The Great Escape - "Good Luck!"

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  • Опубліковано 20 лют 2011
  • One of those movie scenes which makes you shout "NO! YOU STUPID BUGGER!" when you watch it for the first time, this scene from 'The Great Escape' sees PoW camp escapees Squadron Leader Bartlett (Richard Attenborough) and Flight Lieutenant McDonald (Gordon Jackson) caught out by what McDonald himself called "The easiest trick in the world to trip up a suspect!" The irony is astounding lol

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  • @tiffsaver
    @tiffsaver 9 років тому +1382

    This scene is always hard for me to watch because it always breaks my heart. It's a grim reminder of how even the smallest, most insignificant detail can bring you down.

  • @ianm1530
    @ianm1530 10 років тому +492

    Ozzythenutter1046LS Earlier in the film in the camp Macdonald warns the POW's not to get caught out by the Germans suddenly speaking English which he then forgets himself

  • @james5995
    @james5995 10 років тому +272

    R.I.P. Richard Attenborough

  • @whiteknightgb11
    @whiteknightgb11 10 років тому +130

    R I P Richard a great actor and great director

  • @regisbarbanchon6375
    @regisbarbanchon6375 9 років тому +315

    Translation from french:
    - Ah, français! (Ah, french!)
    - Ja voll. (Yes.) [in german]
    - Commerçant ? (Shopkeeper/salesman?)
    - Oui. (Yes.) [in french, this time]
    - Parlez-vous français ? (Do you speak french?) [with an accent as thick as the gestapo guy, lol]
    - Un peu. (some / a little / a bit.)
    - Votre accent est très bon. (Your accent is very good) [still with a thick accent lol]
    [Note that a french won't say that. Your french is good precisely when you don't have any accent, or speak it without accent]
    - Oh, je l'ai *études fait* dans l'école supérieure. (Oh, i have *studies done* it in high school.)
    [Mangled grammar and vocabulary. Should be: Oh, je l'ai *étudié* au lycée.]
    - C'est bien, passez. (That's fine, go) [Should be: C'est bon, passez.]
    - Merci. (Thank you.)
    - Au revoir, messieurs. (Goodbye, gentlemen.)
    - Au revoir. (Goodbye.)

  • @DwightKoh93
    @DwightKoh93 12 років тому +107

    "Your arms... up!"

  • @martinmant2847
    @martinmant2847 10 років тому +411

    One of the greatest films ever made. Alongside Flight of the Phoenix.

  • @imiejj8665
    @imiejj8665 9 років тому +72

    Mac was fell for the error which Haynes made in practice lol, .."Goodluck to us Danny" lol

  • @MrHairyNeck
    @MrHairyNeck 10 років тому +153

    Great scene. Superbly acted. Thanks for uploading.

  • @Verence71
    @Verence71 11 років тому +111

    He was suspicious that they might be escaped prisioners so he decided to try and trick them when they thought they had gotten away with it

  • @HDreamer
    @HDreamer 12 років тому +214

    It's roughly: "English? You threaten me with a gun? Put it away at once."
    A rather rude way to react. Even his first reply on being stopped is a rude way to say "What's the matter?"

  • @cmcleod11131975
    @cmcleod11131975 11 років тому +59

    Talk about karma earlier in the film McDonald while in the camp used English after speaking German and tells the pow not to fall for it German always

  • @bananenbarrikade
    @bananenbarrikade 13 років тому +82

    @VanillaSugar121 Translation of what he is saying to the guard: "Me, an Englishman? You are threatening me with a gun?! Put that away at once!" - "Oh, you're German?" - "Of course!" - "It's ok, move on, we're sorry." And then they leave him alone. He gets away quite easily there... :-P

  • @unis2006
    @unis2006 13 років тому +100

    they so nearly pulled it off. What a wally, what an absolute wally!

  • @321reh
    @321reh 9 років тому +156

    Your German is Good and I hear so is Your French!!!! Words From Karl-Otto Alberty!!!!

  • @videowilliams
    @videowilliams 10 років тому +459

    However brilliant we may be and however long we might evade him, sooner or later, that grim reaper sticks a pistol in our chest and says "Arms up!"
    R.I.P. Richard Attenborough (1923-2014).

  • @fast1919
    @fast1919 10 років тому +36

    rip great actor in this part

  • @alanironside2006
    @alanironside2006 10 років тому +254

    The historical truth of this event is far more horrific and batbaric than what is portrayed.

    • @bugutwo
      @bugutwo 9 років тому +47

      Alan Ironside It was indeed. Those Germans were bastards.

  • @paul4608
    @paul4608 12 років тому +31

    It,s amazing how everyone in the picture kept their hat on

  • @Gerbilfan4life
    @Gerbilfan4life 12 років тому +16

    duh duh duh duh duh, loved that tune lol :)

  • @felixuko87
    @felixuko87 12 років тому +12

    @sephjnr the patrol is on a hurry looking for the guy, so if they think thy made a mistake stopping a german civilian... yes, they would let him go

  • @TheNellamaria
    @TheNellamaria 10 років тому +27

    Unforgettable!

  • @guhcdn
    @guhcdn 11 років тому +11

    Thank you so much for your reply. I've wanted to know for a long time.

  • @guhcdn
    @guhcdn 12 років тому +18

    Does anyone know the direct translation at 2:31, I know the officer accuses Bartlett of being English and I've only caught fragments of what was said i.e. "you draw your pistol on me?" and that the officer apologizes because he buys Bartlett's German accent. Can anyone fill in the blanks?

