WILHELM: No!
FRITZ: That's an order!
WILHELM: You giving orders again are you?!
FRITZ: Yes I'm giving orders again, now read it!
WILHELM: I'm not gonna read anything that elicits that sort of reaction from you!
FRITZ: Why not?!
WILHELM: 'Cos it's gonna be bad!
FRITZ: It might be good!
WILHELM: Is it good?!
FRITZ: No.
WILHELM: Then it's certainly fucking bad!
FRITZ: Wilhelm-
WILHELM: I'm giving it to Marcel.
FRITZ: You don't wanna do that.
WILHELM: And why don't I wanna do that?
FRITZ: 'Cos we don't know what he's gonna do with it.
WILHELM: Marcel, what are you going to do with this diary?
MARCEL: Keep it.
FRITZ: Keep it he says, so he can turn us in as soon as his Russian friends turn out to be not-so-friendly.
MARCEL: The Russians are still nearby.
FRITZ: I'm perfectly aware you French bastard. And I'm also perfectly aware we still haven't moved a fucking inch. Now tell me, knowing all this, do I look like I'm panicking to you?
MARCEL: Yes.
FRITZ: Good 'cos I fucking am!
WILHELM: Fritz, this thing is obviously more trouble than it's worth.
FRITZ: Wilhelm!
WILHELM: I'm sorry! (To Marcel) You promise to lead us to the Americans?
Max latches onto the word "Americans".
MARCEL: Promise.
Wilhelm prepares to hand the diary over to Marcel.
FRITZ: 37, 4.5, 27.8.
Wilhelm freezes dead in his tracks.
WILHELM: What did you say?
FRITZ: (Slowly) 37, 4.5, 27.8.
WILHELM: Where did you-
FRITZ: Read. The. Last. Page.
Snatching the diary away from Marcel's outstretched hand, Wilhelm opens the diary to the last page. As he reads, the colour drains from his face.
WILHELM: How...
FRITZ: Anything you said to the Captain, he wrote down in there.
Marcel's hand is still outstretched, ready to receive the diary.
MARCEL: Wilhelm?
Wilhelm throws the diary back to Fritz.
WILHELM: Burn it.
MARCEL: Gentlemen-
WILHELM: Shut up! Burn it Fritz.
FRITZ: My pleasure.
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Flight of the Maybug (Script)
Historical FictionHitler is dead and SS Captain Rudolph Dietrich has just committed suicide. Now, the surviving members of his ragtag squad, hell-bent in their desire to escape and surrender to western forces, must negotiate the wasteland of their own selfish wants i...
ACT 1
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