Murphy's War (1971) Movie Script
[EXPLOSION]
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE]
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[REGULAR GUNFIRE]
[ENGINES CHUGGING]
[REPEATED GUNFIRE]
[REPEATED GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS INTENSIFY]
Abandon ship!
Get those boats free!
[SCREAMING]
[PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD]
[BOMB WHISTLING]
Get back!
Am I to go, then?
Take it easy.
No rushing.
Come on, Smith.
In you get.
[EXPLOSION]
Bloody hell!
I can't see!
Jesus Christ!
Help me! Help!
My eyes! My eyes!
[HUGE EXPLOSION]
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE CONTINUES]
[SUBMARINE ENGINES CHUGGING]
[BOAT ENGINES CHUGGING]
[DISTANT VOICES]
Ssh!
Now, you're all right.
Lie down, please.
Now, lie down.
You're all right.
- Lie down.
- [GROANING]
- That's right.
- [COUGHING]
There, that's right.
Holy mother of Christ, I itch.
Midges. Very nasty.
Heart's sound enough.
What are you doin'?
Who are ya?
I'm Dr Hayden.
A lady doctor?
Now, face down, please.
We'll see about those bites of yours.
Lady, I'm stark bollocks naked!
We're all God's children,
Mr Murphy,
and I've seen plenty
of backsides before.
Hmm.
You won't be beautiful for a while,
but, around here,
it won't make any difference.
Where the fuck am I?
Somewhere where we try to avoid
that kind of language, Mr Murphy.
You're at Curiapo
Quaker Medical Mission.
There's nothin' wrong
with me fuckin' language.
Other side, please.
The... Do you not have
a gentleman doctor?
- Other side, please.
- Yes, sir.
Lucky only the midges bit you.
Now, the piranha fish
would have picked you
clean down to the bones.
[PEOPLE LAUGHING]
What are they doin'?
Come on.
Try and relax.
Relax?
How can I relax
with that bunch gawkin' at me?
Well, "that bunch",
as you call them,
have never seen
a naked white man.
Oh. Well, they've had
that thrill for the day.
Would you tell them to...
leave immediately?
[SPEAKING WARAO]
All things considered,
Mr Murphy,
I find your modesty
rather touching.
I'm sure we're going to
get on splendidly.
[MIMICKING]
"Splendidly, splendidly, splendidly."
Right. There you are.
- How do you feel now?
- Marvellous.
Now, will you take this?
Holy...
You're a very lucky man.
You find anyone else?
We're still looking.
Poor sufferin' bastards.
I've been trying to radio a message
about you to Trinidad.
No luck yet, I'm afraid.
Oh, that's very unfortunate,
but I'm in no rush.
Out there,
they're killin' people.
I'll try again tomorrow.
What was the name of your ship?
The Mount Kyle.
- Mount Kyle.
- If you must radio somethin',
tell 'em about that submarine.
And what submarine was that?
The ugly Bonn bastard that sunk us.
Aye.
Came up your river.
[CHUCKLING]
No.
No, it didn't.
I saw it.
I think someone
would have mentioned it.
I'm tellin' ya,
it went straight past me.
Yes, well,
you've been in a coma.
It was probably an alligator.
Well, this alligator
had guns stickin' from its nostrils.
Don't you worry about it.
Try and get some sleep.
Whatever it was,
it's gone now.
[PEOPLE SPEAKING WARAO]
Oh, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
She's a...
She's a charmer.
She's beautiful.
Oh, holy. She's lovely.
Good for ya.
Water.
[CHATTERING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SHIP'S HORN BLOWING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Ah, so...
It's you!
So, you...
You've recovered.
Are you the fella that...
Yes! I found you.
God bless ya.
I salute your deeds.
Extraordinary.
Cigarette?
No, thank you.
From my position on the river,
I can look to sea.
Such a fight!
The flames, visible for miles.
Give us a touch.
Oh. Yeah.
And, out of them,
but one man emerges.
One man.
Oh! Truly heroic.
Nothin' heroic, me old son.
It came natural.
I was savin' me own skin.
The name's Murphy.
- Louis Brezan.
- How are ya?
Fine.
Been fishin'?
Oh, no. No, I like to cook.
I like to eat.
- I don't like to fish.
- Oh.
What do you do here,
when you're not, er...
cookin' or eatin'?
You play cards?
Holy mother.
Would you ever take me for a trip?
Of course.
It's a pleasure.
And then,
we can talk about
the British naval tradition, eh?
Naval tradition?
Yes.
Gettin' drunk
and catchin' the clap.
For which I have the greatest regard.
It seems that this war
will be over soon.
Today, on the wireless,
they say that
Hitler has been killed.
Don't believe it.
He'd have nipped
through the window.
How I envy you.
The hard glory of combat.
The exhilaration!
Man is only truly alive
when he confronts death.
He can also be truly dead.
Such a bitter thing.
A man like me, to be left
in the backwash of the war.
I begged them,
"Let me face the German!"
But, no, no.
They insisted
my place was here,
in charge of the equipment.
I must admit, it is a
very valuable equipment.
This?
No, no, no.
No, the wharf where I live.
I work for the oil company.
I've been left in sole charge.
There are Indians on the river
who would strip off every bolt
if they were not watched.
I know the feelin'.
"If it isn't nailed down,
it's mine."
How deep is it?
Deep.
I personally supervised the dredging.
From the mouth of the river
to the headquarters
of my company,
seagoing ships sailed.
Then a submarine
could get up here.
Submarine?
A German submarine?
Why would one want to?
I'm only askin' if it could.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
Thank you, I'm very pleased.
And, even when I get
the real Iron Cross,
I'll always wear this one.
What can did you make it out of?
Fabulous, really fabulous!
Did you use a full
or an empty can?
A full one.
A full one?
What was in it?
- Sausage.
- [MEN LAUGHING]
Sausage?
I'd have preferred beans.
[GENERATOR CHUGGING]
DR HAYDEN:
We have picked up a survivor
from the Mount Kyle.
He believes the German submarine
that sank the Mount Kyle
came up the river Orinoco.
He asked me to tell you this.
[CHATTERING]
Half a tick! I think
they've found somebody!
[ALL SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Well, now, Lieutenant.
From your ship?
Yeah.
Oh, no.
Murphy.
In the flesh.
- Anyone else?
- No.
- [DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
- Oh, God. It had to be you.
Did the U-boat give you a lift?
Don't be talkin'!
Any half-decent officer would have
sunk the bastard submarine.
[DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
Mr Murphy, would you please
stop talking to him?
I beg your pardon.
This lady's a doctor.
She's a charmer. You'll love her.
[SPEAKING WARAO]
LIEUTENANT:
Murphy...
MURPHY:
Any complaints?
- I managed to beach the plane.
- Uh-huh.
Must find her.
Bring her in.
In? The plane?
