Bunker, The (2001)

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That's it. Everybody else is out.
-Lend a hand!

What's going on?

Oh sh*t.
-It's just the generators.

Come on.

Bunker!

Hold your fire!

We're coming in.

Open up!

Who are you?
-Heydrich. Thirteenth Panzer Grenadier.

Let him go!
- You. Why are you here?

We were ambushed.
-Ambushed?

It's a bit late to be asking questions,
Private. Put the g*n down.

Watch the kid, watch the kid.
The g*n.

I'm sorry. We were warned, you see,
about enemy infiltration units.

Yeah, so why did you open the door?
- Was his luck.

Keep your eyes out front.

What happened to you again?
- Ambush. Americans.

Oh sh*t.
- That's all right.

How far away did this happen,
the ambush?

Three or four kilometers.
- But the front line's supposed...

to be thirty odd kilometers away.
- That's what we thought.

What the Yanks were doing this forward?
- They're coming this way.

Are they?
- Maybe.

How many men you got?
- Just the one.

You mean, that kid?
- Everybody else was sent forward.

They even took our supplies.
-Is it like this all along...

the border now? Just reserves?
- Look, just get on to area command.

1 don't believe this.
Kids and old men left in charge.

That's what it's come to all right.

Can we come in?

They're ours, what's left of them.
- What's your name?

Linus, Sir.
- Can you handle all this?

lused to be on the flak unit.
- Keep your g*n on the trees.

If you have to fire use short bursts.
- Sir.

They should let them know if there's
any further developments. That's all.

That's all?
- They're coming out the trees.

Krupp, Engels, Franke, Schenke.

Can't see who they're dragging.
-Kreuzmann.

Who are you waiting for?

Keep low, keep low.
Move it, move it. Fire.

The enemy, where are they?
- Out.

Just fire. Again, at one.

Two o'clock. Stop f*ring.

Stop.

Go, go, go.

Engels!

Right guys, just keep your heads down.

Come on, open up.
- They're on the other side.

Cover me.

Open fire.

Open!

Close!
- What happened to the others?

Take a wild guess.

Heydrich, who else is here?
- Ebert and Baumann, Sir.

Enough. Hold fire.

Are you in charge here?

Yes, Sir. Private Mirus, Sir.

Baumann!
Have you been on to area command?

Yes, Sir.
- And the cover fire was bloody late.

Jesus, you look worse than us.

Any more cover fire apart from this?
- There's a machine g*n nest...

across the path, sir,
but nobody to man it.

All right.
I'l talk to area command again.

In the mean time if anything moves out
there you sh**t, instantly.

Yes, sir.

How long ago did you get here?
- A couple of minutes before you.

You got away from that crossfire quick.
- We looked for you.

Turn on the vents.

Let me look at you.
- Just get on with pampering him.

How many Yanks where back at the ambush?
-Who knows?

Enough anyway.
-I reckon two or three sn*pers

plus a machinegun each side of the road.
- More than that, man.

If we hadn't have split up we could
have fought it out, pushed some forward.

And got ourselves k*lled?
- It was ten or twelve men at most.

And how many more coming up from behind?
- What do you mean? You saw others?

1 didn't see them, no.
-Then who says?

Don't start, Schenke.
- We pulled back!

1 didn't see anyone else. How do
you think, we got out of there?

So, who reckons he saw
all these other Yanks?

Krupp's man's out front.

Irritating little bastard.
-We got a siege condition.

Krupp wants a rota.
Three-hour shifts.

Did Engels make it?
-No.

What is this place?
- An anti t*nk bunker.

You all right?

But the situation is critical.
No, we don't know how many, but...

Yes. Yes.

Very good, Sir.

All units up at the front.
No reinforcements available,

we hold until relieved.
- Hold with what?

They don't know we're low on a*mo.

They haven't the element of surprise.
- They don't need surprise if there's

an armoured column coming.
- Where's this coming from?

Oh come on! We don't know
what's going on up at the front.

We were ambushed by an infiltration unit
or an advanced pocket of resistance.

What do you think about that, Baumann?
-I saw them. They were there.

They know we've got no covering fire.
Now that it's gone there is nothing

to stop them surrounding us.
- So what? They won't getin

unless one of you opens the door.
- Ebert's right, Sir.

