01:07:08Identity papers are easy to come by, aren't they?
01:07:10When you find them on corpses.
01:07:12And talking of corpses, have you two clever film people decided why I should want to kill Blair?
01:07:17The perfect murder, that was your plot, wasn't it?
01:07:19Well, no murder's perfect without a motive, is it?
01:07:21The perfect murder never fails.
01:07:23But your motive was obvious.
01:07:25Blair knew too much, that's easy.
01:07:27But what interests us is, why you wanted to kill Valdivi and the contestant.
01:07:33Why do you want to kill me, Gilbert?
01:07:36You better ask him.
01:07:37His idea?
01:07:39I don't have to ask him.
01:07:43You double-crossed me, and now you want to get rid of me.
01:07:48No use to you anymore.
01:07:51And now, I know too much about you.
01:07:55I know, for example, it's you that informed against Heinrich.
01:07:59You had him arrested, you killed my Heinrich!
01:08:02You hated him and he despised you.
01:08:04It's not true, he loved me always.
01:08:06He loved you.
01:08:06He was a fugitive and you were able to hide him, that's all.
01:08:08And you stayed with him because your dirty, greedy little soul was in love with a million in gold.
01:08:12I seem to remember you weren't entirely disinterested yourself.
01:08:15You paid four million lira for this hut, didn't you?
01:08:19So that does give you...
01:08:21Keep your hand still, Mr. May!
01:08:40I'm sorry.
01:08:41What are you doing with that?
01:08:43You silly little man, it might be...
01:08:44It is!
01:08:47You know, you might have hurt somebody.
01:08:50Barb?
01:08:53Oh, there you are, mate.
01:08:57Cut your finger, madame.
01:08:59Oh, sorry.
01:09:00Any food left?
01:09:03What's the matter?
01:09:04You know, Joe, you'll be the dead of me.
01:09:06You might have hurt somebody.
01:09:09No food?
01:09:10Both will do.
01:09:12Drop them!
01:09:13Ah!
01:09:23Keep your hands on the table, all of you.
01:09:35I say, look, shut up!
01:09:40In my pocket.
01:09:45And now, my impulsive friend, what do you first do next?
01:09:49You're gonna dig, all of you.
01:09:51And where are we going to dig?
01:09:53That's what you better tell me.
01:09:56Stop that plague!
01:09:59Stop that blast!
01:10:00No!
01:10:03It was out of tune, you know.
01:10:06What makes you think I'm going to tell you where the gold is?
01:10:09These?
01:10:10You really think I'm afraid of these guns?
01:10:12Shoot!
01:10:13Shoot!
01:10:14And when I'm dead, what then?
01:10:16Do you know where the gold is?
01:10:18Do you know what to do with it, even if you find it?
01:10:19Forty cases of gold in bars.
01:10:21Do you think you can dispose of it just like that?
01:10:23You...
01:10:24You bore me.
01:10:26How do I know I can trust you?
01:10:28If you have your guns.
01:10:31Pick up that...
01:10:32Let Alice the Grat over there.
01:10:33Look her away somewhere.
01:10:34Do with her what you like, as long as she's quiet.
01:10:38And then...
01:10:39Our friends shall dig for us.
01:10:49Pick her up, Blair.
01:10:51Hurry up!
01:10:54Take her in there.
01:11:15Close the door.
01:11:18Lock it!
01:11:21Try it at my feet.
01:11:36It's also very simple if one uses one's brains.
01:11:40The story's progressing nicely.
01:11:42Aldo.
01:11:44And now, my friends, we are going to dig.
01:11:46I'm glad to see the maestro hasn't lost his touch.
01:11:49A little thought, that's the formula.
01:11:51But as you are also a maestro, you will know about that.
01:11:54My dear Kellerman, that coming from you is a very great compliment.
01:11:57Get up.
01:11:58Aldo.
01:11:59This way out, gentlemen, please.
01:12:35I'm glad you're looking for my soul.
01:12:38I am not gonna have you.
01:12:38I was wondering if I could do a while...
01:12:39... but if I could do anything, I could do anything.
01:12:46Oh, my God.
01:12:49I am so very powerful.
01:12:51My God!
01:12:53My God!
01:12:53I am so very powerful.
01:12:59Oh, my God!
01:13:02Oh, my God!
01:13:06Oh, my God!
01:13:16I apologize, gentlemen, for the difficulty of your task.
01:13:20The concrete may be a little thick.
01:13:22So this is where Stelman hid the gold, eh?
01:13:25Yes.
01:13:26And this may be the time to tell you the end of Corporal Holtz's story.
01:13:30It'll amuse you while you dig.
01:13:33According to Holtz, the captain's position as a member of the Gestapo
01:13:35was quite sufficient to overhaul the men.
01:13:38Go on digging.
01:13:41But I'd like to picture him standing here as I am now,
01:13:45complete master of the situation.
01:13:47He had everything worked out quite clearly.
