How are you?
Okay
Your leg will be fine A lot of shrapnel come out
I saved you the pieces
You are the prettiest girl I have ever seen
I don't think so
Would you kiss me?
No. I'll get you some tea.
It would mean such a lot to me
Would it?
Thank you
Nurse I can't sleep, Would you kiss me.
You are so pretty
Would you tuck me in please?
Very funny, now go to sleep.
Don't ask
God I hate giving blood. Can't stand needles
Is there anybody from Picton?
Picton? I don't know.
I would like to see somebody from home. Before I go.
Do we have anybody from picton?
Why Picton?
He's from there
Edge of Lake Ontario, right Soldier?
That is where your sweetie is from isn't it?
Ask him from What company he is with
Third Canadian Fusiliers
Does he know Captain McGan
He bought it yesterday. Shot to bits
What did he say!
Does not know him
Hana get down!
He is dead!
Name, rank, serial number?
Don't know, sorry.
I think I was a pilot
I was found in the wreckage of a plane
Can you remember Where you were born?
Am I being interrogated?
You could be trying to trick me. Make me speak German.
Which I can by the way
Why? Are you German?
No
How do you know you are not German
If you don't remember anything
Might I have a sip of water?
Thank you
It's ok
I remember lots of things
I remember her garden, plunging down to the sea
Nothing between you and France
This was your garden?
Or, My wife's.
You were married then?
I think so
But I believe that to be true of a number of Germans
Look,
I have this much lung, the rest of my organs are packing up
What could it possibly matter if I am a Tutankhamen
I am a bit of toast my friend
Sorry I can't help you
Are you alright?
I know you hate to be moved. I am sorry
Hana!
Jan
Hana!
There is meant to be lace in the next village
The boys are going to take me
You don't have any money do you?
No
Just in case there is silk?
No
Hana I know you do, come on.
No
Oh come on. I swear to God, this will be the last time I swear
She is a softie. She loves me.
I will pay you back, I promise.
I am not sewing anything else for you
I love you
Get some water over here!
Jan, oh no!
Where you going!
Stay back!
Don't move!
Stand absolutely still!
You are walking in a mine field
Good, that is good.
Just stay still for me. Everything will be fine.
What are you doing?
What the bloody hell do you think you are doing?
It is Jan's
Are you in pain, do you need something?
- Yes - Ok
Are you okay?
We keep moving him in and out of the truck
What is the point?
We can hardly leave him. Do you mean leave him?
No, I do not mean leave him
This will help you
I must be a curse
Anybody who loves me...
Anybody who gets close to me
I must be cursed
Which is it?
When he dies, I'll catch up.
It's not safe here, the whole country is crawling with bandits.
And Germans, and God knows what
It is madness, I can not allow it
The war is over. How can it be desertion?
It is not over everywhere. I didn't mean literally
It is normal, a shock. For all of us. Hana?
I need a pistol
Anything ever happened to you, I would never forgive myself.
We are headed for leghorn. Livorno the Italians call it.
We will expect you
Thank you
You are welcome ma'am
I will be okay. I will catch up.
You'll not leave me With all my heart...
What was all that banging?
Are you fighting rats, or the entire German army?
No. I was repairing the stairs
I found a library.
And the books were very useful
Before you find too many uses for those books
You might read some to me
I think they are all in Italian, but I will look, yes.
What about your own book?
My book? Oh yes.
Herodotus?
Yes. You can read him
I found plums. We have plums in the orchard.
We have an orchard
Herodotus is the father of history
Do you know that?
I do not know anything
It is a very plum plum
a mountain the shape of a woman's back
Good, good
Hello Geoffrey!
Welcome
Madox! Hello!
Welcome to the expedition
Thank you. Geoffrey Clifton
Splendid to finally meet you all
This is Dante D' Agostino, and Diggy Bermann our archeologist...
And this is Sharif Al Fouad. Egyptologist.
- And this is my wife, Katherine. - Hello.
We are your new apprentices
Welcome to the International Sand Club!
To the International Sand club
I will get cups
Marvelous plane. Did you look?
Yes
Is it not?
A wedding present from Katherine's parents
We are calling it Rupert Bear
Hello, Geoffrey Clifton
Almasy
We can finally consign my old bird to the scrap heap
Mrs. Clifton
Hello, Geoffrey gave me your monograph
When I was reading up on the desert. Very impressive
Thank you
I wanted to meet the man
Who could write such a long paper With so few adjectives
Well, a thing is still a thing
No matter what you place in front of it
Big car. Slow car,
Chauffeur driven-car
It is still a car
Not much use, though.
Love?
Love, filial love.
Quite different things surely
Uxoriousness that is my favorite kind of love
Obsessive love of ones wife
Now there you have me
They are tourists
Absolute rot
They are highly recommended by the Royal Geographic Society
She is charming and has read everything
He is meant to be a bloody good flier
We do not need another pilot
He can make aerial maps of the whole route
You can not explore from the air, Madox
If you could explore from the air life would be very simple
Contact
I should try and move the bed
I want you to be able to see the view
It's good
It's a view from a monastery
I can already see
How? How can you see anything?