Without a*mo we can't hold them.
-And I say they won't att*ck.

Why? You saw the way they came
after us, Lieutenant,

they weren't just doing their job,
they were trying to be heroes,

so if they do get in here,
they won't be taking prisoners.

So. We're surrounded
and we're almost out of amm*nit*on.

What options do we have exactly, Sir?

There's always the tunnels.

The tunnels are through the other door.
- What's down there?

Only rats.
-I mean, what are they for?

Munitions storage, I think.
They were never finished.

Why?
-Idon't know.

Too many cave-ins. They're not safe.
-But you've been in?

Not very far.
- There's amain entrance on the other side

of that hill. I seen it from the outside.
- Could be amm*nit*on stored in there?

I've not been in that far.
- So let's take a look.

No. Our orders are to stay put.
- Yes, well, if there's a...

We'll hold our position here.
And you're both still on watch.

Make this door secure, sergeant.
- Yes, sir.

Let me take a quick look.
- You heard the Lieutenant?

Yeah, I heard.
- We lost half our men today.

We must stick together,
right, Corporal?

I'l go get something to eat.
Thanks.

So what about the old man?

He shouldn't be here in this state.
- None of us should be here.

Listen. What Schenke did earlier
was out of line.

He's always trying to prove something.
You heard what slipped out the other day

how he tried to join the SS
but they wouldn't have him.

Not pure enough.

He's geared up on Bencedrin
he's doing half the time.

He'll get us all k*lled one day.

We'd know, that too long. I tell you,
Iwas sh*t scared back there.

Given half the chance
I would have done the same as you.

What do you mean?
- You know, got out of there

while I could, every man for himself.

They wouldn't dig something that
extensive and not put it to good use.

1told you what I know. Here have some.
- Yes, and I told you I don't drink.

You know more than you're letting on.
- Schenke, just relax.

You're not curious about those tunnels?
- Forget about the tunnels.

We've got enough to worry about here.

Thank you. So, where did you get that?

Front line. Seventeen. Shell fragment.

What about you? Any w*r stories?

Maybe something that happened to you
at school?

Don't worry about it. This w*r's not
over by along way, believe me.

You'll be telling stories
like a veteran before you know it.

1 do know one story.

I know what happened in those tunnels.
-Goon.

It's just something I've heard, but...
there was some kind of an...

uprising with the sl*ve workers building
the tunnels, the 0.T. had to stop work...

Yeah, I'll tell you what happened.

Just don't call me a liar.
-I'm listening.

The O.T. closed this site because...

they didn't like it in there.
Nobody likes it in there.

The local folk didn't help matters.
- What are you talking about?

People around here have
unpleasant stories about this place.

He knows.
- Ghost stories.

1told you that you wouldn't believe me,
but you haven't been in those tunnels

in the dark.

Yeah, you can laugh. But tales don't
last hundreds of years for no reason.

Remember, these woods are ancient.
Older than Germany.

They used to burn witches here
because the place is evil.

It was during the Black Death

and the Plague was sweeping
across the continent.

The village here was isolated,
and they thought they were safe,

but there was no escape.
The disease started to spread

through this district like wild fire.

One day a stranger
arrived in the village.

Some said, he was a priest.

If he was,
he was a priest of the unholy.

Perhaps he was death himself.

He began to turn the villagers
against one another.

Friends became enemies.
It didn't take long.

He offered to rid them
of the Plague once and for all.

And the people listened to him.

One shameful night...

he roused the villagers into a frenzy.

He led a mob, which drove the sick
and infected from their homes...

pursued them to these woods,
hunted them down like dogs

and when they were finally run to ground,

they were slaughtered.

Beaten, clubbed, hacked.

When it was over,
their poisoned bodies...

were buried in a great pit.

Not all of them were dead
as the hole was filled in.

What's the matter?
-Don't worry about it, old man.

He's got no stomach, that's all.
Anyway if that's the best story

you can come up with, then listen to this.

It was on the way back from Russia,
as we reached Poland,

some small town...

Kreuzmann!

Are they still out there?
- And all the way round, I should think.

You mean, we're surrounded?
- They're not going to try anything.

