"I'm freezing to death." "Let's get on with this stupid detail." "Caje. the cabin should be right through those trees over there." "The great outdoors." "You can sure have it." "You and this... human mountain goat we're supposed to meet up here." "the sooner we get the job done." "Move out Caje." "(knock knock knock knock)" "(knock knock knock) check the window huh." "huh." "The stove is still warm." "Or maybe he's still hunting or something." "(French) What are you doing here?" "Tell him to put the rifle down." "(French)" "(French)" "Find out if he's the right man." "aren't you?" "He's the right man." "Tell him we were sent to pick out a trail for some troops that have to get over the mountains." "Tell him that the villagers told us he's the only one who can get us through." "(French)" "I speak English." "I want nothing to do with you." "Get out." "aren't you?" "Who's side are you on anyway?" "The French mean no more to me than the Germans." "I..." "I do not take part in the war." "I trap animals." "No more." "Leave me alone." "like I said." "Let's go home uh." "huh?" "What about that?" "We're willing to pay you." "Money means nothing today." "What about provisions." "We have a lot of things out on the sleigh." "We have canned goods." "We have food." "Soap...huh?" "Kirby bring it in." "Wait?" "Leave your rifle." "Our unit's on the other side of the mountains." "We have to get them re-enforcements." "and avoid the avalanches." "We were told you're the only one who can get us through." "Hey." "Lookit this here." "we got it." "I will do no fighting." "You won't have to." "Our reports show there's no Germans in the area." "Very well I will guide." "If you give me his rifle or so." "you got it." "Sarge." "But after the job is done." "1964." "we ain't used to this altitude." "Perrault." "You gotta slow down." "I go home." "(A roaring sound is heard)" "huh." "this is Checkmate King 2." "Over." "White Rook." "This is Checkmate King 2." "Over." "White Rook." "Over." "King 2." "Over." "What is your status?" "Have you contacted the guide yet." "Over." "Affirmative." "Contact made." "We should reach..." "Break one." "What's the code for Mont Taube." "Face lime green." "We should reach face lime green in about an hour." "Over." "(Germans monitoring)" "We'll check back in one hour." "Over" "You think we can follow the flags okay." "Over." "King 2.Over." "Roger and out." "Let's.." "Let's go." "(German)" "(German)" "Mont." "Give me the radio." "Checkmate King 2." "This is White Rook." "Over." "White Rook." "Have you reached face lime green yet?" "Over." "King 2." "We can see our objective from this high point." "Shall I wait for you here." "Over." "Negative.We'll be delayed." "You keep going." "We'll follow the route you marked when we're ready." "Rendezvous with you at the objective." "Over." "king 2." "Out." "You show us the safest way down." "The rifle." "You show us the way first." "Straight down from here." "Huh." "Now the rifle." "(German)" "(German) you are trying my patience." "You have been here for 15 minutes." "I've asked questions." "I expect answers." "You hear me Sergeant." "I know you have been marking this mountain for troop movements." "Just tell me the number of men who will be coming up the mountain." "The number of men who will be coming up the mountain." "The number of men who will be coming up the mountain." "Well then." "We have an empty bunker the French were kind enough to build for us." "It is submerged in snow." "It is our cold storage." "I shall leave you and your men in there for awhile." "perhaps you will feel inclined... to cooperate." "(German)" "Door squeeks open)" "(squeaky door slams shut)" "(Latch clicks)" "Sarge." "What'd the kraut Lieutenant want?" "Answers." "He knows our troops are gonna make lt through the mountains." "He wants to know how many." "What'd you tell him?" "Nothing." "We're gonna be on ice until we do." "Would have been something you could have told him so they'd panic and pull out." "It's better if we keep our mouths shut." "Don't