Why?
Patch her.
Now, that's an order, Murphy.
Oh, well, now, I...
Just bring her in, please!
Immediately, sir.
Any notion where she is?
No, damn you, no.
Stop getting him excited.
Excited? Him?
Stupid-born English pillock.
Mr Murphy,
will you please shut up?
And, when you're in the sun,
would you try and remember
to wear something
on your head!
Well, look after him.
He's not a bad old skin, considering...
You get out of the way,
and I will get on
with my job.
It's no job for a woman.
Louis, you speak the lingo?
Yeah, I speak seven languages
and five dialects.
French, German...
Yeah, well, just ask 'em
where the flamin' aeroplane is.
Yeah.
- [BABY CRYING]
- [DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
Oh!
[CHUCKLING]
[BOAT ENGINES APPROACHING]
[CHATTERING IN GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[IN GERMAN] Find the radio.
Prepare the explosives.
What is all this ridiculous...
Now, wait a minute!
Ich bin Kapitnleutnant Lauchs.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Frulein? Frau?
Dr Hayden.
Doktor, sprechen Sie Deutsch?
- No, no. I'm afraid I... Nein.
- Hmm.
You have, er...
enemy survivors here.
This is a hospital, Captain.
- I must know where survivor...
- Hospital here.
- No.
- Doctor.
He mustn't be moved.
He's badly hurt.
Verboten move.
Please.
I don't understand.
No, he's badly hurt.
He's ill.
- Bitte, wo ist er?
- This is a hospital, and not a...
[IN GERMAN]
I have found an Englishman.
- Just one?
- Yes.
Good. Keep searching.
I'm coming up.
Yes, Captain.
There is only
one Englishman?
One?
Yes. One Englishman.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
But, Captain!
[CHICKENS CLUCKING]
- [DOOR CREAKING]
- [SOLDIERS SPEAKING GERMAN]
Necessity...
Find...
Er... N-not to find.
Responsibility...
Ich habe vor Antwortung
fr meine Leute.
Verstehen Sie?
[KNOCKING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[CONVERSATION CONTINUES]
[MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BOAT ENGINES CHUGGING]
AMERICAN REPORTER:
Tonight, Air Force flyers
who have been co-operating
with the Third Army
ground forces in Czechoslovakia,
and they give me a fantastic picture.
One of them told me he saw
columns of people and vehicles,
- ten miles long, on several roads.
- [SPEAKING WARAO]
All heading west,
away from the Russians,
toward us.
In those columns
were both soldiers and civilians.
You were right.
There was a German submarine.
They came up here and shot him.
Bastards.
I'm bewildered, Mr Murphy.
I mean, why...
What happened out there?
They shot the entire crew
in the water.
Every sufferin'...
Except me.
Flyin' jacket.
I didn't see that.
You weren't intended to.
He didn't want them to know
there was an aeroplane.
Thank you,
Flyin' Officer Murphy.
Cover him up
and say some words.
He was a particular friend of yours?
An officer!
I got the impression
you rather liked him.
[CLATTERING]
[ENGINES RUNNING]
MURPHY: Come on, Louis!
Take her up! Take her up!
Easy, Louis!
Easy!
Easy! Easy! Easy!
All right!
Easy, Louis.
Easy.
Good on ya, Louis!
Your blood's worth bottlin'.
[GRAMOPHONE PLAYING ROY FOX:
"MY HAT'S ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD"]
You know machines?
What?
You know machines?
I love 'em.
ROY FOX:
I've got a feeling I've found her
It was something she said
She's got me walking
On the tip of my toes
And my hat's
on the side of my head
All of my troubles are mended
She's my needle and thread
She's got me walking
On the tip of my toes
And my hat's
on the side of my head
[INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[SONG PLAYING]
I've got a feeling I've found her
It was something she said...
All along Thomas Street
Down by the Liffey
The sunshine was gone
And the evenin' grew dark
Me arms were around her...
Ah, you're doin' well,
me old froggy.
The company'll
give you a gold watch.
[CHUCKLING]
I shall be happy with
my four years' back pay.
- Four years?
- Yeah.
That's an awful lot of pennies.
You sure they're good for it?
It is a very reliable company.
I have full confidence
in their integrity,
and, if not,
I will write them a letter.
[CHUCKLING]
LOUIS:
Can you fly?
Who do you think kept
this flyin' lavatory together?
Every scrap of her is in me fingers.
Yes, but can you fly her?
Don't worry, my old son.
I'll get her up.
And if you do?
I'll find that
bastard Bonn submarine.
What about getting her down?
That, I know I can do.
Forgive me, but
are you sure that, er...
Hmm?
Stop blatherin', or the war
will be over before I do anythin'!
Now, shut up,
and cast me off.
LOUIS:
Madness.
MURPHY:
Come on.
Swing me round.
[ENGINE RUNNING LOUDLY]
Fly, you bastard! Fly!
Fool.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[ENGINE REVVING]
[CHATTERING IN WARAO]
[IN GERMAN] Take cover!
Battle stations.
Take cover!
[ALARM BLARING]
Only fire on my order.
Is that their first run over us?
Yes, Captain, the first.
Do you think they saw us?
[PLANE ENGINE AUDIBLE]
Take cover. Down! Down!
Have everyone carry on.
- Carry on!
- Carry on!
Carry on.
Oh, Louis! Louis! Louis!
The feelin'!
Oh, Jaysus!
No submarine?
Ah, you see stuff flyin'!
You're-You're-You're...
You're a bird!
Yeah, but you didn't
find the submarine?
Certainly, I found her.
Sittin' on its fat arse
up the river.
But they didn't see you?
Certainly, they saw me.
Now, er...
Couple of things to do.
Some kip,
and then I'm goin' back.
For what purpose
are you going back?
I'm gonna sink her.
You see, you fly up...
[INDISTINCT]
MURPHY: Whoom!
You see?
I got it up over the trees.
- But you have no weapons.
- Petrol.
But the bitch keeps
trying to drag ya down.
But, if you give it
a bit more stick,
just like a woman...
- Petrol?
- Yeah, petrol.
But what are you
going to do with petrol?
A bit more throttle, you see...
But they have guns
on the submarine?
Yeah, a big bastard
in the front
and then a little
fella afterwards.
Up she goes!
And, of course, they will let you
pour petrol all over them
and then watch you
put a match to it.
They might.
They might just do that.
They might.
They might, yes,
possess your lack
of common sense.
Ah, don't be cocky.
The whole thing...
Away you go.
Mornin', sir.
What are you doing?
Er... Just borrowin'
a couple of your bottles.
Mmm?
What on earth for?
Er... I'm refuellin' the plane,
then I'll be flyin' off.
I take it your experiments
with the plane were successful.
Great, great.
Have you been taking
your tablets?
Oh, yes.
Well, then, there's really
nothing to keep you, is there?