No, no. Not the window. I can't bare the light anyway
I can see all the way to the desert
I am turning you
Exploring before the war. Making maps
Is there sand in my eyes?
Are you cleaning sand from my ears?
No sand. That is your morphine speaking.
I can see my wife in that view
Are you remembering more?
Could I have a cigarette?
Are you crazy!
Why are you so determined to keep me alive?
Because I am a nurse
Geoffrey!
Old fashioned tomato, a Long Island potato
But yes we have no bananas! We have no bananas today!
Katherine!
The king insisted that he would find some way to prove beyond dispute...
That his wife was fairest of all women
I will hide you in your room Where we sleep, said Candaules.
Candaules
Candaules tells Gyges that the queen has the same practice
She takes off her clothes, and puts them on the chair
And from where you stand you will be able to gaze on her at your leisure
And that evening it was exactly as the king has told him
She goes to the chair, and removes her clothes one by one
Until she is standing naked in full view of Gyges
And indeed, she was more lovely than he could have imagined
But then, the queen looked up
And saw Gyges concealed in the shadows
And although she said nothing, she shuddered
And the next day, she sends for Gyges and challenged him
And hearing his story, this is what she said
Off with his head!
She said either you must submit to death for gazing on
Or else kill my husband who has shamed me...
And become king in his place
So Gyges kills the king marries the queen
and becomes ruler of Lydia for 28 years
The end
Shall I spin the bottle?
So Geoffrey let that be a lesson to you
D'Agostino!
Are you asleep?
Hana?
What do you want?
I met your friend Mary
She said I should stop and see if you were alright
Apparently we are neighbors
My house is two blocks from yours in Montreal
Cabot, north of Laurier
Bonjour
For you
I would like to take credit for it
But, it is from Mary
My name is David Caravaggio
But nobody ever called me David Caravaggio
they find too absurd...
To miss out on
Shit!
Stupid hands
Let me do that
They are fresh
I have not had an egg in...
Have you noticed there are chickens?
In Italy you get chickens. But no eggs.
In Africa there are always eggs But never chickens
Who is separating them
You were in Africa?
Yes I was
So was my pataient
Look, I would like to stay for a while
I have to do some work here
I speak the language. There are partisans to be disarmed
We see if we can relieve them of their weapons
You know, while we hide
I was a thief. So the army thought I would be good at it
So you can shoot a pistol?
No
Do you have a problem with those?
No
Well, I should look at them before you go
Look, it is a big place
We need not disturb each other
I will sleep in the stable It does not matter where I sleep
I don't sleep
I do not know What Mary told you about me,
but I do not need company.
I do not need to be looked after
There is a man downstairs
He brought us eggs. He might stay
Why? Can he lay eggs?
He is Canadian
Why are happy when they collide With someone from the same?
What happened in Montreal When you passed a man in the street?
Did you invite him to live with you?
He need not disturb you
He can not. I am already disturbed.
There is a war. where you come from becomes important
Why? I hate that idea.
It is going to work!
Gently
Can I help?
It is finished
So you are our Canadian pick pocket?
Thief I think is more accurate
I understand you were in Africa. Where about?
Oh, all over.
All over?
I kept trying to cover a very modest portion and still failed
Are you leaving us?
Yes
Now is our opportunity for us to swap war wounds
Then I am definitely going
Does she have war wounds?
I think anybody she ever loves...
Are you planning to be the exception?
Me?
I think you have got the wrong end of the stick old boy
Caravaggio.
Hana thinks you have invented your name
And you have forgotten yours
I said no one would ever invent such a preposterous name
And I said you can forget everything
But you never forget your name
Count Almasy. That name mean anything to you?
Or Katherine Clifton?
How much did you pay?
Hello
They do not see foreign women in this market
How much did you pay?
Seven or eight pounds I suppose
Which store?
Why?
You have been cheated
But do not worry, We will take it back
I do not want to take it back
This is not worth eight pounds, Mrs. Clifton
It is to me
Did you bargain?
I do not care to bargain
That insults them
I do not believe that I think that you are insulted by me somehow
I would be very happy to obtain the correct price for this
I apologize if I appear abrupt
I am rusty at social graces
How do you find Cairo? Did you visit the pyramids?
Excuse me
Or the sphinx?
Latitude, 25, 33
Longitude 25, 16
We intend to drive northeast of Kofer and leave our birds
You disagree?
You are Hungarian, you always disagree
Good evening
How is your charming wife?
Marvelous. She is in love with the hotel plumbing
She is either in the pool, she swims for hours
She is a fish, quite incredible
Or she is in the bath
Actually she is just outside
Chaps only in the Long Bar
Mrs. Clifton
You will have to excuse us
We are not accustomed to the company of women
Not at all, I was thoroughly enjoying my book
The team is in mourning, darling
Really?
I am afraid we are not having funds for the expedition
Oh? what will you do?
More modest expedition. Or even wait a year...
Remind our families We still exist
Good heavens Madox, are you Married?
Very much so, we all are
Save my friend Almasy here
Well I feel much better, do you not darling?
We were feeling rather self-conscious
Let us toast then. To absent wives
Absent wives
And present ones
And future ones
Thank you
Excuse me? May I?
