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At Wintersborn, the pair are reunited with a fellow prisoner, Rosenthal ( Marcel Dalio ), from the original camp.

Rosenthal is a wealthy French Jew, who generously shares the food parcels he receives.

De Boeldieu comes up with an idea, after carefully observing how the German guards respond to an emergency.

De Boeldieu volunteers to distract the guards for the few minutes needed for Maréchal and Rosenthal to escape.

After a commotion staged by the prisoners, the guards are ordered to assemble them in the fortress courtyard.

During the roll call, it is discovered that de Boeldieu is missing.

He makes his presence known high up in the fortress, drawing the German guards away in pursuit.

Maréchal and Rosenthal take the opportunity to lower themselves from a window by a homemade rope and flee.