tell them anything." "Oh wow." "We gotta get outta here." "We will never get out of here." "You lied to me." "Right from the beginning." "The whole thing was a lie." "You said there were no Germans." "You tricked me." "We didn't know there were any Germans around." "Our reports showed the whole area was clean." "it is always the same." "death." "There's no end and for no use." "In the last war my father was killed." "Then my brother." "My mother was left alone with no one to care for her." "At the Mont del Poure" "I spent 6 years in prison." "she was dead." "Uh.." "England." "All the same." "People are all the same." "The war is always the same." "She doesn't need it." "I should not have trusted you." "You trust no one." "THAT IS RIGHT." "I trust no one." "Might be a change in plans...maybe." "Sarge." "They're coming this way." "Gotta get word to him." "How?" "I don't know." "We just gotta get out of here." "There is no way." "We'll freeze to death." "That's right." "Just keep walking." "Come on." "Keep walking." "This is nothing." "The real cold comes at night." "Thanks for the weather report." "Stupid." "Stupid." "(Noise from wall)" "The wall is cracking." "The cold must be doing it." "Gotta have something to dig with." "Hey." "Sergeant." "Have you reached a decision yet?" "Not yet." "and thus help your men?" "Or are you just going to let them freeze." "I need more time to think about it." "You best make a decision soon." "the temperature will drop ten degrees more." "I'll be back in 20 minutes." "There's about 5 minutes more." "Alright." "I got it." "Keep chomping Sarge." "Sergeant." "Sergeant." "(German)" "(German)" "(German)" "(Germans stop to shoot)" "ah!" "What's the matter?" "It's my leg." "My tendon it's sore..." "Don't move it." "don't twist it." "But it's okay." "Hold it." "Hold it." "Let's see if it's broken." "Sarge." "I think it's broken." "Or it's dislocated." "Don't." "Don't twist it." "Hold on." "I'll try to put it back." "hard." "What do I do?" "Caje." "Hang onto him now." "Hang on Kirby." "Here we go." "Here we go." "Hold on." "Here we go." "Oww!" "Be careful with it." "Be careful." "Hang on." "Once more." "Ah!" "Onc more." "One to open." "Argg." "unh." "I'll try one more time." "Okay." "Hang on." "Just go ahead." "Ah." "Ow." "Uhh." "Ah." "That's better." "Thanks Sarge." "I think it did it." "All right?" "Perrault's gone." "They're his tracks." "I'm going after him." "He's the only one who can get us through these mountains." "Hold Kirby huh." "Alright Sarge." "Come on Kirby." "Let's try it." "Come on." "Perrault." "we need your help." "Leave me alone." "Perrault." "Those skis that you got." "We need them." "We can't get back there without you." "Cage needs those skis to get down to the mountain and warn..." "You can't run away." "The lives of hundreds of men depend on you." "the French." "Nobody!" "Nobody asked you what you wanted." "Nobody asked ten million other people." "but who hasn't lost someone." "you lied to yourself." "You're a deserter." "I'm not!" "Yes you are." "You ran away from the fight." "you didn't." "No you didn't." "You only told yourself you did." "And that's the lie you try to live all alone on your mountain top." "What are you gonna tell yourself this time?" "Huh!" "Hey." "Follow after me." "Tell the Lieut." "Yeah." "Sarge." "Krauts." "Get over." "Get over there." "Give me the pole." "(French)" "(French)" "(Gasps)" "Americans." "Americans." "What's that?" "A million miles from nowhere." "Yeah Lieut." "Uh." "I'll catch up with ya." "Morning." "Uh." "Morning Monsieur." "I can see why we needed your help." "huh." "many." "Yeah." "We thought you might need this thing too. uh" "You know we'd like you to have it." "Beautiful." "A beautiful weapon." "I..." "I do not need it." "Last night I think what you said." "A deserter." "wait a minute." "About last night." "Sergeant." "Deserter.." "uh from my fellow man" "Down there." "alone huh?" "Today." "Today I go back down." "Heh." "It is a beginning." "uh." "Good luck Francois." "You too."