Why did you follow me yesterday?
I am sorry? what?
After the market, you followed me to the hotel
I was concerned. A woman in that part of Cario.
And I felt obliged to
You felt obliged to?
As the wife to one of our party
So why follow me? Escort me by all means...
But follow me is predatory. Is it not?
Could I ask you to move?
I am sorry, but I ...
I am sorry
It is just when you move
Can not really bear the pressure on the...
You alright? I was dreaming. Awful
Hana?
Are you alright?
Leave me alone
You are in love with him, aren't you?
Your poor patient
You think he is a Saint... Because of the way he looks?
I do not think he is
I am not in love with him I am in love with ghosts
So is he, he is in love with ghosts
What if I told you he did this to me
How could he have. when?
I am one of his ghosts and he would not even know it
I do not know what that means
Ask your Saint who he is
Ask him who he is killed
Please, do not creep around this house
See, I do not think he is forgotten anything
I think he wants to forget!
Gentlemen. To mapmaking!
To mapmaking!
And a special thank you to Geoffery and Katharine
Without whose fund raising heroics. We would still be kicking
To arm twisting
Geoffrey has to fly back to Cairo
Take a few photographs for the Army
What kind of photographs?
Portrait. The Brigadier, the Brigadier's wife
Brigadier's dog. Brigadier by the pyramids
Brigadier breathing
And of course I shall be bereft
I will finally be able to explore the Cario night life
I shall produce a authority guide to the Zinc Bars
I want to say Harems
Are we in the right country for Harems?
Harems
Bye, my love
Travel safe
Catch up in a week
Clifton. Safe journey
You too. Good luck
Glad the funds turned up
Clifton?
It is probably none of my business
Your wife,
Do you think it is appropriate to leave her
Appropriate?
Well the desert. For a woman, it is very tough
I wonder if it is not too much for her
Are you mad, Katharine loves it here. She told me yesterday
All the same...
I have known Katharine since she Was three
We were practically brother and sister before we were man and wife
I think I would know what is and is not too much for her.
I think she would know herself
Very well
Why are you people so threatened by a woman?
I have come to love that little tap of the fingernail
Please stop playing!
I do not have the key to that door
The Germans were here
The Germans were all over this area
They left mines everywhere
The pianos were their favorite hiding places
I see, sorry
Then maybe you are safe as long as you only play Bach
He is German
Is something funny?
No I'm sorry
I have met you before
I don't think so
Look. see?
Move that, and no more Bach
Lieutenant! You alright sir?
Fine sergeant
So you weren't with the Italian
Yeal, truing to get there to to give up their weapons
I was a thief, so the army...
thought I'd be good at it
I like your tongue, it's quick
He wants us to move out
He says there could be fifty more mines in the building
Thinks I am mad because I laughed at him
He is Indian
He wears a turban
No, he is Sikh.
If he wears a turban, he is a Sikh
I will probably marry him
Really? That is sudden
My mother always told me
I would summon my husband by playing the piano
I liked it better When it was just the two of us
Why, is he staying?
With his Sergeant, a Mister Hardy
We should charge
Does anyone have a job to do?
They have to clear all the roads of mines. That is a big job
In that case I suppose We can not charge
No we can not
I have been thinking
How does someone like you decide to come to the desert
What is it? You...
You are doing whatever you are doing
In your castle or wherever it is you live
And one day you say, I have to go to the desert
I once travelled with a guide who Was taking me to Faya
He did not speak for nine hours
At the end of it, he pointed at the horizon and said
Faya
That was a good day
Actually, you sing?
What?
You sing? All the time
I do not
You can ask Al Auf
Al Auf!
You had better be ready about half past eight
Remember honey, don't be late.
Because I'll be there when the band starts playing Going to dance off both my shoes
When they play the jelly-roll blues
Tommorow night...
Give me you hand
Thanks
Madox! Madox! Madox!
Come quickly, I have found something!
What is it?
Quick!
My God.
They're swimming.
They're swimming
How do you explain... to someone who has never been here,
Feelings which seem quite normal
I don't know my friend. I don't know
Kamal!
Bermann! what are you doing?
Watch out!
Get them out of the car!
Let me help!
How is she? Are you alright?
Yes, I'm fine.
Gently, gently
My wrist!
I will be back as quick as I can, thirty six hours at the outside
Try to get an additional radiator
We can install it between here and pottery hill
And a better jack. We planned badly
Bermann?
Safe journey
Now what?
Get all this stuff off!
I will stay behind, of course
Certainly not
I caused the problem, I shall stay
You can't, none of you can!
No, I insist
There clearly isn't room for all of us. I am the least able to dig,
And I am not one of the walking wounded
It is only one night
And besides if I remain it is the most effective method of persuading
My husband to abandon
whatever he is doing and come and rescue us
Alright Come on let us get going!
I thought you might like to paste them into your book
Well we , took photographs
There is no need
No really, I would like you to have them
Well there is really no need
This is just a scrap book They are too good
I should feel obliged. Thank you.
And that would be unconscionable, I suppose. wouldn't it?