01:13:50He would say that the convoy had been attacked by enemy forces
01:13:53and wiped out, that he was the only survivor.
01:13:57Then arrived the moment for him to make his story come true.
01:14:01He reached out his hand and felt the light switch.
01:14:14You saw what?
01:14:28You thought he must see my brother was happy.
01:14:32I had a friend!
01:14:32I had a friend!
01:14:35You saw me!
01:15:05Ah
01:15:06It took still within three hours to bury the gold.
01:15:10He never knew that during every minute of that time,
01:15:13Corporal Holtz, badly wounded but still alive,
01:15:17was crouching behind the machinery, watching him.
01:15:20If he had known, it might have saved his life,
01:15:23and I would have never found out the truth.
01:15:27Holtz kept his mouth shut for obvious reasons,
01:15:29until I found him, and then it was opened.
01:15:33Let's start something. Carry on, Diggy.
01:15:37Carry on, Diggy, old boy.
01:15:40That's very good advice, Colonel Engels.
01:15:43You should be getting near now.
01:16:06Devote, Armene!
01:16:07Jeze Maria!
01:16:09Ma don't let that go!
01:16:13Emilia! Emilia!
01:16:15Emilia!
01:16:16Emilia!
01:16:16Emilia!
01:16:16Emilia!
01:16:35Emilia!
01:16:42Emilia!
01:16:43Emilia!
01:16:44Emilia!
01:16:45Emilia!
01:16:45Emilia!
01:16:46Oh, Gilbert!
01:16:47Gilbert!
01:16:47Please let me out!
01:16:49Gilbert!
01:16:52The key is coming!
01:17:02It's coming!
01:17:04You have a lot of blood!
01:17:07Come on!
01:17:07Here it's coming!
01:17:08What!
01:17:08Oh!
01:17:08There's a place on fire or something.
01:17:11Hey, leave the door open!
01:17:12There's a bit of a smell, yeah?
01:17:13Yeah, that's what remains of the Third Reich!
01:17:16Yes, sir. There's a part of it.
01:17:19Go on digging!
01:17:20And underneath the remains, as you call it, of the Third Reich,
01:17:23you will find the gold which will help to found its successor.
01:17:26You find that funny, Colonel Engels, do you? Well, so do I.
01:17:30It is very funny that the enemies of the Third Reich
01:17:32should be so helpful in founding the Fourth.
01:17:35Make no mistake, my British friends,
01:17:38there will be another Reich, only this time it will spread all over the world,
01:17:40and then people like...
01:17:41...and there is a fire.
01:17:43Stay here!
01:17:44Stay here!
01:17:45And we're going!
01:17:46Let's go!
01:17:47Go!
01:17:48What are you doing?
01:17:50You're going to go!
01:17:52You're going to go!
01:17:53Come on!
01:17:54Come on!
01:17:55Come on!
01:17:55Come on!
01:17:56Come on!
01:17:56Come on!
01:17:57Come on!
01:17:58Oh, my God!
01:18:01No!
01:18:04No!
01:18:06No!
01:18:07Come on!
01:18:09Come on!
01:18:25Come on!
01:18:26Come on!
01:18:29Come on!
01:18:30Go on, Dicking!
01:18:31Go on!
01:18:31Ah, I see the maestro is beginning to crack at last.
01:18:35DICK!
01:18:38What's this?
01:18:39What's this?
01:18:41God, it's here, all right. Here, give me a hand.
01:18:49There you are. There's a ruddy girl.
01:18:56Where is it?
01:18:57How should I know?
01:18:58Where is it?
01:18:59Your guess is as good as mine.
01:19:01I'll give you ten seconds to tell me.
01:19:02And if I dare?
01:19:04Five seconds.
01:19:04I said your guess is as good as mine.
01:19:07You want your friends to die here, too?
01:19:09Okay, you win.
01:19:10Well, I'll let them go.
01:19:12Stay where you are.
01:19:13Give them a chance. After all, if they stay here, they're about to get killed anyway.
01:19:17Get back, Angus.
01:19:36Angus, Angus, Angus, too late, too late.
01:19:38Neil, Neil.
01:19:39Oh, is it that they hurt?
01:19:41No, he'll be all right.
01:19:41But what happened?
01:19:42We're trapped in there. I mean, they've got out in time.
01:19:44And the others?
01:19:45Too late.
01:19:47Too late for everything.
01:19:48Never even found the ruddy gold.
01:19:51Now, we'll never know where it is.
01:19:52I know.
01:19:54You know?
01:19:56Yes.
01:19:58Oh, come on. Let's get out of here.
01:19:59Help me.
01:20:00But the gold.
01:20:01We must forget it.
01:20:03Oh, no.
01:20:04No, my friend.
01:20:05I will never tell anyone where the gold is.
01:20:08Never.
01:20:10Already too many people died trying to find it.
01:20:13I will never see.
01:20:15Never where it is. Never.
01:20:18Oh, come on. Help me with him.
01:20:20Good, sir.
01:20:46Oh, come on.
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