In some way, all countrysides have a beauty - in peace as well as war. But during a war the countryside becomes dominated by other things - machinery, guns, bullets, men.
The Great Escape (1963)
RAMSEY'S VOICE
A screenplay character in The Great Escape (1963).
- lines
- 4
- words
- 169
- scenes
- 1
- dialogue
- 1.6%
- avg words / line
- 42
- shortest / longest
- 15 / 68
- pages
- p.1
Sample dialogue
Towards the end of World War II Germany was one vast prison camp and the problem of containment of prisoners - slave laborers and prisoners of war - was acute. Among these there was a small group of officer POW's who were a constant thorn in the German side for however much the Germans tried to keep them locked up - there were escapes and escapes and escapes.
scene 2, source scene 1 — A HEAVILY GUARDED TRUCKAnd in the course of war some men live, some die, and some are captured.
scene 2, source scene 1 — A HEAVILY GUARDED TRUCKSo with simple Teutonic logic, the Germans decided to end, once and for all, the irritant of this special group. They decided to concentrate all the worst offenders from camps all over Germany into a special escape proof camp. And they decided to watch this camp very well indeed. Its name was Stalag Luft North.
scene 2, source scene 1 — A HEAVILY GUARDED TRUCKIn some way, all countrysides have a beauty - in peace as well as war. But during a war the countryside becomes dominated by other things - machinery, guns, bullets, men.
scene 2, source scene 1 — A HEAVILY GUARDED TRUCK
First and last lines
So with simple Teutonic logic, the Germans decided to end, once and for all, the irritant of this special group. They decided to concentrate all the worst offenders from camps all over Germany into a special escape proof camp. And they decided to watch this camp very well indeed. Its name was Stalag Luft North.