How soon will you be going?
Shortly.
I'd be so grateful
if you'd do something for me.
I'll make up a list of things
we need here.
Would you be good enough
to take it with you?
- Oh, certainly.
- Oh, that's marvellous.
Thank you very much.
[WHISTLING A TUNE]
[GRAMOPHONE PLAYING
"MY HAT'S ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD"]
[WHISTLING ALONG]
[HUMMING ALONG]
[WHISTLING ALONG]
Okay, Louis, the timer.
Louis, the doctor lady.
She's a Quaker.
Mm-hmm.
That's like being a
bloody nun, isn't it?
No, I don't think so.
Why couldn't she
be a young nurse?
Something practical.
Light the fuse, please.
She has fair form.
Do you ever have any, er...?
Four seconds.
Ever take a crack?
I have great respect for her.
Now.
Provide an essential service
by piloting her
from here to there in my boat.
Six seconds.
- Six seconds?
- Yeah.
Two and half feet at...
And that's about
nine inches a second.
Here, we'll try the long fella.
- Mmm.
- See if it stays the same.
How long have you been here,
Louis, on your lonesome?
Oh, about
six-and-a-half years now.
Six-and-a-half years.
That's an awful long time.
I've known fellas without it
for six months go bald.
Eight seconds.
Bald?
LOUIS:
Oh! No!
But this is not my property.
The company only uses explosives
in case of oil fire.
Exactly.
- Murphy...
- Ah, shut up.
LOUIS: No. What would I
say to my company?
- MURPHY: Show them your...
- [COCKEREL CROWING]
[ARGUMENT CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY]
Doucement. Doucement.
All right.
[RATTLING]
Be careful with it,
Murphy, please.
Don't worry.
I know what I'm doin'.
How did you learn
to make bombs?
From watchin' me daddy,
who made 'em for noble causes.
Now, hold that. There.
[MURPHY TUTTING]
MURPHY: You'll have
the whole of it scattered.
And... round we...
LOUIS:
On the radio,
they say they are
surrendering everywhere.
It's only a question
of hours now
before peace is declared.
They say the Italians...
[THUDDING]
- It works!
- It works!
Okay, my son.
Hello!
That's a delightful hat
you're wearing, Mr Murphy.
You like it?
- I always did.
- Oughta nail it down.
Here it is.
You'll see, I've listed everything
in order of priority.
One,
see that's delivered to the
Society of Friends in London.
- Right you be.
- Two,
tell your people it's imperative
we have a new transmitter.
- Right you be.
- Three...
Jaysus!
Take your tablets.
Now.
Er... If I were you, missus,
I wouldn't stand there.
- This fella makes an awful clatter...
- Oh. Oh, yes. Certainly.
Yes, of course.
Away you go, Louis!
[ENGINE STARTING]
- Good luck.
- MURPHY: Thank you.
Okay, Louis, take her up!
What are the bottles
doing there, Louis?
Bottles?
Those are the world's largest
Molotov cocktail bombs.
Bombs?
Come on, Louis!
Take her up! Take her up!
But what are they for?
He intends to drop them
on the submarine.
He's mad!
Okay, Louis, swing her out.
DR HAYDEN:
Murphy!
You can't do this!
Why not?
Louis, stop that thing!
- [ENGINE SLOWING]
- MURPHY: Louis, start that thing!
This is pointless!
The war's almost over.
Listen to her, Murphy.
She may be right.
Louis, if you don't
lower me down,
I'll gut ya!
No, Louis. Don't!
[ENGINE REVVING]
This is so wrong!
Tell that to the bastards
on the bottom of the ocean!
DR HAYDEN:
I know how you feel,
and what they
did was dreadful,
but one senseless
killing after another...
Killing?
If I'm lucky!
And if you're not lucky,
have you thought
what might happen to us here?
Don't worry, missus.
There'll be nothin' left
of them Germans but shite!
- You're enjoying it!
- That's right!
You love your war, don't you?
The war?
Yeah.
I started...
the whole flamin' thing,
didn't I?
Will you think?!
Don't worry, missus.
It isn't really a submarine.
It's just a little old
alligator, remember?
You mindless bastard!
[CRANE ENGINE REVVING]
[AEROPLANE APPROACHING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[ALARM BLARING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[AEROPLANE APPROACHING]
- [ARTILLERY FIRE]
- [SHELL WHISTLING]
[ARTILLERY FIRE]
[BULLETS RICOCHETING]
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[ENGINE RESTARTING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[BIRD CAWING]
[SPLASHING]
[CREAKING]
[GENERATOR THROBBING]
I sunk the whore, Louis.
The whole flamin' issue,
up in the air.
[CHUCKLING] Yes, I know.
She told me.
- She told you, huh?
- Yeah.
Yeah, she stuck a
blunt needle in me.
- You can help me raise him, Louis.
- Mm-hmm.
Now, gently does it.
W-What's goin' on now?
You have a fractured rib.
Keep still.
Thank you, Louis.
Put your arms out.
Oh, Louis,
you should have been there.
- It was beautiful.
- I wish I had been there.
[GASPING]
Not so tight!
Frankly, I'd like
to choke you with it.
Onward, Christian soldiers
- Marching...
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
I am so happy for you, Murphy.
Ah, Jaysus! Careful.
Yes, please, be careful.
We have to look after him.
He has been through
a great ordeal.
Thank you for
your advice, Louis.
I'll try to do my
best for your hero.
Meanwhile, would you
revert to your usual practice
of saying and doing nothing?
He doesn't need your support.
You shouldn't have
said that to Louis.
He's a good old froggy.
You have an awful tongue on ya.
Would you lie down, please?
Ah, come on.
What's wrong with ya?
We should be celebratin'.
Celebrating what,
Mr Murphy?
Your arrival here?
Or the death of those Germans?
What's that for?
It's going to
put you to sleep.
Hope you sharpened it
this time.
Don't make me waste this.
We haven't much of it left.
You don't have
a drop of something...?
No.
Ah, no whiskey in the house,
no light in the window,
no welcome at the door.
Call me Walter.
What are you grinning for?
Gis a kiss.
Good night, Mr Murphy.
[DOOR CLOSING]
And what's it to anyone
whether or no
Whether I'm easy
or whether I'm true...?
DR HAYDEN:
Louis?
I'm sorry, Louis.
Forgive me. I was upset.
That Murphy seems
to affect us all.
It's not necessary
to discuss it.
We have been friends
for a long time.
I didn't mean what I said.
Without you...
Good night, Louis.
[CHATTERING]
Feuer!
[CHILD SCREAMING]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[SHOUTING IN WARAO]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
Where is he, Doctor?
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BURST OF GUNFIRE]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[CHILD WHIMPERING]
[ENGINE STARTING]
Mr Murphy!
[ECHOING]
Murphy!
MURPHY:
Missus.