  • @HandsOfCinderblock
    @HandsOfCinderblock 11 років тому +15

    your arms... UP

  • @RafSeaLionFilms
    @RafSeaLionFilms 12 років тому +19

    At 3:12 if bartlett didn't respond to that annoying s.s. officer maybe he could be like i dont know what your talking about.

  • @9citycmte
    @9citycmte 12 років тому +15

    Yeah, i have seen this movie and it was great :)

  • @vengefulnoob
    @vengefulnoob 13 років тому +16

    It is a great scene...

  • @JagerLange
    @JagerLange 13 років тому +33

    @callumrocksyoursocks Hehehe - goes to show how much this scene resonates in the British culture if we can still get people coming back to this classic :D

  • @Jaffa45
    @Jaffa45 12 років тому +21

    today i found out that McDonald (the actor, not the real life character) was born round the corner from me

  • @ItsFazsha
    @ItsFazsha 9 років тому +20

    At 2:37 the officer holds the gun in his left hand. At 2:41 it's in his right hand.

  • @sephjnr
    @sephjnr 13 років тому +62

    What's a bit silly from 2:31 is that even through Roger is speaking in German, he is pretty much ordering the patrol to fuck off even though he's meant to be a civillian. Wouldn't he have been arrested for that at least?

  • @eskikindi
    @eskikindi 12 років тому +82

    It's really kind of silly, isn't it? It is clear that the Gestapo men suspected them. They wouldn't have bothered trying to trip them up; they would have just hauled them in. Fun scene, of course, but it's a bit absurd. :)

  • @callumrocksyoursocks
    @callumrocksyoursocks 13 років тому +19

    I'm here from watching the German Version of the Numberwang Mitchell and Webb sketch :)

  • @carlnapp8673
    @carlnapp8673 9 років тому +52

    "...ach Sie sind Deutscher?" " Selbstverständlich...."
    Richard Attenborough spoke German , one may forgive me, with such a horrible accent
    that makes me shiver. Everyone three miles around would have noticed it.
    Nonetheless I reckon him to have been a great actor.

  • @DeFactoLeader
    @DeFactoLeader 11 років тому +35

    Is it true the reason they were all killed instead of just being taken back to the POW camp was because Hitler didn't want to be made to look like a fool after so many men managed to escape and get so far before capture?

  • @ELPaso1990TX
    @ELPaso1990TX 12 років тому +12

    What's the town called were the scene was made?

  • @ItsFazsha
    @ItsFazsha 9 років тому +7

    He touches the barbed wire several times without even looking to see whether he's about to grasp a barb.

  • @SuperNumber19
    @SuperNumber19 12 років тому +6

    I'm here from playing metal gear solid 3 and 4! and I saw the hideo kojima made mgs from reference to this movie just came to see the familiarities.

  • @tenyardrambo
    @tenyardrambo 12 років тому +10

    your arms UP! lol

  • @KoesKoes99
    @KoesKoes99 13 років тому +7

    your '''hounds''' up! LOL XD

  • @englishguy2010
    @englishguy2010  11 років тому +68

    He screwed up lol

  • @DeWinter79
    @DeWinter79 12 років тому +3

    So what was actually said in French at 00:26? I can't make it out.

  • @No1BookReviewer
    @No1BookReviewer 12 років тому +3

    Longest shop name in the world on the side of that building at 1:01.....

  • @Jaffa45
    @Jaffa45 12 років тому +1

    can somebody who knows german tell me what's being said at 2:31

  • @Burns1993Joe
    @Burns1993Joe 11 років тому +6

    Can someone translate the French that the Gestapo guy speaks?

  • @9citycmte
    @9citycmte 12 років тому +3

    So close

  • @keeshoekerd6740
    @keeshoekerd6740 12 років тому +1

    Lol, talk about misunderstanding. Yes, that would make more sense!

  • @ELPaso1990TX
    @ELPaso1990TX 11 років тому +1

    What does he say to the German soldiers at 2:30 as I don't know much German?

  • @racefan32
    @racefan32 10 років тому +10

    R.I.P. John Hammond.

  • @MrGrenchler
    @MrGrenchler 10 років тому +8

    What is the german saying at 3:11

  • @keeshoekerd6740
    @keeshoekerd6740 12 років тому

    Hahaha, lol he actually does say hounds. What the?

  • @KakashiOwnage
    @KakashiOwnage 11 років тому +11

    The Germans got em in the end!

  • @fendweller
    @fendweller 12 років тому +2

    Just before 2.20 the rooftop panorama with Roger in the foreground has at least one TV aerial in it. Tsk, schoolboy error.

  • @moritzheisler2935
    @moritzheisler2935 11 років тому +3

    Maybe if they were not in a rush trying to hunt down a British POW.

  • @PetShopMod
    @PetShopMod 12 років тому +2

    Ur not serious?

  • @Pilkie101
    @Pilkie101 9 років тому +33

    Is this actual real footage of an escape or is it from a movie?

    • @boob72
      @boob72 9 років тому +260

      Yes it is a 100% real escape from WW2 captured on film using the very first cellular phone with a built in camera. Note the music that is heard playing in the background, probably being broadcast from loudspeakers. Isn't it uncanny how it seems to mach the pace of their pursuit...fascinating stuff.

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 9 років тому +16

      This is real

    • @Pilkie101
      @Pilkie101 9 років тому +10

      boob72 Are you being sarcastic? Cos it is real...

    • @AAARREUUUGHHHH
      @AAARREUUUGHHHH 9 років тому +26

      Pilkie101 No, this video is of a real escape, SE France 1943

    • @canman5060
      @canman5060 9 років тому +14

      It is from the movie The Great Escape based on a true escape story during WW2.