But they could get in if they wanted to.
- There's probably not enough of them...

to try.
- You know what they do

to elite division troops?
As far as they're concerned

we're no better than a cyst.

Just take it easy. Ok?

There is something about this place.

There is something
that is not quite right.

You haven't worked it out yet, have you?

What's that then?
- Well, with the others dead,

it's just us again.

It's just the seven of us.

Get some rest.

You're probably still concussed, go on.

God with us.

Goon.

Come here.

Whats it?

Listen.

Don't they ever sleep?

Help me, help me.

Help me, help me...

No, stop, I'm begging you, please,
don't, no, no, no.

No, please, no, stop. No, no.

Werner.

I'm here, Werner.

Werner!

Baumann, wake up.

Wake up!

What's the matter?

I can't find Mirus or Kreuzmann.

Who's on watch?
- Me, Heydrich and Franke.

It's time for the shift change.
- What do you mean, you can't find them?

I mean, they must be in the tunnels.

You up. You up.
Relieve Heydrich and the g*n team.

What's going on?
- Just do it now, please.

They're deserting.
- We don't know that.

What do you think they're doing, huh?
I want them brought back here.

Take Heydrich with you.
-Heydrich's injured, I'll go.

Unless of course,
you don't trust me to come back.

Don't be too long.

Jesus, it stinks down here.
There's no proper ventilation.

Nitrate dripping through the concrete.
This place was never finished properly.

I'l go this way.
- What, are we splitting up?

Are you scared of the dark now?
- We'll cover more ground that way.

Baumann.

We're not going to find them.

Ifound this in the access tunnel
before I woke you.

It's Kreuzmann's. If Krupp knew
about this he'd send Schenke down

after him, do you understand that?
- He won't hear about it from me.

Good. I'll see you back here
in ten minutes, all right?

What's he up to?
- The old man's been wandering off

for the past couple of weeks.
-For what reason?

1 don't know.
He's never gone for very long,

an hour or so just to be by himself.
He sometimes gets confused.

Surely not.
- Either way, we're gonna assume

he's shown Kreuzmann a way out.
-I don't think so, sir.

Why?
-I don't think Mirus would let anybody

go with him, sir. He always told me
to stay away from the tunnel.

He treats them as if they belong to him.
-Is that why he's trying to frighten us

with ghost stories to try to keep us out?
- Maybe.

He sometimes acts as if, as if the...

Asif?
- As if there's something in there

that he didn't want me to know about.
- What?

It's Kreuzmann.

Mirus? Kreuzmann?

sh*t.

What the hell's going on?
-My torch, it failed.

Where's Ebert?
-Don't know, I couldn't move from here.

It wasn't working.
-No point asking

if you've found Kreuzmann then?
- This is huge, he could be anywhere.

Besides we've got more important...
-Such as?

The Americans.
-What in here?

It's possible, sir, they could have
got in from the other side of the hill.

Have you seen anything?
-No, but I heard something.

Halt.

There's your Americans.

Heydrich.
Right, where's Kreuzmann?

You came down here together. Where is he?
-I came down here on my own.

I want to know, what's been going on.
Well, nothing's been going on.

Quiet. g*n fire. The bunker.

Stay here. Watch the tunnels.

There's no one there, stop f*ring,
there's no one there.

What the hell are you doing?

What are you f*ring at?

Jesus, they were everywhere,
then I thought. For a minute there...

Easy. Easy. They've gone now.

Used up sh**ting at shadows.
- They were out there.

Then why didn't you hit anything?
Look outside. Where are the bodies?

I'd expect that from some schoolboy,
but from you, Schenke, you should lay off

them pills, they're making you see things.
- Franke saw something too, Sir.

They can't both be imagining.
- They're playing tricks on us.

They are testing our firepower.
- Keep out of it, Baumann.

So what do we have left?
- Whatever r*fle rounds and grenades

each of us have.
- Still some chance for the cannon.

What is that, you idiot?

The line's dead.
- It won't be an overhead telephone line.

It will be a ground cable probably
routed back through the tunnels

and you know what that means.
- Allright.

Suppose the Americans are in the tunnels.
-I say, we secure the entire complex.

If they're in there we push them out.
- With what, Schenke?