Missus.
Murphy?
MURPHY:
Here.
I thought I'd sunk her.
I didn't.
No.
Sorry for your trouble.
It's over now.
[TWIG SNAPPING]
Louis!
Yeah.
They didn't find ya?
Oh, no.
- How are you?
- Sound.
- Dr Hayden?
- She's okay.
- Submarine attacked the village.
- Yes.
- But, I saw...
- Yes, yes. Me too.
- Have to go and help...
- Here, look at me.
Did they touch the barge?
No, not at all. No.
When's the last time
you took her out?
It's about, er...
About six years ago.
- Actually, it's a funny story, because...
- Yeah, come with me.
LOUIS:
The last time...
[MASSED KEENING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[RADIO CHIMES]
FEMALE ANNOUNCER:
This is London calling.
Here is a recorded dispatch
from Chester Wilmot.
The dispatch comes from Germany.
WILMOT:
Hello, BBC.
This is Chester Wilmot
speaking from a BBC transmitter
in northern Germany.
This afternoon at six-thirty,
British Double Summer Time,
at Field Marshal Montgomery's
tactical headquarters,
German plenipotentiaries
signed the documents
which will end the war in Europe
for the 21st Army Group
at eight o'clock
tomorrow morning.
That means the surrender of...
...haben die Streitkrfte den Kampf
der hoffnungslos geworden
war eingestellt,
damit ist ein heroischer Kampf,
der beinahe sechs Jahre
gedauert hat, zu ende.
... 1945,
es el da de la victoria en Europa.
Escucha a la voz
de Mister Winston Churchill.
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
The German war is therefore at an end.
After years
of intense struggle...
[RADIO SMASHING]
Why did you do that?
Another bloody bullfight!
"Ol, ol, ol."
Driving me crackers.
What the hell are we doing?
I'm gonna kill that submarine.
With what?
I'm gonna ram it with this.
With my house?!
Ah, don't fret.
The bullets'll bounce off her.
Will they bounce off people?
Mr Murphy!
Mr Murphy!
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Mr Murphy!
The war is over!
Mr Murphy!
Louis!
Louis, the war is over!
She's shouting something.
Another flamin' lecture!
Now, get down
and check the engines.
Ah, I can operate from here.
Will you just check
the bloody things?
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[CHATTERING IN GERMAN]
- Ooh, la la!
- [LAUGHING]
[IN GERMAN]
Wine.
No, Schneider,
you've already had enough.
[DISTANT BOAT ENGINES]
[MEN LAUGHING]
MAN OVER P.A:
Commander, urgent.
What's happening, Voght?
I can hear engine noises.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BOAT ENGINES GETTING LOUDER]
Seen anything yet?
No, not yet, Captain.
There it is.
Bloody hell.
That Englishman again.
Give me the megaphone, Voght.
Yes, of course.
English!
English!
Can't be talkin' to me.
War ends.
Finished.
[IN GERMAN]
The war is over!
Turn ship or I'll attack!
What will he do?
Pull out, and try and
set us up for a torpedo.
But... you said nothing
about torpedo.
Must have forgot.
War over!
Germany surrendered!
Now, give me full speed
when I ask for it,
and then reverse.
But don't you hear, Murphy?
The war is over!
Their war, not mine.
- The war is over.
- Full speed!
[ENGINES REVVING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[IN GERMAN]
Battle stations.
Battle stations!
Come along, quick!
[ALARM BLARING]
[ALARM STOPS]
[ENGINES REVVING]
Up, up, quickly.
Fire!
[GUNFIRE STOPS]
[CAPTAIN SPEAKING GERMAN]
Torpedo Tube Two ready.
Ready.
Tube Two...
Fire!
Here it comes.
Full ahead port!
Missed.
It's going to hit the beach!
[CHUCKLING]
[IN GERMAN]
Dive.
[ALARM BLARING]
- Twenty metres.
- Twenty metres.
Come on, come on.
Come on, my son!
Come on, my son!
Missed the bastard!
Three feet!
Full reverse starboard!
What more can we do?
I'm going to follow him.
Follow him?
Here?
There ain't nothin' else
I can do!
Now...
Full ahead!
Louis...
Cut the engines.
[ENGINES STOPPING]
What does it mean?
I don't know.
Could be blowin' air
from his tanks.
[THUNDEROUS ROARING]
He's run...
He's... He's run
his bow on the bank!
We have him, Louis!
Full speed ahead!
We have the bastard!
[ENGINES STARTING]
Come on!
[ROARING]
[ENGINES RUNNING]
[IN GERMAN]
Full reverse both engines.
Blow main tanks,
one, two, three and four.
SAILOR: Blow main tanks
one, two, three and four.
[HISSING]
- Stop one.
- Stop one.
- Stop two.
- Stop two.
- Stop three.
- Stop three.
[METAL CREAKING]
Hey!
You're running aground!
Lower the jib.
Lower the jib!
Come on, come on.
More wire!
Give me more wire!
Whatcha doin'?
Their lines are bursting.
He's not even in trouble!
Let her die in peace.
He'll get out!
And I will never find him!
Possibly. Possibly not.
I have done enough!
Louis!
I'm not able on me own!
You're a small and
lonely man, Murphy.
Like me.
The world will never
build us a monument.
The difference is,
I know that!
[ENGINES RUNNING]
[IN GERMAN]
Blow main vents three and four.
SAILOR:
Blow main vents three and four.
Blow main tanks three and four.
Blow main tanks three and four.
- This time there'll be no Iron Cross.
- [CHUCKLING]
[ENGINES REVVING]
[METAL GROANING]
[LOUD CLATTERING]
[METAL GROANING]
[IN GERMAN]
All torpedo tubes clear, Lieutenant.
- Caps open.
- Caps open.
Open main vents three and four.
[OVER P.A.]
Open main vents three and four.
Full reverse both engines.
[OVER P.A.]
Full reverse both engines.
Torpedo tubes, one, two, three,
four, five, six...
- Fire!
- Fire!
[METAL CREAKING]
[ENGINES STRAINING]
[ENGINES CHUGGING]
[METAL CREAKING]
- Engines stop.
- Engines stop.
[ENGINES STOPPING]
Herr Kapitnleutnant.
[IN GERMAN]
He's coming back.
[DISTANT ENGINES CHUGGING]
[ENGINES STOPPING]
[EXPLOSION AUDIBLE]
I have ya!
[YELLING IN GERMAN]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS]
Jaysus!
[METAL GROANING]
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE]
[MEN SHOUTING INDISTINCTLY]
[REGULAR GUNFIRE]
[ENGINES CHUGGING]
[REPEATED GUNFIRE]
[REPEATED GUNFIRE]
[GUNFIRE AND EXPLOSIONS INTENSIFY]
Abandon ship!
Get those boats free!