To feel any obligation
Yes, of course it would
You should come into the shelter
I am quite alright, thank you
Look over there
What am I looking at?
Do you see what is happening to them?
They are so untidy. I was trying to rearrange them
No. Over there
In a few minutes there'll be no stars
The air is filling with sand
Hurry
This is not very good, is it?
No
Will we be alright?
Yes, yes
Absolutely
Yes is a comfort absolutely is not
Let me tell you about winds
There is a whirlwind from southern Morocco
The Aajej
Against which the Fellahin defend themselves with knives
And there is a Ghibli from Tunis
A Ghibli?
A Ghibli
Which rolls and rolls and rolls and produces
A rather strange nervous condition
And then there is the Harmatten, a red wind
Which Mariners called a sea of darkness
And red sand from this wind has flown as far as the south of England
Producing showers so dense that they were mistaken for blood
Fiction!
We have a house on that coast and it has never, never rained blood
It is all true. Herodotus, your friend
My friend
He writes about it
And he writes about a wind, the simoon
Which a nation thought Was so evil
They declared war on it and marched out against it
In full battle dress
With swords raised
Katharine, I need to get out of your side
Quick! A car! Let me out!
Of course! I'm sorry.
Ridiculous to fall asleep! Unforgivable!
Damn! The flare!
Stop! Over here!
Stop
Madox!
Our tracks have disappeared
Madox will calculate how many miles. He will soon turn around
Could I ask you please to, paste your paintings in my book
I should like to have them I should be honored
The others!
Oh God!
Quick!
How awful! We have got to get them out!
Quick get the other shovel!
Am I a terrible coward to ask how much water we have?
A little in our can. we have water in our radiator which can be drunk.
And it is not cowardly, it is extremely practical.
Come on!
There is also a plant, I have never seen it.
But I believe you can cut a piece the size of a heart from this plant
And the next morning it will be filled with a delicious liquid
Find that plant, cut out its heart.
Here
Here is the window
Clear the glass! I will clear the door
Mind your hands!
It is okay we are here!
Come on!
Hold on, we're coming!
Katharine!
Water
Geoffrey is not in Cairo
He is not actually a buffoon
The plane was not a wedding present
It belongs to the british government
They want aerial maps of the whole of north Africa
So I think he is in Ethiopia
In case you are counting on his sudden appearance.
And the marriage, is that a fiction?
No, the marriage is not a fiction
Thank God
Madox. It is madox.
Am I ''K.'' in your book?
I think I must be
Chapter one
He sat in defiance of municipal orders astride the gun zamzammah
I can't read these words
I can't read them, they stick in my throat
Because you are reading it too fast
Not at all
You have to read Kipling slowly
The eye is too impatient. Think about the speed of his pen
What is it... he sat, comma
In defiance of municipal orders, comma
Astride the gun Zamzammah on her brick... what is it?
Brick platform. Opposite the old Ajaib-gher
The wonder house... comma
As the natives called the Lahore Museum
It is still there, the cannon, outside the museum
It was made of metal cups taken from every household
in the city as tax then melted down
then later they fired the cannon at my people, comma
The natives. Full stop
What exactly is it you object to?
The writer or what he is writing about?
What I really object to Uncle
Is your finishing all my condensed milk!
And the message in your book, however slowly I read it
That the best thing for India, is to be ruled by the British
Hana, we have discovered a shared pleasure, the boy and I
Arguing about books?
Condensed milk
One of the truly great inventions
I will get another tin
I did not like that book either. It was all about men.
Too many men. Just like this house
You like him, don't you? Your voice changes
No I don't think it does
Anyway, he is indifferent to me
I don't think it's indifference
Hana was just telling me you are indifferent
To her cooking
Well I am indifferent to cooking. Not Hana's cooking in particular
Have either of you tried condensed milk sandwiches?
They are very good with salt
Welcome back, Madam
Will you not come in?
No, I should go home
Would you please come in?
Mrs. Clifton
Do not
I believe you still have my book
Thank you
You still have sand in your hair
It would not be make believe if you believe in me
Without your love
I am impressed, you can sew.
Good
You sew very badly
You do not sew at all
A woman should never learn to sew
And if she can, she should not admit to it
Close your eyes
Makes it harder still
When were you most happy?
Now
And when were you least happy
Now
What do you love?
What do I love?
Say everything
Let me think
Water
Fish in it
And hedgehogs. I love hedgehogs.
And what else?
Marmite. I am addicted.
And bathes. But not with other people.
Islands
Your handwriting
I could go on all day
Go on all day
My husband
What do you hate most?
Lie
What do you hate most?
Ownership. Being owned.
When you leave, you should forget me
Who is this?
Do you not recognize me?
Is it you? So fat
That is a Christmas cracker. Firecracker
This is not your handwriting, is it?
Yes, it is.
December twenty-second
Betrayals in war
Are childlike when compared With our betrayals during peace
New lovers are nervous and tender
But smash everything
For the heart is a organ of fire
I love that
I believe that
K?
Who is K?
K is for Katharine
Merry christmas
Say you are sick
What? No
Say you are feeling faint. The heat
I can not work. Can not sleep.
Katharine?
