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Information

Year: 1977
Rating: 7.3(16855)
Listed in: Action, Drama, History, War
Directed by: Richard Attenborough
Actors: Siem Vroom Erik van 't Wout Wolfgang Preiss Hans von Borsody Marlies van Alcmaer Josephine Peeper
  "Out of the sky comes the screen's most incredible spectacle of men and war!"

Cast

 Directed by
Richard Attenborough  
 Actors
Siem Vroom as Underground Leader
Erik van 't Wout as Underground Leader's Son
Wolfgang Preiss as Field Marshal Von Rundstedt
Hans von Borsody as General Blumentritt
Dirk Bogarde as Lieutenant General Browning
Paul Maxwell as Major General Maxwell Taylor
Sean Connery as Major General Urquhart
Ryan O'Neal as Brigadier General Gavin
Gene Hackman as Major General Sosabowski
Walter Kohut as Field Marshal Model
Peter Faber as Captain 'Harry' Bestebreurtje
Hartmut Becker as German Sentry
Frank Grimes as Major Fuller
Jeremy Kemp as R.A.F. Briefing Officer
Donald Pickering as Lieutenant Colonel Mackenzie
Donald Douglas as Brigadier Lathbury
Peter Settelen as Lieutenant Cole
Stephen Moore as Major Steele
Edward Fox as Lieutenant General Horrocks
Michael Caine as Lieutenant Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur
Michael Byrne as Lieutenant Colonel Giles Vandeleur
Anthony Hopkins as Lieutenant Colonel Frost
Paul Copley as Private Wicks
Nicholas Campbell as Captain Glass
James Caan as Staff Sergeant Dohun
Gerald Sim as Colonel Sims
Harry Ditson as U.S. Private
Erik Chitty as Organist
Brian Hawksley as Vicar
Colin Farrell as Corporal Hancock
Christopher Good as Major Carlyle
Norman Gregory as Private Morgan
Alun Armstrong as Corporal Davies
Anthony Milner as Private Dodds
Barry McCarthy as Private Clark
Lex van Delden as Sergeant Matthias
Maximilian Schell as Lieutenant General Bittrich
Michael Wolf as Field Marshal Model's Aide
Hardy Krüger as Major General Ludwig
Sean Mathias as Irish Guards Lieutenant
Tim Beekman as German Private
Edward Seckerson as British Padre
Tom van Beek as Jan Ter Horst
Bertus Botterman as Dutch Villager
Elliott Gould as Colonel Stout
Ray Jewers as U.S. Radio Operator
Geoffrey Hinsliff as British Wireless Operator
Keith Drinkel as Lieutenant Cornish
Hans Croiset as Hans - Her Son
Fred Williams as Captain Grabner
John Peel as German Lieutenant
John Judd as Sergeant Clegg
Ben Cross as Trooper Binns
Hilary Minster as British Medical Officer
David English as Private Andrews
Ben Howard as Sergeant Towns
Michael Graham Cox as Captain Cleminson
Johan te Slaa as Elderly Dutch Couple
Pieter Groenier as Young Dutch Couple
Denholm Elliott as R.A.F. Met. Officer
Peter Gordon as U.S. Sergeant
Arthur Hill as U.S. Medical Colonel
Garrick Hagon as Lieutenant Rafferty
Brian Gwaspari as U.S. Engineer
Stephen Rayment as Grenadier Guards Lieutenant
Timothy Morand as British Corporal
James Wardroper as Private Gibbs
Neil Kennedy as Colonel Barker