[SCREAMING]
[PLANE FLYING OVERHEAD]
[BOMB WHISTLING]
Get back!
Am I to go, then?
Take it easy.
No rushing.
Come on, Smith.
In you get.
[EXPLOSION]
Bloody hell!
I can't see!
Jesus Christ!
Help me! Help!
My eyes! My eyes!
[HUGE EXPLOSION]
[MACHINE-GUN FIRE CONTINUES]
[SUBMARINE ENGINES CHUGGING]
[BOAT ENGINES CHUGGING]
[DISTANT VOICES]
Ssh!
Now, you're all right.
Lie down, please.
Now, lie down.
You're all right.
- Lie down.
- [GROANING]
- That's right.
- [COUGHING]
There, that's right.
Holy mother of Christ, I itch.
Midges. Very nasty.
Heart's sound enough.
What are you doin'?
Who are ya?
I'm Dr Hayden.
A lady doctor?
Now, face down, please.
We'll see about those bites of yours.
Lady, I'm stark bollocks naked!
We're all God's children,
Mr Murphy,
and I've seen plenty
of backsides before.
Hmm.
You won't be beautiful for a while,
but, around here,
it won't make any difference.
Where the fuck am I?
Somewhere where we try to avoid
that kind of language, Mr Murphy.
You're at Curiapo
Quaker Medical Mission.
There's nothin' wrong
with me fuckin' language.
Other side, please.
The... Do you not have
a gentleman doctor?
- Other side, please.
- Yes, sir.
Lucky only the midges bit you.
Now, the piranha fish
would have picked you
clean down to the bones.
[PEOPLE LAUGHING]
What are they doin'?
Come on.
Try and relax.
Relax?
How can I relax
with that bunch gawkin' at me?
Well, "that bunch",
as you call them,
have never seen
a naked white man.
Oh. Well, they've had
that thrill for the day.
Would you tell them to...
leave immediately?
[SPEAKING WARAO]
All things considered,
Mr Murphy,
I find your modesty
rather touching.
I'm sure we're going to
get on splendidly.
[MIMICKING]
"Splendidly, splendidly, splendidly."
Right. There you are.
- How do you feel now?
- Marvellous.
Now, will you take this?
Holy...
You're a very lucky man.
You find anyone else?
We're still looking.
Poor sufferin' bastards.
I've been trying to radio a message
about you to Trinidad.
No luck yet, I'm afraid.
Oh, that's very unfortunate,
but I'm in no rush.
Out there,
they're killin' people.
I'll try again tomorrow.
What was the name of your ship?
The Mount Kyle.
- Mount Kyle.
- If you must radio somethin',
tell 'em about that submarine.
And what submarine was that?
The ugly Bonn bastard that sunk us.
Aye.
Came up your river.
[CHUCKLING]
No.
No, it didn't.
I saw it.
I think someone
would have mentioned it.
I'm tellin' ya,
it went straight past me.
Yes, well,
you've been in a coma.
It was probably an alligator.
Well, this alligator
had guns stickin' from its nostrils.
Don't you worry about it.
Try and get some sleep.
Whatever it was,
it's gone now.
[PEOPLE SPEAKING WARAO]
Oh, Jesus, Mary, and Joseph.
She's a...
She's a charmer.
She's beautiful.
Oh, holy. She's lovely.
Good for ya.
Water.
[CHATTERING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SHIP'S HORN BLOWING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Ah, so...
It's you!
So, you...
You've recovered.
Are you the fella that...
Yes! I found you.
God bless ya.
I salute your deeds.
Extraordinary.
Cigarette?
No, thank you.
From my position on the river,
I can look to sea.
Such a fight!
The flames, visible for miles.
Give us a touch.
Oh. Yeah.
And, out of them,
but one man emerges.
One man.
Oh! Truly heroic.
Nothin' heroic, me old son.
It came natural.
I was savin' me own skin.
The name's Murphy.
- Louis Brezan.
- How are ya?
Fine.
Been fishin'?
Oh, no. No, I like to cook.
I like to eat.
- I don't like to fish.
- Oh.
What do you do here,
when you're not, er...
cookin' or eatin'?
You play cards?
Holy mother.
Would you ever take me for a trip?
Of course.
It's a pleasure.
And then,
we can talk about
the British naval tradition, eh?
Naval tradition?
Yes.
Gettin' drunk
and catchin' the clap.
For which I have the greatest regard.
It seems that this war
will be over soon.
Today, on the wireless,
they say that
Hitler has been killed.
Don't believe it.
He'd have nipped
through the window.
How I envy you.
The hard glory of combat.
The exhilaration!
Man is only truly alive
when he confronts death.
He can also be truly dead.
Such a bitter thing.
A man like me, to be left
in the backwash of the war.
I begged them,
"Let me face the German!"
But, no, no.
They insisted
my place was here,
in charge of the equipment.
I must admit, it is a
very valuable equipment.
This?
No, no, no.
No, the wharf where I live.
I work for the oil company.
I've been left in sole charge.
There are Indians on the river
who would strip off every bolt
if they were not watched.
I know the feelin'.
"If it isn't nailed down,
it's mine."
How deep is it?
Deep.
I personally supervised the dredging.
From the mouth of the river
to the headquarters
of my company,
seagoing ships sailed.
Then a submarine
could get up here.
Submarine?
A German submarine?
Why would one want to?
I'm only askin' if it could.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
Thank you, I'm very pleased.
And, even when I get
the real Iron Cross,
I'll always wear this one.
What can did you make it out of?
Fabulous, really fabulous!
Did you use a full
or an empty can?
A full one.
A full one?
What was in it?
- Sausage.
- [MEN LAUGHING]
Sausage?
I'd have preferred beans.
[GENERATOR CHUGGING]
DR HAYDEN:
We have picked up a survivor
from the Mount Kyle.
He believes the German submarine
that sank the Mount Kyle
came up the river Orinoco.
He asked me to tell you this.
[CHATTERING]
Half a tick! I think
they've found somebody!
[ALL SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Well, now, Lieutenant.
From your ship?
Yeah.
Oh, no.
Murphy.
In the flesh.
- Anyone else?
- No.
- [DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
- Oh, God. It had to be you.
Did the U-boat give you a lift?
Don't be talkin'!
Any half-decent officer would have
sunk the bastard submarine.
[DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
Mr Murphy, would you please
stop talking to him?
I beg your pardon.
This lady's a doctor.
She's a charmer. You'll love her.
[SPEAKING WARAO]
LIEUTENANT:
Murphy...
MURPHY:
Any complaints?
- I managed to beach the plane.
- Uh-huh.
Must find her.
Bring her in.
In? The plane?
Why?
Patch her.
Now, that's an order, Murphy.
Oh, well, now, I...
Just bring her in, please!
Immediately, sir.
Any notion where she is?
No, damn you, no.
Stop getting him excited.
Excited? Him?
Stupid-born English pillock.
Mr Murphy,
will you please shut up?
And, when you're in the sun,
would you try and remember
to wear something
on your head!
Well, look after him.
He's not a bad old skin, considering...
You get out of the way,
and I will get on
with my job.
It's no job for a woman.
Louis, you speak the lingo?
Yeah, I speak seven languages
and five dialects.
French, German...
Yeah, well, just ask 'em
where the flamin' aeroplane is.
Yeah.
- [BABY CRYING]
- [DR HAYDEN SPEAKING WARAO]
Oh!
[CHUCKLING]
[BOAT ENGINES APPROACHING]
[CHATTERING IN GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[IN GERMAN] Find the radio.
Prepare the explosives.
What is all this ridiculous...
Now, wait a minute!
Ich bin Kapitnleutnant Lauchs.
Sprechen Sie Deutsch?
Frulein? Frau?
Dr Hayden.
Doktor, sprechen Sie Deutsch?
- No, no. I'm afraid I... Nein.
- Hmm.
You have, er...
enemy survivors here.
This is a hospital, Captain.
- I must know where survivor...
- Hospital here.
- No.
- Doctor.
He mustn't be moved.
He's badly hurt.
Verboten move.
Please.
I don't understand.
No, he's badly hurt.
He's ill.
- Bitte, wo ist er?
- This is a hospital, and not a...
[IN GERMAN]
I have found an Englishman.
- Just one?
- Yes.
Good. Keep searching.
I'm coming up.
Yes, Captain.
There is only
one Englishman?
One?
Yes. One Englishman.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
But, Captain!
[CHICKENS CLUCKING]
- [DOOR CREAKING]
- [SOLDIERS SPEAKING GERMAN]
Necessity...
Find...
Er... N-not to find.
Responsibility...
Ich habe vor Antwortung
fr meine Leute.
Verstehen Sie?
[KNOCKING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[CONVERSATION CONTINUES]
[MULTIPLE GUNSHOTS]
[DOOR CREAKING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BOAT ENGINES CHUGGING]
AMERICAN REPORTER:
Tonight, Air Force flyers
who have been co-operating
with the Third Army
ground forces in Czechoslovakia,
and they give me a fantastic picture.
One of them told me he saw
columns of people and vehicles,
- ten miles long, on several roads.
- [SPEAKING WARAO]
All heading west,
away from the Russians,
toward us.
In those columns
were both soldiers and civilians.
You were right.
There was a German submarine.
They came up here and shot him.
Bastards.
I'm bewildered, Mr Murphy.
I mean, why...
What happened out there?
They shot the entire crew
in the water.
Every sufferin'...
Except me.
Flyin' jacket.
I didn't see that.
You weren't intended to.
He didn't want them to know
there was an aeroplane.
Thank you,
Flyin' Officer Murphy.
Cover him up
and say some words.
He was a particular friend of yours?
An officer!
I got the impression
you rather liked him.
[CLATTERING]
[ENGINES RUNNING]
MURPHY: Come on, Louis!
Take her up! Take her up!
Easy, Louis!
Easy!
Easy! Easy! Easy!
All right!
Easy, Louis.
Easy.
Good on ya, Louis!
Your blood's worth bottlin'.
[GRAMOPHONE PLAYING ROY FOX:
"MY HAT'S ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD"]
You know machines?
What?
You know machines?
I love 'em.
ROY FOX:
I've got a feeling I've found her
It was something she said
She's got me walking
On the tip of my toes
And my hat's
on the side of my head
All of my troubles are mended
She's my needle and thread
She's got me walking
On the tip of my toes
And my hat's
on the side of my head
[INSTRUMENTAL INTERLUDE]
[MUSIC STOPS]
[SONG PLAYING]
I've got a feeling I've found her
It was something she said...
All along Thomas Street
Down by the Liffey
The sunshine was gone
And the evenin' grew dark
Me arms were around her...
Ah, you're doin' well,
me old froggy.
The company'll
give you a gold watch.
[CHUCKLING]
I shall be happy with
my four years' back pay.
- Four years?
- Yeah.
That's an awful lot of pennies.
You sure they're good for it?
It is a very reliable company.
I have full confidence
in their integrity,
and, if not,
I will write them a letter.
[CHUCKLING]
LOUIS:
Can you fly?
Who do you think kept
this flyin' lavatory together?
Every scrap of her is in me fingers.
Yes, but can you fly her?
Don't worry, my old son.
I'll get her up.
And if you do?
I'll find that
bastard Bonn submarine.
What about getting her down?
That, I know I can do.
Forgive me, but
are you sure that, er...
Hmm?
Stop blatherin', or the war
will be over before I do anythin'!
Now, shut up,
and cast me off.
LOUIS:
Madness.
MURPHY:
Come on.
Swing me round.
[ENGINE RUNNING LOUDLY]
Fly, you bastard! Fly!
Fool.
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[ENGINE REVVING]
[CHATTERING IN WARAO]
[IN GERMAN] Take cover!
Battle stations.
Take cover!
[ALARM BLARING]
Only fire on my order.
Is that their first run over us?
Yes, Captain, the first.
Do you think they saw us?
[PLANE ENGINE AUDIBLE]
Take cover. Down! Down!
Have everyone carry on.
- Carry on!
- Carry on!
Carry on.
Oh, Louis! Louis! Louis!
The feelin'!
Oh, Jaysus!
No submarine?
Ah, you see stuff flyin'!
You're-You're-You're...
You're a bird!
Yeah, but you didn't
find the submarine?
Certainly, I found her.
Sittin' on its fat arse
up the river.
But they didn't see you?
Certainly, they saw me.
Now, er...
Couple of things to do.
Some kip,
and then I'm goin' back.
For what purpose
are you going back?
I'm gonna sink her.
You see, you fly up...
[INDISTINCT]
MURPHY: Whoom!
You see?
I got it up over the trees.
- But you have no weapons.
- Petrol.
But the bitch keeps
trying to drag ya down.
But, if you give it
a bit more stick,
just like a woman...
- Petrol?
- Yeah, petrol.
But what are you
going to do with petrol?
A bit more throttle, you see...
But they have guns
on the submarine?
Yeah, a big bastard
in the front
and then a little
fella afterwards.
Up she goes!
And, of course, they will let you
pour petrol all over them
and then watch you
put a match to it.
They might.
They might just do that.
They might.
They might, yes,
possess your lack
of common sense.
Ah, don't be cocky.
The whole thing...
Away you go.
Mornin', sir.
What are you doing?
Er... Just borrowin'
a couple of your bottles.
Mmm?
What on earth for?
Er... I'm refuellin' the plane,
then I'll be flyin' off.
I take it your experiments
with the plane were successful.
Great, great.
Have you been taking
your tablets?
Oh, yes.
Well, then, there's really
nothing to keep you, is there?
