 The scene of Göring accusing Kesselring of betrayal as his train  departed was based on a real event. In the actual event Göring had  left in such a hurry that electrical and telephone wires between  train and the station building were left connected. These were  broken and left trailing from the carriage when the train departed.  Director Guy Hamilton (I) (qv) had wanted to include this in the  scene but thought it would look too comic.