John Salthouse as Private 'Ginger' Marsh
Jonathan Hackett as Glider Pilot
Stanley Lebor as Regimental Sergeant Major
Jack Galloway as Private Vincent
Milton Cadman as Private Long
David Auker as 'Taffy' Brace
Laurence Olivier as Doctor Spaander
Richard Kane as Colonel Weaver
Toby Salaman as Private Stephenson
Michael Bangerter as British Staff Colonel
Philip Raymond as Grenadier Guards Colonel
Myles Reithermann as Boat Truck Driver
Robert Redford as Major Cook
Anthony Pullen Shaw as U.S. Captain
John Morton as U.S. Padre
John Ratzenberger as U.S. Lieutenant
Patrick Ryecart as German Lieutenant
Dick Rienstra as Captain Krafft
Ian Liston as Sergeant Whitney
Paul Rattee as Private Gordon
Mark Sheridan as Sergeant Tomblin
George Innes as Sergeant Macdonald
John Stride as Grenadier Guards Major
Niall Padden as British Medical Orderly
Michael Graves as British Medical Orderly
Simon Chandler as Private Simmonds
Edward Kalinski as Private Archer
Shaun Curry as Corporal Robbins
Sebastian Abineri as Sergeant Treadwell
Chris Williams as Corporal Merrick
Andrew Branch as Flute Player
Anthony Garner as British Staff Major
Feliks Arons as Dutch Priest
Stuart Blake as Soldier
Ray Boyd as Soldier
Stephen Churchett as Soldier
Jon Croft as Soldier
Patrick Dickson as Soldier
Adrian Gibbs as Soldier
Jason Gregory as Soldier
Stewart Guidotti as Soldier
Patrick Hannaway as Soldier
Brian Haughton as Soldier
Anthony Howden as Soldier
Frank Jarvis as Colonel Frost's Aide
David Killick as Soldier
Dan Long as Soldier
Gerald Martin as Soldier
Edward McDermott as Soldier
Tony McHale as Soldier
Jack McKenzie as Soldier
Francis Mughan as Soldier
Richard Ommanney as Soldier
Peter Quince as Soldier
Robin Scobey as Soldier
Farrell Sheridan as Soldier
James Snell as Soldier
Michael Stock as Soldier
David Stockton as Soldier
Paul Vaughan-Teague as Soldier
Jason White as Soldier
Mark York as Soldier
Richard Attenborough as Lunatic Wearing Glasses
Omar N. Bradley as Himself - Plans for D-Day
Winston Churchill as Himself
Charles de Gaulle as Himself - In Car with Churchill
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Himself - Plans for D-Day
Gerard Franken as Soldier
Adolf Hitler as Himself - Salutes Parade
Alfred Jodl as Himself (beside Hitler)
Trafford Leigh-Mallory as Himself - Plans for D-Day
Bernard L. Montgomery as Himself - Plans for D-Day
George S. Patton as Himself - Shakes Hands
Bertram Ramsay as Himself - Plans for D-Day
Erwin Rommel as Himself - Below Hitler
Franklin Delano Roosevelt as Himself
Walter Bedell Smith as Himself - Plans for D-Day
Arthur Tedder as Himself - Plans for D-Day
 Actresses
Marlies van Alcmaer as Underground Leader's Wife
Josephine Peeper as Cafe Waitress
Liv Ullmann as Kate Ter Horst
Henny Alma as Dutch Villager
Mary Smithuysen as Old Dutch Lady
Georgette Reyevski as Elderly Dutch Couple
Adrienne Kleiweg as Young Dutch Couple