How soon will you be going?
Shortly.
I'd be so grateful
if you'd do something for me.
I'll make up a list of things
we need here.
Would you be good enough
to take it with you?
- Oh, certainly.
- Oh, that's marvellous.
Thank you very much.
[WHISTLING A TUNE]
[GRAMOPHONE PLAYING
"MY HAT'S ON THE SIDE OF MY HEAD"]
[WHISTLING ALONG]
[HUMMING ALONG]
[WHISTLING ALONG]
Okay, Louis, the timer.
Louis, the doctor lady.
She's a Quaker.
Mm-hmm.
That's like being a
bloody nun, isn't it?
No, I don't think so.
Why couldn't she
be a young nurse?
Something practical.
Light the fuse, please.
She has fair form.
Do you ever have any, er...?
Four seconds.
Ever take a crack?
I have great respect for her.
Now.
Provide an essential service
by piloting her
from here to there in my boat.
Six seconds.
- Six seconds?
- Yeah.
Two and half feet at...
And that's about
nine inches a second.
Here, we'll try the long fella.
- Mmm.
- See if it stays the same.
How long have you been here,
Louis, on your lonesome?
Oh, about
six-and-a-half years now.
Six-and-a-half years.
That's an awful long time.
I've known fellas without it
for six months go bald.
Eight seconds.
Bald?
LOUIS:
Oh! No!
But this is not my property.
The company only uses explosives
in case of oil fire.
Exactly.
- Murphy...
- Ah, shut up.
LOUIS: No. What would I
say to my company?
- MURPHY: Show them your...
- [COCKEREL CROWING]
[ARGUMENT CONTINUES
INDISTINCTLY]
Doucement. Doucement.
All right.
[RATTLING]
Be careful with it,
Murphy, please.
Don't worry.
I know what I'm doin'.
How did you learn
to make bombs?
From watchin' me daddy,
who made 'em for noble causes.
Now, hold that. There.
[MURPHY TUTTING]
MURPHY: You'll have
the whole of it scattered.
And... round we...
LOUIS:
On the radio,
they say they are
surrendering everywhere.
It's only a question
of hours now
before peace is declared.
They say the Italians...
[THUDDING]
- It works!
- It works!
Okay, my son.
Hello!
That's a delightful hat
you're wearing, Mr Murphy.
You like it?
- I always did.
- Oughta nail it down.
Here it is.
You'll see, I've listed everything
in order of priority.
One,
see that's delivered to the
Society of Friends in London.
- Right you be.
- Two,
tell your people it's imperative
we have a new transmitter.
- Right you be.
- Three...
Jaysus!
Take your tablets.
Now.
Er... If I were you, missus,
I wouldn't stand there.
- This fella makes an awful clatter...
- Oh. Oh, yes. Certainly.
Yes, of course.
Away you go, Louis!
[ENGINE STARTING]
- Good luck.
- MURPHY: Thank you.
Okay, Louis, take her up!
What are the bottles
doing there, Louis?
Bottles?
Those are the world's largest
Molotov cocktail bombs.
Bombs?
Come on, Louis!
Take her up! Take her up!
But what are they for?
He intends to drop them
on the submarine.
He's mad!
Okay, Louis, swing her out.
DR HAYDEN:
Murphy!
You can't do this!
Why not?
Louis, stop that thing!
- [ENGINE SLOWING]
- MURPHY: Louis, start that thing!
This is pointless!
The war's almost over.
Listen to her, Murphy.
She may be right.
Louis, if you don't
lower me down,
I'll gut ya!
No, Louis. Don't!
[ENGINE REVVING]
This is so wrong!
Tell that to the bastards
on the bottom of the ocean!
DR HAYDEN:
I know how you feel,
and what they
did was dreadful,
but one senseless
killing after another...
Killing?
If I'm lucky!
And if you're not lucky,
have you thought
what might happen to us here?
Don't worry, missus.
There'll be nothin' left
of them Germans but shite!
- You're enjoying it!
- That's right!
You love your war, don't you?
The war?
Yeah.
I started...
the whole flamin' thing,
didn't I?
Will you think?!
Don't worry, missus.
It isn't really a submarine.
It's just a little old
alligator, remember?
You mindless bastard!
[CRANE ENGINE REVVING]
[AEROPLANE APPROACHING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[ALARM BLARING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[AEROPLANE APPROACHING]
- [ARTILLERY FIRE]
- [SHELL WHISTLING]
[ARTILLERY FIRE]
[BULLETS RICOCHETING]
[ENGINE SPUTTERING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[ENGINE RESTARTING]
[ENGINE STOPS]
[BIRD CAWING]
[SPLASHING]
[CREAKING]
[GENERATOR THROBBING]
I sunk the whore, Louis.
The whole flamin' issue,
up in the air.
[CHUCKLING] Yes, I know.
She told me.
- She told you, huh?
- Yeah.
Yeah, she stuck a
blunt needle in me.
- You can help me raise him, Louis.
- Mm-hmm.
Now, gently does it.
W-What's goin' on now?
You have a fractured rib.
Keep still.
Thank you, Louis.
Put your arms out.
Oh, Louis,
you should have been there.
- It was beautiful.
- I wish I had been there.
[GASPING]
Not so tight!
Frankly, I'd like
to choke you with it.
Onward, Christian soldiers
- Marching...
- [BOTH LAUGHING]
I am so happy for you, Murphy.
Ah, Jaysus! Careful.
Yes, please, be careful.
We have to look after him.
He has been through
a great ordeal.
Thank you for
your advice, Louis.
I'll try to do my
best for your hero.
Meanwhile, would you
revert to your usual practice
of saying and doing nothing?
He doesn't need your support.
You shouldn't have
said that to Louis.
He's a good old froggy.
You have an awful tongue on ya.
Would you lie down, please?
Ah, come on.
What's wrong with ya?
We should be celebratin'.
Celebrating what,
Mr Murphy?
Your arrival here?
Or the death of those Germans?
What's that for?
It's going to
put you to sleep.
Hope you sharpened it
this time.
Don't make me waste this.
We haven't much of it left.
You don't have
a drop of something...?
No.
Ah, no whiskey in the house,
no light in the window,
no welcome at the door.
Call me Walter.
What are you grinning for?
Gis a kiss.
Good night, Mr Murphy.
[DOOR CLOSING]
And what's it to anyone
whether or no
Whether I'm easy
or whether I'm true...?
DR HAYDEN:
Louis?
I'm sorry, Louis.
Forgive me. I was upset.
That Murphy seems
to affect us all.
It's not necessary
to discuss it.
We have been friends
for a long time.
I didn't mean what I said.
Without you...
Good night, Louis.
[CHATTERING]
Feuer!
[CHILD SCREAMING]
[WOMAN SCREAMING]
[SHOUTING IN WARAO]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
Where is he, Doctor?