With our bare bloody hands if necessary.
If they were in there in force,

they would have stormed us by now.
It's got to be a manageable number.

You think, Kreuzmann and Ebert are dead?
- Deserted or dead, we can forget them.

Oh you're all heart, Schenke.
- Shut your mouth. You had your chance

to find them. You prefer to hide away.
- If you're looking for a fight, Schenke,

you'll have to try harder than that.
When will you realise

1 am not fighting the same w*r as you?
- Isn't that the truth?

We can't let the enemy have the tunnels.

You know something of the layout
in there? Anywhere particularly suitable

for the enemy to lay a trap?
- The whole place is a trap.

Forget him, what does he know?
Whatever's in there, we can handle it.

Right. If the enemy is inside, they must
have got in through the back entrance.

We'll find it, secure it. If we go into
too much opposition, we come back here.

My orders only cover this bunker.
- This shall be interesting.

Is that to keep them out or us in?
- You catch on quick.

Let me come with you into the tunnels.
-No.

Please.
-Isaid no.

I need someone I can trust back here.
You did all right before,

you've got some fight in you.
-It's all yours, kid.

Keep an eye on the old man.
- Yes, Sir.

We'll go straight for the back entrance.
If we sweep round the wrong way.

If that's all right with you, Corporal.
- Give it a rest, Schenke.

Don't forget Schenke,
two flashes on the torch means it's us.

Why doesn't he keep him under control?
- Schenke has no control.

Why do you let him keep riling you?
- What do you want me to do?

Well, you could start by telling him
what really happened back at the ambush.

Why?
- think, you enjoy being hated.

Why are you not watching the front?
- You can't see anything out there.

Mirus, they've left us in charge.
- Look, they're the ones who brought

all this down on top of us.
We were doing fine till they turned up.

Ifthe Americans att*ck, let them
deal with it. I've done enough.

I saw my comrades slaughtered
twenty-five years ago.

Look, you can't just give up now.

We have to do what we can, at least
warn the others of an att*ck.

Danger's not even out there,
it's in those tunnels.

What are you talking?
- Werner told me.

Werner?
-My son.

Your son's dead, Mirus, he d*ed
in Normandy, you told me so yourself.

Don't look at me like that.
I'm telling you, he talks to me.

No, he doesn't.

You're just confused again. Look at me.

Look at me.
Your son's dead, Mirus, he's gone.

You think,
I'm just a crazy old man, you all do,

but there's something
about those tunnels.

They make you see things, do things.

In there, Werner comes back to me.

Only tonight it was different.
Tonight when he came back to me,

others came back with him. Yeah.

1 don't believe it.

It's all a*tillery a*mo.
- Useless to us. Let's move on.

And leave it for the enemy?
- We'll deal with it later, come on.

Cover me.

Doors are sealed. Nobody got in this way.
There's someone out there.

As long as they're not in here.
- There must be another way

we don't know about.
A vent, escape shaft or something.

We should wait here for the others.
- They've probably already surrendered.

I still haven't surrendered to suggest
there's anyone in here but ourselves.

Schenke.

It's Ebert.
Looks like he was run through.

Is he dead?

Christ.
- Looks dead to me, Lieutenant.

It's there for a reason.
Could be the way out.

Right, you two check it,
I'l cover your backs.

Something smashed through here.

Jesus Christ. The Plague pit.

Mirus's story. Do you think
that's what's wrong with him?

It can't be possible,
not after all these years.

That'll do you no good,
you catch it from fleabites and fleas.

It's Kreuzmann.
-No, no, ho, ho, no.

What do I do?
-He's gone.

He's dead. They're here,
they're back, they're back.

There's blood.
- Yes, butit's not his.

They said that k*lled him.
- Who did they k*ll?

You mean Engels.

Come on, let's get out of here.
-No, ho, no.

No, no, no...

They're playing games with us.

They're everywhere.

What are you doing?
You can't leave the a*mo.

Too late, that can't hold them off.
- The enemy's here, let's stand, fight.

Then I'l do it alone.
- You'll do as you're bloody told, get up.

Stop.

Stop.

What do we do now?
- Let's get him to the bunker.

Don't be a fool.
Whatever that duty was, it's stopped!

You can't help them. There now, why don't
you ever listen to me you, little idiot?