Movie info

Languages: English, German, Dutch, Polish, Latin
Budget: USD 26,000,000
Gross: Sweden - 5,280,644 SEK (June 1978)
 
Plot: Tells the story of operation Market Garden. A failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.

Original Soundtracks

  "3rd Movement" (from Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-Flat Major, BWV. 1051) (uncredited) Music by Johann Sebastian Bach

Goofs

  Revealing mistakes: When a damaged Allied cargo plane "crashes" behind some trees near Maj. Gen. Urquhart and his troops, the plane can be seen pulling up and flying away just behind the fireball marking its supposed impact point.
Fact errors: The subtitles when Field Marshall Rundstedt is speculating between General Patton and Field Marshall Montgomery near the beginning of the film once misspell "Patton" as "Patten". Later usages correctly spell "Patton".
Continuity: At the beginning of the film when the American and British officers are talking, the general's epaulets are on top of his coat collar. A minute later, as the general walks around the table, the epaulets are under his coat collar.
SYNC: When Lt. Col. J.O.E Vandeleur is riding in the car talking to the officer who is driving, you can see in one far away view that their lips are not moving, but you still hear them talking.
Continuity: When the boats finally arrive to cross the river at Nijmegen bridge, there is water in them, even though they've been transported for days in trucks in rain-free weather. (Probably a result of previous takes.)
DATE: During the arrival of Allied troops in Eindhoven, some members of the cheering crowd can be seen waving miniature 50-star American flags.
Fact errors: When von Rundstedt is deciding where to send his armoured reserves in order to rest them before meeting the expected attack by Patton rather than Montgomery he decides to send them to Arnhem. The map counter which is moved clearly shows "II SS Panzer Div (division)" when the correct name of the unit at Arnhem was the II SS Panzer Corps (consisting of the 9th and 10th SS Panzer Divisions). The 2nd SS Panzer Division at that time was fighting on the Eastern Front.
Revealing mistakes: When the English soldiers are are standing and yelling to the supply drop aeroplanes a damaged plane flies past with an engine out and crashes soon after, but the plane can be seen flying away from the left side of the explosion
Fact errors: As the first British paratroopers are assembling, there are wide angle shots of activity. Most of the paratroopers are carrying the correct rifles, machine pistols or other weapons, but a few can be spotted carrying American M1 Garand rifles that were rarely used by British or Commonwealth forces. Later in the movie, as the tide turns and the British paratroopers have surrendered, German soldiers crossing a small foot bridge to the British command post can be briefly seen carrying M1s as well. M1s were issued to a small percentage of Commonwealth airborne troopers to increase the rifle fire-power of squads. Photos of Canadian airborne troops verify this.
Fact errors: When Ludwig is speaking to a subordinate about blowing the bridge about to be assaulted by the 82nd, the subordinate refers to a "Hauptmann", the German word for captain. In the SS, the rank would be "Hauptsturmführer." Likewise, when he answers Ludwig, he calls him "General". Ludwig is listed in the cast as a Major General, but the equivalent SS rank would have been Brigadeführer. In the film, Ludwig's collar tab has 3 oak leafs and 1 pip which stands for Gruppenführer (General Lieutenant), even though his rank is that of a Brigadeführer.
Fact errors: The 82d Airborne Division's Command Post during the operation was never located in an estate mansion as portrayed in the movie. The CP was in the woods outside Nijmegen near the drop zones.
Fact errors: Brigadier General James Gavin's (Ryan O'Neal) insignia of rank is incorrectly displayed on his "Ike" jacket. Brigadier Generals wear the star positioned at the middle of the epaulets rather than at the outer edge as do officers in the grade of Lieutenants through Colonel.
DATE: The parachutes used by the troopers are equipped with anti-inversion nets. They are around the skirt of the canopy to prevent partial malfunctions. The nets were not developed until the mid 1970s, shortly before the movie was filmed.
DATE: There is a German tank featured in several scenes. This tank is actually a German-made, post-war tank named "Leopard 1" with a few modifications to look like a tank of the World War 2 era.
Fact errors: In the film, the British kill or disperse the resting crew of a German tank, thus allowing General Urquhart to return to his headquarters. In reality, he just hid and waited for the German tank to move on.
Revealing mistakes: When the Allied troops cross the Grave bridge you can clearly see a modern traffic sign on the river bank.
Fact errors: Most of the C-47 aircraft in the movie are incorrectly painted a yellowish-brown. The actual color would have been olive drab.
Fact errors: During shots of Nijmegen, the tower of the Sint Stevenschurch is standing tall. In fact the tower was destroyed by an American bombing off Nijmegen in February 1944. It was not put back on the church until the late sixties. The opening of the renewed tower was in 1969.
Fact errors: According to the book 'A Bridge Too Far', it was Model, not Von Rundstedt, who suggested sending Bittrich's panzers to Arnhem.
Fact errors: After the initial attempt by XXX Corps to break out, there is a scene of a wrecked M24 Chaffee being pushed of the road. There is also a burning M10 Tank destroyer among the wrecks. Not only are these vehicles not visible in the initial advance or fighting scenes, but neither were used by the British Army. The M10 might pass for a 17Pdr gunned Achillies.
Revealing mistakes: When the British tanks begin advancing onto Nijmegen bridge, there is one shot of a Leopard tank intended to be a Panther - obviously taken from earlier in the film.
Fact errors: The bomb placed as shown would never collapse the entire bridge, because although it's directly under the road surface, it's 80 ft under the apex of the steel arch, the strongest part of the structure, which would remain intact after the bomb goes off. The bomb would have virtually no effect. The best the explosives could achieve where they're shown would be to disrupt the road surface.
DATE: In the "meeting of the generals" scene early in the movie, a cold-war-era map of Europe and the Middle East can be seen. Clearly visible is the German-Polish border at the post-WW2 Oder-Neisse line (though no inner-German border), Austria separated from Germany, a post-WW2 Czechoslovakia, the West Bank occupied by Jordan, and Gaza strip occupied by Egypt.
Revealing mistakes: As the Dutch Advisor Harry yells at Gen. Gavin after landing "you all right?" Several men in the background are carrying K98 German rifles instead of M-1 Garands, could be a war trophy but they carry no other rifle, and they just landed and wouldn't have time to get pick one up.
CHAR: When Gen. Bittrich sees all the paratroopers coming down, here says something like "Just once to have such power in my hands." However, in the C. Ryan's book it is German paratrooper expert Gen. Student that makes that statement.

Quotes

  Field Marshal Model: What can you see?
General Ludwig: Nothing. But they're going to try a river assault.
Field Marshal Model: It will fail.
General Ludwig: Of course. But what do we do if it doesn't?
Corporal Hancock: Sir.
[Offers mug of tea]
Major General Urquhart: Hancock. I've got lunatics laughing at me
from the woods. My original plan has been scuppered now that the
jeeps haven't arrived. My communications are completely broken
down. Do you really believe any of that can be helped by a cup of
tea?
Corporal Hancock: Couldn't hurt, sir.
[Urquhart accepts his mug of tea]
Brigadier General Gavin: What's the best way to take a bridge?
Maj. Julian Cook: Both ends at once.
Brigadier General Gavin: I'm sending two companies across the river
by boat. I need a man with very special qualities to lead.
Maj. Julian Cook: Go on, sir.
Brigadier General Gavin: He's got to be tough enough to do it and
he's got to be experienced enough to do it. Plus one more thing.
He's got to be dumb enough to do it... Start getting ready.
U.S. captain: What was all that about, Major?
Maj. Julian Cook: Well someone's come up with a real nightmare. Real
nightmare.
[last lines]
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: I've just been on to Monty.
He's very proud and pleased.
Major General Urquhart: Pleased?
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: Of course. He thinks Market
Garden was 90% successful.
Major General Urquhart: But what do you think?
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: Well, as you know, I always
felt we tried to go a bridge too far.
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: Everyone knows you have never lost
a battle.
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: I'm still young, give me time.
Field Marshall Walther Model: Why do all my generals want to destroy
my bridges?
[Before jumping out of a plane]
Maj. General Stanislaw Sosabowski: God bless Field Marshall
Montgomery.
Brig. General James Gavin: So that's it. We're pulling them out. It
was Nijmegen.
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: It was the single road getting to
Nijmegen.
Lt. General Horrocks: No, it was after Nijmegen.
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: And the fog, in England.
Maj. General Stanislaw Sosabowski: Doesn't matter what it was. When
one man says to another, "I know what let's do today, let's play
the war game."... everybody dies.
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: Remember what the general said; we're
the cavalry. It would be bad form to arrive in advance of schedule.
In the nick of time would do nicely.
Lt. General Horrocks: Kickoff will be at 14:35 hours tomorrow
afternoon. The Irish Guards under the command of Col. Vandeleur
will take the lead.
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: [sotto voce] Christ, not us again.
Lt. General Horrocks: What'd you say to that, Joe?
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: Delighted, sir, truly delighted.
Lt. General Horrocks: I've selected you to lead us, not only because
of your extraordinary fighting ability, but also because, in the
unlikely event the Germans ever get you, they will assume from your
attire that they've captured a wretched peasant and immediately
send you on your way.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Where's the captain?
Soldier: Dead.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Didn't ask you how he was. I asked you where he
was.
Grenadier Guards major: How the hell do they expect us to keep
schedule on a road like this?
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: You don't know the worst. This bit
we're on now?
Grenadier Guards major: Yes?
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: It's the wide part.
Old Dutch lady's son: She says you are much too noisy.
John Frost: She does realize there's something of a war going on,
doesn't she?
John Frost: I'm awfully sorry, but I'm afraid we're going to have to
occupy your house.
Col. Robert Stout: I'm Bobby Stout.
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: Have you ever been liberated before?
Col. Robert Stout: I got divorced twice, does that count?
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: That counts.
Lt. General Horrocks: This is a story you will tell your
grandchildren; and mightily bored they'll be.
Lt. General Horrocks: Do you think you'll be able to pull it off,
Joe?
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: I have nothing else planned for this
afternoon.
Maj. General Roy Urqhart: When you first named me to this command, I
told you I had never jumped before, but I felt I should at least
give it a go. You told me, 'Roy, you're much too old and far too
large for that sort of thing.' Well, I didn't tell you at the time,
but you did me a favor. You see, I'm prone to airsickness.
Lt. General Browning: Good God. Every time?
Maj. General Roy Urqhart: Well, we'll soon see.
Col. Robert Stout: Could you get a message down to XXXth Corps on
that dingus?
Radio Operator: Yes, sir. Uh, we just got word from the 82nd up
ahead. They captured the Graves bridge completely intact!
Col. Robert Stout: Aw, that's terrrific. Except XXXth Corps ain't
about to reach the godam intact Graves bridge until the godam Son
bridge gets fixed. Tell our British cousins to hustle up some
Bailey stuff.
Radio Operator: Yes, sir.
Col. Robert Stout: I'll meet 'em in Eindoven when they get there.
Tell those schmucks to do this right and have their Bailey stuff at
the front of their column. Got that?
Radio Operator: Yes, sir.
Col. Robert Stout: And be sure to say please.
Radio Operator: Yes, sir.
[Stout and Vanderleur are discussing how to get the Bailey bridge
through town]
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: When you refer to Bailey crap I take it
you mean that glorious, precision-made, British-built bridge which
is the envy of the civilized world?
[looks at the crowd of Dutch civilians]
Lt. Colonel J.O.E. Vandeleur: I don't know how you're going to get it
through this crowd.
Col. Robert Stout: No sweat. I got a back way staked out that will
avoid all this. American ingenuity.
Col. Joe. Vanderleur: Really?
Col. Robert Stout: Actually, I was born in Yugoslavia, but what the
hell.
[final plans are being discussed]
Lt. Gen. Frederick Browning: Only the weather can stop us now.
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: Weather. What of the Germans, General
Browning. Don't you think that if we know Arnhem is so critical to
their safety that they might know it too?
Lt. General Frederick Browning: See here, General Sosaboski, I should
think you would have more faith in Field Marshal Montgomery's plan.
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: Faith? I will tell you how much faith I
have. I am thinking of asking for a letter from you stating that I
was ordered to go on this mission in case my men are massacred.
Lt. General Frederick Browning: I see... I do see. Do you wish such a
letter?
General Stanislaw Sosaboski: No... In the case of massacre: what
difference will it make?
[Gavin is discussing the glitches that have come up]
Captain Harry Bestebreurtje: I don't want to hear any more. Is there
any more?
Brigadier General James Gavin: You're my Dutch advisor, Harry.
Captain Harry Bestebreurtje: What's that supposed to mean?
Brigadier General James Gavin: Just that the Germans first tried to
take Nijmeagen Bridge in 1940; and got slaughtered.
[Carlyle has asked to see Frost before he dies]
Lt. Col. John Frost: Hello, Harry.
Major Harry Carlyle: Hello. Johnny.
Lt. Col. John Frost: You know, Harry; I always wanted to ask you, but
didn't because I knew you so very much wanted me to and I didn't
want to give you the satisfaction; but why do you always carry that
umbrella?
Major Harry Carlyle: Bad memory. Never could remember the password.
Knew no Jerry would carry one. Had to prove I was an Englishman,
you see.
Field Marshal Model: No reinforcements to Arnhem. Von Runstedt says
we will need them for our counter attack.
Lt. General Bittrich: Counterattack! With what?
Field Marshal Model: Paratroopers are lightly armed and equipped.
They cannot hold out for long. If we can hold up their infantry on
the road to Arnhem, they will be forced to surrender.
Capt. Glass: My problem is, I'm not totally crazy about the prospect
of dying.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: So don't die. Drinking that garbage isn't gonna
keep you alive, is it?
Capt. Glass: What is?
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: What is? Well, not gettin' shot.
Capt. Glass: What can guarantee that?
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Nothing, for sure.
Capt. Glass: You will.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: I will what?
Capt. Glass: You tell me, Eddie. You tell me I won't die.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Alright, you won't die.
Capt. Glass: No, no. Guarantee me. I want you to guarantee me I won't
die.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: [seriously] I guarantee you.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Colonel, if you don't look at him right now, he's
going to die.
U.S. medical colonel: He's dead now.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: It would mean a lot to me, sir, if you'd check him
out.
U.S. medical colonel: Come on, Sergeant! For Chrissakes get him out
of here!
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Would you look at him please, sir. [draws his .45]
Right now. Or I'll blow your fuckin' head off. [cocks the .45]
Right now.
U.S. medical colonel: I can give him a quick examination if you like.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: Thank you very much, sir.
U.S. medical colonel: Sergeant Dohun pulled a gun on me and
threatened to kill me unless I did precisely what he ordered. I
want you to put him under arrest.
Lt. Rafferty: Yes sir.
U.S. medical colonel: I want you to keep him there. I want you to
keep him there for at least ten seconds.