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BURST OF GUNFIRE]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[CHILD WHIMPERING]
[ENGINE STARTING]
Mr Murphy!
[ECHOING]
Murphy!
MURPHY:
Missus.
Missus.
Murphy?
MURPHY:
Here.
I thought I'd sunk her.
I didn't.
No.
Sorry for your trouble.
It's over now.
[TWIG SNAPPING]
Louis!
Yeah.
They didn't find ya?
Oh, no.
- How are you?
- Sound.
- Dr Hayden?
- She's okay.
- Submarine attacked the village.
- Yes.
- But, I saw...
- Yes, yes. Me too.
- Have to go and help...
- Here, look at me.
Did they touch the barge?
No, not at all. No.
When's the last time
you took her out?
It's about, er...
About six years ago.
- Actually, it's a funny story, because...
- Yeah, come with me.
LOUIS:
The last time...
[MASSED KEENING]
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[RADIO CHIMES]
FEMALE ANNOUNCER:
This is London calling.
Here is a recorded dispatch
from Chester Wilmot.
The dispatch comes from Germany.
WILMOT:
Hello, BBC.
This is Chester Wilmot
speaking from a BBC transmitter
in northern Germany.
This afternoon at six-thirty,
British Double Summer Time,
at Field Marshal Montgomery's
tactical headquarters,
German plenipotentiaries
signed the documents
which will end the war in Europe
for the 21st Army Group
at eight o'clock
tomorrow morning.
That means the surrender of...
...haben die Streitkrfte den Kampf
der hoffnungslos geworden
war eingestellt,
damit ist ein heroischer Kampf,
der beinahe sechs Jahre
gedauert hat, zu ende.
... 1945,
es el da de la victoria en Europa.
Escucha a la voz
de Mister Winston Churchill.
WINSTON CHURCHILL:
The German war is therefore at an end.
After years
of intense struggle...
[RADIO SMASHING]
Why did you do that?
Another bloody bullfight!
"Ol, ol, ol."
Driving me crackers.
What the hell are we doing?
I'm gonna kill that submarine.
With what?
I'm gonna ram it with this.
With my house?!
Ah, don't fret.
The bullets'll bounce off her.
Will they bounce off people?
Mr Murphy!
Mr Murphy!
[SPEAKING WARAO]
Mr Murphy!
The war is over!
Mr Murphy!
Louis!
Louis, the war is over!
She's shouting something.
Another flamin' lecture!
Now, get down
and check the engines.
Ah, I can operate from here.
Will you just check
the bloody things?
[SPEAKING WARAO]
[CHATTERING IN GERMAN]
- Ooh, la la!
- [LAUGHING]
[IN GERMAN]
Wine.
No, Schneider,
you've already had enough.
[DISTANT BOAT ENGINES]
[MEN LAUGHING]
MAN OVER P.A:
Commander, urgent.
What's happening, Voght?
I can hear engine noises.
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[BOAT ENGINES GETTING LOUDER]
Seen anything yet?
No, not yet, Captain.
There it is.
Bloody hell.
That Englishman again.
Give me the megaphone, Voght.
Yes, of course.
English!
English!
Can't be talkin' to me.
War ends.
Finished.
[IN GERMAN]
The war is over!
Turn ship or I'll attack!
What will he do?
Pull out, and try and
set us up for a torpedo.
But... you said nothing
about torpedo.
Must have forgot.
War over!
Germany surrendered!
Now, give me full speed
when I ask for it,
and then reverse.
But don't you hear, Murphy?
The war is over!
Their war, not mine.
- The war is over.
- Full speed!
[ENGINES REVVING]
[SPEAKING GERMAN]
[IN GERMAN]
Battle stations.
Battle stations!
Come along, quick!
[ALARM BLARING]
[ALARM STOPS]
[ENGINES REVVING]
Up, up, quickly.
Fire!
[GUNFIRE STOPS]
[CAPTAIN SPEAKING GERMAN]
Torpedo Tube Two ready.
Ready.
Tube Two...
Fire!
Here it comes.
Full ahead port!
Missed.
It's going to hit the beach!
[CHUCKLING]
[IN GERMAN]
Dive.
[ALARM BLARING]
- Twenty metres.
- Twenty metres.
Come on, come on.
Come on, my son!
Come on, my son!
Missed the bastard!
Three feet!
Full reverse starboard!
What more can we do?
I'm going to follow him.
Follow him?
Here?
There ain't nothin' else
I can do!
Now...
Full ahead!
Louis...
Cut the engines.
[ENGINES STOPPING]
What does it mean?
I don't know.
Could be blowin' air
from his tanks.
[THUNDEROUS ROARING]
He's run...
He's... He's run
his bow on the bank!
We have him, Louis!
Full speed ahead!
We have the bastard!
[ENGINES STARTING]
Come on!
[ROARING]
[ENGINES RUNNING]
[IN GERMAN]
Full reverse both engines.
Blow main tanks,
one, two, three and four.
SAILOR: Blow main tanks
one, two, three and four.
[HISSING]
- Stop one.
- Stop one.
- Stop two.
- Stop two.
- Stop three.
- Stop three.
[METAL CREAKING]
Hey!
You're running aground!
Lower the jib.
Lower the jib!
Come on, come on.
More wire!
Give me more wire!
Whatcha doin'?
Their lines are bursting.
He's not even in trouble!
Let her die in peace.
He'll get out!
And I will never find him!
Possibly. Possibly not.
I have done enough!
Louis!
I'm not able on me own!
You're a small and
lonely man, Murphy.
Like me.
The world will never
build us a monument.
The difference is,
I know that!
[ENGINES RUNNING]
[IN GERMAN]
Blow main vents three and four.
SAILOR:
Blow main vents three and four.
Blow main tanks three and four.
Blow main tanks three and four.
- This time there'll be no Iron Cross.
- [CHUCKLING]
[ENGINES REVVING]
[METAL GROANING]
[LOUD CLATTERING]
[METAL GROANING]
[IN GERMAN]
All torpedo tubes clear, Lieutenant.
- Caps open.
- Caps open.
Open main vents three and four.
[OVER P.A.]
Open main vents three and four.
Full reverse both engines.
[OVER P.A.]
Full reverse both engines.
Torpedo tubes, one, two, three,
four, five, six...
- Fire!
- Fire!
[METAL CREAKING]
[ENGINES STRAINING]
[ENGINES CHUGGING]
[METAL CREAKING]
- Engines stop.
- Engines stop.
[ENGINES STOPPING]
Herr Kapitnleutnant.
[IN GERMAN]
He's coming back.
[DISTANT ENGINES CHUGGING]
[ENGINES STOPPING]
[EXPLOSION AUDIBLE]
I have ya!
[YELLING IN GERMAN]
[MUFFLED EXPLOSIONS]
Jaysus!
[METAL GROANING]