Coming!
I can not sleep
I wake up shouting in the middle of the night
Geoffrey thinks it is the thing in the desert. Trauma
I can still taste you
Till up this. It's empty
I can not write. With your taste in my mouth.
Swoon
I will catch you
Merry Christmas every one
My goodness
Fetch a chair
This heat is just terrible
She is quite alright
Are you pregnant?
I do not think so
How romantic. with Fiona I fell over every five minutes
Ronnie christened me Lady Downfall
You know, I might go inside and sit down for a few minutes
I will come with you
No, I will be alright, you stay here
Are you sure?
Happy Christmas
Have you seen Katharine?
What?
It is Clifton under here.
No I haven't. Sorry
Darling, just heard.
You poor sausage. You alright
I'm fine, just too hot
Lady H thought you might be pregnant
I am not pregnant. Just hot,
Too hot, aren't you?
Sweltering
Come on I will take you home
Can we really go home?
I can't breathe
I am dying for green. Anything green, or rain
It is Christmas and it is all
If you asked me, I would go home tommorow, if you wanted
You know we can not go home. There might be a war
Geoffrey, you do so love a disguise
I do so love you
What do you smell of?
What?
I think you got Marzipan in your hair
No wonder you are home sick
Is it you?
What?
If I said Moose?
Moose? what the hell is Moose?
I look different. Why shouldn't you?
I heard your breathing Thought it was the rain
I am dying for rain
I am dying anyway
But I long for the rain on my face
First wedding anniversary, What do you call it
I don't know. Paper?
Is it? I do not know.
Paper? Paper?
Darling it is me
Listen, I am sorry something has come up
- No - Now do not sulk, I will be back
I am going to sulk,
and I am not moving until you get back here
Promise?
Okay, my sausage. I love you.
Didn't know you Were going anywhere.
I'm not. Going to surprise her. It's our anniversary
She has forgotten of course
What is the symbol for the first anniversary?
I should get something
First anniversary?
Thought you two had been married for donkey's years
Been friends for donkey's years
Best friends
She was always crying on my shoulder about something
So I finally persuaded her to settle for my shoulder
Moose you there?
First anniversary, is that cotton.
Is what cotton?
First wedding anniversary?
Your first anniversary is paper
Stop!
Stop here
- Here? - Just stop right here
Yes sir
What is this?
It is a folk song
Arabic
No, no it is Hungarian
My daijka sang it to me
When I was a child growing up in Budapest
It is beautiful
What is it about?
''Szerelem,'' means love.
And the story, well there is this Hungarian count
He is a wanderer. He is a fool.
And for years he is on some kind of a quest
For who knows what.
And then one day he falls under the spell of a mysterious English woman
A harpy who beats him and hits him
And he becomes her slave. And he sews her clothes
Stop!
Stop! You are always beating me.
You bastard I belived you!
You should be my Slave
I claim this shoulder blade
No, wait. I want, turn over.
I want this, this.
This place
I love this place. What is it called?
This is mine
I am going to ask the King to call it the Almasy Bosphorous.
I thought we Were against ownership.
I can stay tonight
Madox knows, I think.
He keeps talking about Anna Karenina.
I think it is his idea of a man to man chat.
Well, it is my idea of a man to man chat.
This is a different world, is what I tell myself.
A different life
And here I am a different wife
Yes. Yes you are a different wife
They are darling. What are they, thimbles?
Yes. And they are quite old.
It is full of saffron
Just in case you think I am going to give it to encourage your sewing.
I do not care to bargain
That day, did you follow me to the market?
Yes of course
Shall we be alright?
Yes
Absolutely
Dear
Thought you would never wake up
What?
Where did you find that?
I liberated it
I think that is called looting
No one should own music
The real question is who wrote the song?
- Irving berlin - For?
''Top Hat''
Is there a song you do not know?
No. He sings all the time.
Good morning
Did you know that? You are always singing.
I have been told before
Kip is another one
''wang wang Blues''
You are incredible
Good morning miss
Hello, you saved my life.
I haven't forgotten
I thought you were very very tall
You seemed so big
I felt like a child who can not keep her balance.
A toddler
My hair was long at some point
I have forgotten what a nuisance it is to wash.
Try this. I found a great jar of it.
Olive oil
Thank you
Is this for my hair?
Yes! For your hair.
There was a general who wore a patch over a perfectly good eye
The men fought harder for him
Sometimes I think I could get up and dance.
What is under your mittens?
He is waiting for you
I will see you tonight?
Look, Moose, We need you to stay in Tobruk.
I know it is a bit of a short straw
But Jerry has got our maps you know.
And now they are getting the spies into Cairo using our maps.
They will get Rommel into Cairo using our maps.
The desert is like a bloody route and we gave it to them!
Any foreigner who turned up. Royal Geographic
Our Madox went mad you know. Did you know Peter Madox?
Magnificent explorer
After he found out that he had been betrayed by Almasy.
His best friend. Absolutely destroyed him.
Do you know the English?
No
Get up at once!
I do not have a boyfriend!
I don't know anybody!
Halt!
No
David Caravaggio
No!
This was taken in Cairo at British Headquarters.
