La cattura

Nov 7 1969 N/A 1h 37m
Drama, War

In the winter of 1943, deep in the frozen waste of German occupied Yugoslavia, a lone parachute drifts from the snowy skies, falling ever closer to earth and a waiting German patrol car. Suddenly shots ring out from a hidden sniper, the Germans are killed, and the parachutist scurries away into the forest. The sniper is a woman, the number one partisan terrorist on the German hit list, and her adversary is the German number one exterminator sent direct from berlin to eliminate her. The battle is on, orders from high command - capture her… alive. Both are professional, but now the hunter becomes the hunted.

Plot

McCallum plays a WWII German special agent assigned to take out a team of Titov resistance fighters in Yugoslavia. He locates their leader in a camp within a ravine in the dead of winter. However, the leader's code name beliest that the resistance is being led by a resourceful young woman. After McCallum captures her, a heavy blizzard strikes the ravine, forcing him to take shelter with her in her cabin. The storms seals them away from the war, and they develop an attraction for one another. Eventually, the weather clears and he must make a decision: to take her prisoner or to turn her loose. He decides on the latter. Dressed in their snow camoflage, they each depart along separate sides of the ravine...

Written by

Paolo Cavara, John Crawford

Directed by

Paolo Cavara

Cast

David McCallum, Nicoletta Machiavelli, Lars Bloch

Crew

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Production Countries

Yugoslavia, United States of America, Italy

Production Companies

Francesca Film, Dubrava Film, Group W

Languages

English, Italiano

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
114
Average Rating
6.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA