Escape to Athena Page #3

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I'd climb the Empire State Building.

You saw that Braun was drunk,

why did you not help him?

I tried to, but I was afraid of him.

Prior to my command,

had a woman ever been executed here?

- No, sir.

- Hm. We need to set a dramatic example.

- This one will be the first.

- She's only a prostitute...

...being serviced by our troops.

It may not upset the locals.

A housewife would be upsetting,

it implies virtuous women can be next.

- When do you want it done?

- Immediately.

And put this on the loudspeakers -

...if Braun's murderer does not surrender

within the next 48 hours...

...ten more citizens

of Karya will be shot, hm?

Achtung! Achtung!

Wenn der Mrder von Leutnant Braun

sich nicht innerhalb 48 Stunden...

...freiwillig stellt, werden zehn weitere

Einwohner erschossen.

Achtung! Achtung!

You didn't have to kill Braun.

I'll be the judge of that.

I almost paid him off.

He was satisfied with it.

We cannot rely on that indefinitely.

Are we going to kill

the two Americans next?

No, they've been cleared.

How merciful.

And do your superiors know what personal

reason you had for killing Braun?

What kind of a man do you think I am?

We'll find out now.

Are you going to let them

shoot ten more people...

...to save your own skin?

- No one will be killed.

- I don't believe you.

You'll see.

There's a plan.

Will you give yourself up

if it doesn't work?

No.

You're a pig!

Zoe's death will be avenged.

I hope so. Because if I have to,

I'll turn you over to Volkmann myself.

Exquisite. Absolutely exquisite.

Thank you, Professor.

And it does confirm our theory

about the disparity of the time line in this dig.

That is second-century BC.

90% of the rest of the finds

are from the Christian era.

You're right. We've run into the antique

collection of a first-century Greek.

It's a sobering thought, isn't it?

2.000 years ago some rich merchant

looked upon that as ancient times.

- Thank you, Professor.

- Good night, Major.

Oh, I shall tell Sergeant Mann you are

free to drop in whenever you feel like it.

Thank you.

All right. Pick them up.

What's that?

Gift from the Resistance

to the Krauts.

- What's it for?

- A little herb that grows around here.

They call it Socrates' Revenge.

And now, direct from a smash

run engagement of one night at La Scala...

...the greatest Italian voice

since Mussolini...

...our own Bruno Rotelli.

Hello. This one looks really quite rare,

don't you think?

Looks like... early Harrods.

- Was ist los?

- He stepped in front of the bus...

...it wasn't our fault, I'm sorry...

Kmmer dich um den Mann.

Beeil dich.

Get the gate.

- Nein, nein.

- Fritz, relax. It's only a walk.

Watch the ball, watch the ball.

Now, I put it in this hand like this, right?

Ah! But look... the ball is gone.

So she says to the bartender,

"I didn't mind the first two guys...

"...but the one in the fur coat

was a little rough...

"...and I think he ought to cut his nails".

You see, she thought the bear

was another guy, wearing a fur coat.

And now, gentlemen,

the lady we've all been waiting for,

America's answer to Lili Marlene...

...the star of stage, screen, radio...

...industrial shows and aqua pura...

...direct from the Radio City Music Hall...

...the Roxy Theatre

and the Brooklyn Paramount...

The lovely, the fabulous,

the fantastically terrific...

Miss Dottie Delmar.

Come on, boys!

Come on, get your hands

out of your pockets.

Sergeant, will you sit down?

You'll find yourself on the Russian front.

Hey, wer hat meine Hose geklaut?

You wanna see some more?

Catch!

Hope they don't kill us.

Thank you. You'll never know how much

we appreciate your cooperation.

Now, let's hear it for Sergeant Mann.

Sergeant, Sergeant...

Sergeant Mann, you are one cool cat.

Now, Sergeant, can I correctly assume...

...that there is no way on earth that I can,

with a simple wave of my fabric,

...remove your automatic

from your holster into my hand?

- Am I correct?

- There's no way.

Shoo-bop she-boop.

- And I'll be damned.

- Bravo, bravo!

Hands on your heads.

Commandant, give the order...

...to surrender arms

or you'll be the first to go.

Surrender your weapons.

Professor, I hope you know

what you're doing.

All of you.

Those weapons flew

at the supersonic speed of 3,300 km/h.

And had a range of 200 km.

You can see from these

Allied pictures...

...their... devastating effect

on the city of London.

Yes, that's enough.

Pull the curtains.

And our new weapon

has even greater significance.

When directed at Allied ships

it could do in moments...

...what conventional coastal artillery

could not achieve in days.

That is all, gentleman.

Unless there are any questions?

Have some more tea,

help yourself to the biscuits.

- Why do anything to Major Hecht?

- For one thing, he's invaded my country.

- What is it with this woman?

- She's right.

We need Hecht to ensure Volkmann

doesn't find out what happened.

Maybe I can persuade him?

I doubt it'll work,

but you have my permission to try.

Permission? I didn't do all this fighting

just to change from Krauts to Greeks.

What fighting?

How long do you think it'll take

Volkmann to find out, even with Hecht?

- We have other plans.

- So do I.

- Oh, really? What would they be?

- I want to climb up to that monastery.

- Really? Why?

- I'm an art lover.

- We all are, but there are priorities.

- Wait a minute...

You don't think we can climb

all the way up there...

...without Volkmann's troops noticing?

We, Rotelli?

You too? You're an art lover?

Nat, I want a word with Major Hecht.

Something like "better luck next time"?

- That was very well done.

- Thank you.

Obviously we need Volkmann to go on

thinking everything's in order here.

- Obviously.

- So, we want you to tell him that it is.

You are assuming that because

a man steals from his country...

...he will also betray it?

No, that would make any tax fiddler

a potential traitor.

- Then let me ask you this.

- Mm-hm.

How would you feel

if the shoe was on the other foot?

Fortunately, it's not.

I'll make it easy for you.

If you don't help us, Zeno will kill you.

You are allied with him.

Will you share that responsibility?

- With difficulty.

- And there's no other alternative?

- What happened?

- Nothing yet.

He's making up his mind.

Give boys the weapons.

Thank you.

It would have been a frightful waste.

You all know Otto, he's really a good kid.

Not that good.

What is it you wish me to do?

In 18 hours, Volkmann intends to shoot

ten people. That will not happen.

And the Germans will be

put out of action on this island.

Just like that?

I've discussed it with the professor

and he agrees it's feasible.

- Then we can go to the monastery?

- Charlie!

- You sure got a one-track mind.

- Our mission is to take the village...

...and the refuelling depot,

so that German submarines...

...cannot function against

the Allied invasion fleet.

After that, I don't care what you do.

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