July '41
And so was this. August '41
And this. February '42
It is possible I was buying or selling something.
I have been to Cairo many times
You are a Canadian spy working for the allies. Code name Moose.
Can you get me a doctor? I am sick!
I am leaking blood!
- You want a doctor? - I have been asking for weeks, months.
We do not have a doctor.
But we do have a nurse
Sure. Great. A nurse would be great.
Look, give me something. A name, a code.
So we can all get out of this room.
I can't think in this heat. It's too hot.
I slept with a girl
I've got a wife in Tripoli
If a girl comes up and points at you, you only see trouble.
I'll tell you What I'm going to do.
This is your nurse by they way, she's Muslim...
...so she'll understand all of this.
What is the punishment for adultery?
Lets leave it at that
You are married and you Were fucking another woman! So that's...
the hands I cut off?
Or is that for stealing?
Does anyone know?
Well you must know. You were brought up in Libya, yes
Don't cut me
Or was it Toronto?
Ten fingers. How about this?
You give me a name for every finger. It doesn't matter who.
I get something, you keep something.
- I am trying to be reasonable - Don't cut me! Come on!
Are thumbs fingers?
I get no help from these people
I am sick of this room. I am sick of this heat!
And I am sick of this phone!
The Geneva Convention
Geneva Convention!
Come on you can't do that!
Come over here
I'll give you names
What names did you say?
Just let me think! Let me think! I know them. Please!
I promise! Please!
What name did you say? I knew them!
- I can't think of any names! - No! Oh dear god! Don't!
Jesus Christ! Jesus Christ!
No, please!
Not my hands!
Don't cut me
Come on
The man who took my thumbs? I found him eventually.
I killed him.
The man who took my photograph? I found him, too.
That took me a year.
He's dead
Another man showed the Germans a way to get their spies into Cairo.
I have been looking for him
I was looking again at Bell's old maps. If we can find a way
through the wadi, We can drive straight into Cairo.
This whole spur is a real possibility.
So on Thursday you don't trust Bell's map. Bell was a fool,
Bell couldn't draw a map
But on Friday he is suddenly infallible?
Where are the expedition maps?
In my room
Those maps belong to government
They should'nt be left lying for any Tom or Harry to have sight of.
What on earth is the matter With you?
Do not be so bloody naive. You know there is a war breaking out!
This arrived this morning by order of the British government
All international expeditions to be aborted by may 1939
What do they care about our maps?
What do we find in the desert
Arrowheads, spears
In a war if you own the desert. You won north Africa
Own the desert?
Madox? That place.
That place at the base of a woman's throat
You know , the hollow Here
Does it have a official name?
For God's sake man, pull yourself together
Nowhere is there any wild partiotic excitement
But everywhere there is a deep patriot of war
The answer lies with one man
And the solid mass of crowds surging around his car
Are the symbol of the fact that the British people are more firmly
Then any other time in our history
There is a great to do san down bay. With rowing and sailing
And no end of sports for every water baby
Sorry
I can't do this
I can't do this anymore
I had better go
Say goodbye here
I am not agreeing
Don't think I am agreeing because I am not
Any minute he'll find out.
We'll barge into someone. It'll kill him
Don't go over it again, please
Katherine
I just want you to know
I'm not missing you yet
You will
I believe I'm late
Good, we are all here
A toast to the International sand Club
May it soon resurface
International Sand Club
The International Sand Club
Misfits, buggers, fascists and fools.
God Bless us, every one.
Must not say International. Dirty word, filthy word.
His majesty die fuhrer, il duce.
Sorry, what is your point.
And the people here, do not want us.
You must be joking
The Egyptians are desperate to get rid of the Colonials.
Isn't that right?
Fouad? Some of their people,
Getting down on their hands and knees. Begging to be spared the Knighthood.
Isn't that right? Isn't that right Sir Ronnie?
What is my point? Oh I invented a new dance.
Anybody up for it? It is called, Bosphorus Hug.
Madox, or Bermann, you will dance with me.
Dag? Come on Dag.
Lets eat first. Sit down.
We'll bathe at Brighton, the fish you will frighten.
When in your bathing suit, so thin will make the shellfish grin.
From fin to fin. They are playing it far too slowly.
But these were the words, before they were cleaned up.
Might be a song for you. Mrs.
Shut up, or go home.
You are completely blasted. Now sit down.
Absolutely right, shut up, shut up.
Sorry. I'm so sorry.
I can't think what came over me.
Lashings of apologies all around
Thank you
Why were you holding his collar?
What?
That little boy.
You were holding his collar, you were gripping his collar.
What for?
Is he next?
You are going to drag him into your little room?
Where is it?
Is this it?
Don't do this
I have watched you
I have watched you at parties. On Verandas, at the races.
How can you stand there?
How can you ever smile as if your life hasn't capsized.
You know why
Dance with me?
No
Dance with me
I want to touch you
I want the things that are mine. Which belong to me.
Do you think you are the only one who feels anything.
Is that what you think?
Why don't go get some sleep?
Would you like me to?
Good night
Hana?
Kip
Just wait, don't look at anything yet.
Wait
Kip!