Lt. Rafferty: I'm not all that sure I understand, Colonel.
U.S. medical colonel: Count to ten, Lieutenant, fast.
Lt. Rafferty: One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine,
ten. Like that, sir?
U.S. medical colonel: [dismisses him] Thank you, Lieutenant.
U.S. medical colonel: You scared the shit out of me, you stupid
bastard.
SSgt. Eddie Dohun: You did a fine job yourself, sir, if it makes you
feel any better.
U.S. medical colonel: You're goddamn right it does.
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: Hello, Roy. How are you?
Maj. General Roy Urqhart: I'm not sure I'll know for a while. But I'm
sorry about how it turned out.
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: You did all you could.
Maj. General Roy Urqhart: Yes, but did everyone else?
Lt. General Frederick "Boy" Browning: They've got a bed for you
upstairs if you want it.
Maj. General Roy Urqhart: I took ten thousand men into Arnhem. I've
come out with less than two. I don't feel much like sleeping.
Wounded Paratrooper: Morphine! Taffy, I must have morphine!
'Taffy' Brace: Morphine's only for the people who are really hurt.
Wounded Paratrooper: I thought I *was* really hurt.
'Taffy' Brace: Well, you're wrong.
General Ludwig: Forgive me, but there is a battle. And we are in the
process of winning it.
Dr. Jan Spaander: Winning and losing is not our concern - living and
dying... is.
Maj. Julian Cook: [reporting another delay to his officers] Ah, I
suppose you're wondering why I called you here. I want to tell you
that I've decided to cross the river like George Washington;
standing in the prow of the boat.
[an SS officer is approaching under a white flag]
Major Harry Carlyle: Rather interesting development, sir.
[to the German]
Major Harry Carlyle: That's far enough! We can hear you from there!
SS Panzer Officer: My general says there is no point in continuing
this fighting! He wishes to discuss terms of a surrender!
Major Harry Carlyle: Shall I answer him, sir?
Lt. Col. John Frost: Tell him to go to hell.
Major Harry Carlyle: We haven't the proper facilities to take you all
prisoner! Sorry!
SS Panzer Officer: [confused] What?
Major Harry Carlyle: We'd like to, but we can't accept your
surrender! Was there anything else?
[German officer walks off]
Lt. Col. John Frost: Well, that's that.
[the officer returns to General Bittrich, and they converse in
German]
SS Panzer Officer: They rejected our surrender offer. What are your
orders, Herr General?
Lt. General Bittrich: Flatten Arnhem.
Field Marshal Model's aide: Field Marshall, thousands of paratroops
have landed in this area, three kilometres from here.
Field Marshall Walther Model: What? Why? There is nothing important
here... me! I'm important! They must've landed here just to capture
me. [stands from his lunch and moves to the door] Get my car ready.
[makes to leave]
Field Marshal Model's aide: Yes, sir! [about to leave himself]
Field Marshall Walther Model: [pops back in and shouts] And don't
forget my cigars!
Lt. General Bittrich: Yes, thousands of paratroopers have landed in
Nijmegen... right on top of Field Marshall Model
General Ludwig: I'll bet they landed in his soup!
Lt. General Bittrich: You'd like that, wouldn't you?
Maj. Julian Cook: Those are British troops at Arnhem. They're hurt
bad. And you're just gonna sit here... and... drink tea?
[after the fighting is over, Bittrich rides in to meet the English
captives. He sees Frost, who is sitting on the ground with a leg
injury. He offers a bar of chocolate and says something in German]
Bittrich's Aide: My general says, please take it. It's very good
chocolate. Your planes dropped it to us yesterday.
[Frost waits a few moments, then takes the chocolate]
Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich: English?
[Frost nods]
[Bittrich listens in amazement as Frost's troops relentlessly storm
the Arnhem bridge]
Lt. Gen. Wilhelm Bittrich: [in German] Fool's courage...
Major General Urquhart: I thought everyone knew that God was a
Scotsman.
Major General Urquhart: [looking at the escaped lunatics pointing and
laughing at the British paratroops] Think they know something we
don't?
John Frost: [to Home Owner] I'm terrible sorry about all this, you
know.
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: Let's get to the point. Air power?
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: Air power, Field Marshall...
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: Briefly, please.
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: Air power is minimal.
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: Ammunition?
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: Also minimal.
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: Tanks, troops, replacements?
Major General Gunther Blumentritt: Minimal.
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: Morale?
[Blumentritt hesitates, then says nothing]
Field Marshall Gerd von Runstedt: [sighs] Nonexistent.

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