Enemy at the Gates

2001
R
2h 11m

IMDb RATING

7.5/10

282K

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War Epic Action Drama War

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.

Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Alain Godard
Stars

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IMDb RATING

7.5/10

282K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,428

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Director
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
Writers
- Jean-Jacques Annaud
- Alain Godard
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 7 nominations

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Trivia
Jude Law and Ed Harris were cast largely on the expressiveness of their eyes. They were frequently called to convey emotion without saying a word.

Goofs
In the scene where Vassili is lighting the cigarette butt he picked up from the German sniper, it's apparent by the flame he uses a butane lighter. Butane lighters were not invented until the 1950's.

Quotes
Commisar Danilov: I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.

Crazy credits
The end credits are slanted and curved.

Connections
Featured in Siskel & Ebert: The Mexican/Enemy at the Gates/See Spot Run (2001)

Soundtracks
La Chanson des Artilleurs
Music by Tikhon Khrennikov
Lyrics by Viktor Gusev
(C) Musikvertag Hans Sikorski, Hamburg
Performed by The Red Army Choir (as Les Choers De L'Armee Rouge)
Courtesy of 7 Productions, Paris

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8/10

compelling war movie

It's the fall of 1942. Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) grew up hunting with his father in the woods. He, Tania (Rachel Weisz) and countless other untrained recruits are brought up to the front at Stalingrad. He and Commisar Danilov (Joseph Fiennes) survive a suicidal charge. Vassili kills 5 Germans in the aftermath and Danilov writes about him. Nikita Khrushchev (Bob Hoskins) seizes the opportunity to make him a star. Opposing him is the aristocratic German sniper Major König (Ed Harris).

The opening is an amazing opera of mass destruction. Then it's a matter of a chess game. It's a fascinating cat and mouse game in the ruins of the city. I'm glad that nobody decided to talk in a fake Russian accent. That would be too distracting. This is a rare good American war movie not about Americans.