Thank you
If one night, I didn't come to see you.
What would you do?
I'd try not to expect you
Yes, but if it got late. And I hadn't shown up.
Then I think there must be a reason.
You wouldn't come to find me.
That makes me want to never come here.
Then I tell myself, he spends all day searching.
In the night he wants to be found
I do, want you to find me.
I do want to be found
I was looking for Lieutenant Singh.
He's sleeping
Well, we got to go to work
I'll tell him
What is it? Is it a mine?
It is a bomb. At the Viaduct
Does he have to go
Beg your pardon?
What if you couldn't find him?
Asergeant, not today, not this morning.
What's happening, am I needed?
Afraid so sir
Don't go, I'm frightened.
This is what I do. I do this everyday.
Hardy! Serial number.
KK-IP 2600
KK-IP 2600 sir!
I'll get the oxygen
Hardy! what's happening!
Can't se sir! It is from the road.
Corporal!
Tanks sir! I don't know what it is about!
Stop them!
Hardy!
What is this, a bloody carnival!
The fuse has snapped!
What happened? Is it armed!
Hang on sir, be right with you.
Can you see the detonator?
You have got to cut it sir! That frost will not last!
Stop! Slow down!
Stop! Stop!
Go away!
Yes sir
This is making me incredibly angry.
I know sir
Watch out
Can you feel it?
Cut it sir!
I don't even know if it's the right one.
Choose. Just choose and cut it.
Get a blanket! Dade get the Lieutenant a blanket
It's over Sarge! It's over!
Jerry has surrendered!
Sir, congratulations.
Kip!
Hey, we are going home!
It's raining
Kip, come and dance with us.
Later
Come on
Hardy come on
Here comes the bomb squad
Come on Hardy
We're going home
Hardy... Hardy
What is that?
I'm never going to forgive myself
I'm never going to bloody forgive myself.
It is Sergeant Hardy sir
It is a booby trap
They was running up the Union Jack, sir.
Up on the statue. It just went off, sir.
Sergeant Hardy climbed up sir. Just for a laugh sir.
It should have been me. It was my idea.
Sir, you don't want to look.
Who is that girl?
His fiance, sir.
Hardy's?
He kept it a bit dark
Kip? Kip, it's me.
I'm so sorry about what happened
Can I talk to you? Kip?
Kip, why won't you talk to me?
Let me come in!
Hana tells me you are leaving
There are going to be trials
They want me to interpret
Don't they know I am allergic to courtrooms?
So
I come across the hospital convoy
This nurse, Mary, tells me about you and Hana.
Hiding in some monastery in some What do you call it, retreat?
How you came out of the desert. And you were burned
And you didn't remember your name
But you knew the words to every song that ever was.
And you had one possession
A copy of Herodotus
And it was filled with letters and cuttings.
And I knew it was you
Me?
I saw you writing in that book at the embassy in Cairo.
When I had thumbs, and you had a face and a name.
I see
Before you went over to the Germans.
Before you found a way to get Rommel's spy
across the desert and inside British headquarters.
He took some pretty good photographs.
I saw mine in that torture room in Tobruk.
So, it made an impression.
I had to get back to the desert. I made a promise.
The rest meant nothing to me
What did you say?
The rest meant nothing to me
There was a result to What you did.
It was't just another expedition! It did this!
If the British had not unearthed that photographer.
Thousands of people could have died!
Thousands of people did die. Just different people.
Yes. Like Madox?
What?
You know he shot himself
Your partner. When he found out you were a spy.
Madox thought I was a spy? No. No. I was never a spy.
It is ghastly. It's like a witchhunt.
Anybody remotely foreign is suddenly a spy. so watch out.
Right
We didn't care about countries, did we?
Brits, Arabs, Hungarians, Germans None of that mattered did it?
It was something finer than that
Yes it was
I will leave the plane in Kufra oasis.
So if you need it
Right
Hard to know how long one is talking about.
We might all be back in a month or two.
I have to teach myself not to read too much into everything.
It comes of too long having to read so much into hardly anything.
Goodbye my friend
There is no God
But I hope someone looks after you.
In case you are still wondering
This is called a suprasternal notch.
Come and visit us in Dorset, When all this nonsense is over.
You'll never come to Dorset.
So you didn't know Madox shot himslef.
No
And you didn't kill the Cliftons?
She
She's... I can't.
Maybe I did
I was packing up our base camp at the Cave of Swimmers.
Clifton had offered to fly down from Cairo to collect me.
He flew like a madman. always.
So I took no notice
Katharine
Dear God Katharine, What are you doing here?
I can't get out. I can't move.
Surprise, he said.
Poor Geoffrey
He knew. He must have known all the them.
He was shouting I love you Katharine.
Is he badly hurt?
I have to get you out
Please don't move me
I have to get you out
It hurts too much
I know darling, I know. I'm sorry.
Come on
Why did you hate me?
What?
Don't you know you drove everybody mad?
Don't talk
You speak so many languages and you never want to talk.
You're wearing the thimble?
Of course. You idiot.
I always wear it. I have always worn it.
I have always loved you
It's so cold
I know. I'm sorry.
