The Ravine (Italian: La cattura) is a 1969 Italian-Yugoslav-American war drama film written and directed by Paolo Cavara and starring David McCallum, Nicoletta Machiavelli and John Crawford.

[2][3] The story takes place in winter, during World War II, at an isolated, snowed-in area.

Sergeant Stephen Holmann (David McCallum) is an expert sniper in the German army.

He gets reassigned from North Africa, and parachuted into the area, for a special assignment: to capture Anja.

Eventually, Stephen wins: he manages to capture Anja, whilst she is occupied with signalling a Russian supply plane.

The battle moves away, leaving Stephen and Anja alone, without supplies, and surrounded by dead bodies.