Max, a gargantuan man considerably older than the rest of them, limps onstage. He is carrying firewood in his arms.
MAX: (Oblivious to Fritz's rant) Heil Hitler!
FRITZ: He's fine!
MAX: Huh?
FRITZ: Hitler, he's fine.
MAX: Oh, good. Are we leaving?
FRITZ: Actually yeah, turns out we've still got a bit of a walk.
MAX: What happened to Captain Dietrich?
Wilhelm desperately tries to hide the telegram.
Pause.
FRITZ: He didn't make it...
MAX: Who are you?
MARCEL: Hello, you must be Max, my name is Marcel-
MAX: Fritz he's French!
Max drops the firewood and reaches for his pistol.
FRITZ: Max it's alright he's one of us, okay?! He's SS.
MAX: SS?
FRITZ: Promise. Now put that away.
MAX: He could be a spy.
FRITZ: He's not, he's got the tattoo, I checked. Trust me, no spy's getting caught dead with that tattoo anymore.
MAX: Well he doesn't look SS.
Max points his pistol at Marcel.
FRITZ: Since when the fuck was that a shootable offence?!
MAX: Since...
Pause.
FRITZ: Well that argument's clearly not holding up! He's SS okay? Waffen SS, and I mean actual Waffen SS, he's been fighting in France.
Pause.
MAX: That true?
MARCEL: Well I'm not going to say no.
Max takes a step towards Marcel.
FRITZ: (To Marcel) Where did you inherit your sense of humour?! Max he's one of us okay? I promise, swear on the Führer's life-...dog.
MAX: Dog?
FRITZ: Mhmm.
Pause.
MAX: I do like dogs.
FRITZ: Everyone likes dogs.
MARCEL: I don't-
FRITZ: (Whispering) You fucking love dogs okay?!
MAX: Soldier?
MARCEL: In France.
Max salutes Marcel.
MAX: Thank you for your service.
MARCEL: You're welcome. Now would you kindly stop pointing your pistol at me?
MAX: Sorry.
Max holsters his pistol.
FRITZ: All good? Brilliant, let's go! Marcel, you're in charge of the map, lead us away.
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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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