I'll make a fire
Did you get Geoffrey out of the plane?
Yes, I did.
Good. That's good. Thank you.
Listen to me, Katharine.
You've broken your ankle and I'm going to have to bind it.
I think you have also broken your wrist and maybe some ribs.
Which is why it's hurting you to breathe.
I'm going to have to walk to El Taj.
Although, given all the traffic in the desert these days.
I am about to bump into one army or another.
And then I will come back, and you'll be fine.
You promise?
I wouldn't want to die here. I don't want to die in the desert.
I've always had a rather elaborate funeral in mind.
Particular hymns
And I know exactly Where I want to buried.
In our garden where I grew up With a view of the sea.
Promise me you will come back for me.
I promise. I will come back for you.
I promise. I will never leave you
You have plenty of water, and food.
I'll open them for you
A good read
Don't waste this
Would you bury Geoffrey?
I know he's dead
I'm sorry Katharine
I know
Every night
I cut out my heart
But in the morning it was full again.
Darling.
My darling.
No honey, don't be late
I'm going to be there when the band starts playing.
Remember when we get there honey
An invitation to the strutters ball.
A very swell affair
All the high brows will be there.
Be down to get you. A taxi honey
I slept at noon and twilight
Three days there on foot I told her.
And then three hours back by car
Don't go anywhere
I will be back
I'll be back
Just walked in from the desert, Sir.
Good morning
Where have you come from then?
There has been an accident. I need a doctor.
To come with me. And I need to borrow this car.
I'll pay of course
And I need morphine
May I ask for your papers, sir?
What?
If I could just see some form of identification.
I am sorry I am not making sense,
Forgive me, I have been walking
A woman is badly injured
at the Gilf Kabir, in the Cave of Swimmers.
I am a member of the Royal Geographic Society.
Right
If I could just take your name
Count Laszlo de Almasy
Almasy
- Do you mind spelling that for me? - Look, listen to me, will you?
What nationality would that be?
Look, a woman is dying. My wife is dying.
I have been walking
I have been walking for three days.
I do not want to spell my name
I want you to give me this car
I understand you are agitated
Perhaps you would like to sit down.
We can radio back to HQ.
No, No don't! Don't radio anybody.
Just give me the fucking car!
God
Stop the car, please. A woman is dying!
Listen Fritz, if I have to listen to another word from you,
Fritz? what are you talking about Fritz?
Well, that is your name isn't it? Count fucking asshole von Bismarck!
What is that supposed to be then? Irish?
Please! You have to listen!
Katharine! Katharine!
Excuse me. I also need to use the lavatory.
You will have to wait
It's urgent
Sargent!
Sargent! Jerry wants to use the lav Says it is urgent.
Where are we going, please?
Up north to the coast. Benghazi.
Soon be there
You can get your boat back home then.
Alright, go on then.
Here, you take him. I have been up and down this bloody train.
Doesn't open
So yes, she died because of me.
Because I loved her
Because
Because I had the wrong name
And you never got back to the cave?
I did get back. I kept my promise.
I was assisted by the Germans. There was a trade.
I had our expedition maps
And after the British made me their enemy.
I gave their enemy, our maps
So I went back to the desert, and to Katharine.
In Madox's English plane. With German gasoline.
When I arrived in Italy,
On my medical chart, they wrote English patient
Isn't that funny?
After all that. I became English.
You get to morning and the poison leaks away doesn't it?
Black nights
I thought I would kill you
You can't kill me
I died years ago
No, I can't kill you now.
We have been posted. North of Florence.
I was thinking yesterday. Yesterday.
The patient and Hardy. That's good about England.
I couldn't even say what that was
We hadn't even exchanged two personal words
and we've been together through some terrible things.
Some terrible things
He was engaged to a girl in the village.
I mean And us, he never once.
He didn't ask me if I could spin the ball at cricket.
I don't even know What I'm talking about.
You loved him
Katharine?
I'm still here
You'd better be
Don't depend on it will you?
That little bit of air in my lungs.
Each day, it gets less and less.
Which is alright. Quite alright.
I have been speaking to Caravaggio,
My research assistant
He tells me there is a ghost in the cloisters.
I can join him
- Hana! - It's the boy
I'll always go back to that church. Look at my paintings.
I'll always go back to that church.
So one day we will meet?
Thank you
Read to me, will you?
Read me to sleep
My darling,
I am waiting you.
How long is a day, in the dark?
Or a week?
The fire is gone now
And I am horribly cold
I really ought to drag myself outside.
But then there would be the sun
I am afraid I waste the light on the paintings
and when writing these words.
- We die. - We die,
We die rich with lovers
and tribes, tastes
we have swallowed bodies
we have entered and swum up
like rivers
Fears we have hidden in, like this wretched cave.
I want all this marked on my body
We are the real countries
Not the boundaries drawn on maps With the names of powerful men.
I know you will come
and carry me out into the palace of winds.
That's all I have wanted
To walk in such a place with you
With friends
An earth without maps
The lamp has gone out
And I am writing in the darkness.
Hana! Come on.
Hana?
This is Gioia
Hello
She'll take you as far a Florence
I can get in back