Neumann.

Right, then get yourself k*lled.

For what?

Werner?

Werner, what's happening, hm?

I tried to stop them,
but they wouldn't listen to me.

Sol, lL.

Oh my god.

Forgive me. Werner.

Mirus? Mirus, open up.

Werner.

What the hell are you doing here?

We heard sh**ting. I came to help.

What about keeping lookout?
- The rainstorm, we couldn't see a thing.

Mirus is still watching the front.
I thought, I'd be more help here to you.

Are you ready to help?
To do whatever is required?

Yes.
- Ready to take on the responsibilities

of wearing that uniform?

Yes, sir.
- The do as I say, without question.

Do you understand?
They're in here, the enemy.

They're trying to confuse us,
trying to pick us off one by one.

The Lieutenant's dead,
the others can't be trusted,

soit's up tous.
We give the enemy nothing.

So, what's our situation?
- God knows.

Either they could have gassed
the tunnels, making us hallucinate,

it's the only thing that makes sense.
-Explains a lot.

Where are the others?
- sh**ting stopped quicker then nothing.

Perhaps they've already surrendered.
- In which case there could be a platoon

of Americans the other side of that door.
Or they could be coming straight for us

down the tunnels.

Wait a minute.

Ok, more wood and sacking
on top, quickly.

What happens to us when this goes up?
-Don't worry, we won't be here,

we've got other things to take care of.

They're coming again.

Could you hear that as well?
- Yes.

The Americans trying to panic us.
- Ok, so what do we do now?

We're gonna have to blow the bunker door.
Ifthey are in there, we'll fight.

We won't stand a chance.
- You wanna die on your own down here?

Go!

That was a booby trap.
They're coming in from both ends now.

Are you ready?

This is it.

If it moves, sh**t.

Damnit.
If anything, it's jammed tighter.

sh*t.
- Alternative plan.

Which is?
-We find the other entrance.

sh*t. Christ, they're everywhere.
We don't stand a chance.

Can't see anything.
- That's it. We got nothing to fight...

Shut up!

Franke, Wait.
Enough.

We surrender, don't sh**t.

Do you hear?
-lhear.

Schenke. Thank god.
- Did you find a way out, Schenke?

Nobodies getting out, not them or us.

What's going on?
- What's going on is this:

Krupp's dead,
so are Ebert and Kreuzmann

and lacking a suitable replacement,
I'm assuming command.

What happened?
- You three weren't at the rendezvous.

Wait a minute, Schenke.
- Never where you should be, Baumann,

but this is the last time.
Take a look, kid.

This is the reason why we're losing.
- They're just around the corner.

The reason we've been pulling back,
cowards, that won't bloody fight.

We haven't got anything left to
fight with. Just show us the way out.

Don't worry about the Americans,
I've taken care of that.

But first things first,
time to weed out the traitors.

Don't listen to him, he's out of his mind.
- Time to prove yourself, kid.

They don't deserve to wear that uniform.
Prove that you do.

Do I have to spell it out?
They're traitors and cowards, sh**t them.

1 can't just k*ll him.

That's how it's done, now do it.

Go, go, go.

Come back, come back.

I'm coming, Baumann.

In here.

Come on.

This won't hold him.
- This way out.

Baumann, we're trapped.
-No, we're digging our way out.

We can't see a thing.
- Wait a minute.

Dear god.

Drop the g*n, Schenke.

Go on, you first. Go on.

Go! Get out!

Sir.

Wave this. Walk straight down,
don't try to hide.

You'll be all right.
- You're not coming?

1 don't get away with it that easily.
You've been given a chance.

Now do as you're told go. Go.

Go, go on.

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Jesus nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus.

Et benedictus fructus ventris tui,
Jesus nunc et in hora mortis nostrae.

Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus.

Et benedictus fructus ventris tui, Jesus.

Sancta Maria, Mater Dei.
Ora pro nobis peccatoribus,

nunc et in hora mortis nostrae. Amen.
Ave Maria, gratia plena, Dominus tecum,

benedicta tu in mulieribus.
Et benedictus fructus ventris.

Gratia plena. Dominus tecum,
benedicta tu in mulieribus.

Et benedictus fructus ventris.