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Production Year: 2001 - Drama - Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over more

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September 1942. The German Army has advanced to the gates of Stalingrad. The Russian Army holds on desperately. It is so poorly equipped that every pair of soldiers is given a...
more...single rifle--the second man only gets the weapon when the first is cut down. Trapped in no man's land between the opposing armies, Russian recruit Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law) finally acquires a rifle from Political Officer Danilov (Joseph Fiennes). Danilov is astonished when Zaitsev picks off several German officers. On their return to the Russian lines, Danilov writes about Zaitsev's exploits in the army newspaper. Zaitsev is assigned to a sniper unit. He kills more German officers and, thanks to Danilov, becomes a hero. In retaliation, the Germans bring in sharpshooter Major Konig (Ed Harris) from Berlin--to hunt Zaitsev. The two snipers engage in a desperate duel, as the appalling Battle of Stalingrad rages.
In ENEMY AT THE GATES, director Jean-Jacques Annaud uses a palate of dull greens, blues, and greys to tell the powerful, true story of Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev. The film is distinguished by fine performances from Law, Fiennes, Rachel Weisz as a female soldier, and Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khrushchev--with Harris particularly notable as the chilly, aristocratic Konig.





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May 16th, 2008


Author's product rating:   Enemy At The Gates DVD - rated by chrisw1227survey

Did you enjoy it? Loved it 
Story Outstanding 
Characters / Performances Outstanding 
Special Effects Outstanding 
How does it compare to similar films? Outstanding 

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Awesome movie, spectacular scenery, wonderful story line, real life event portrayed in a great way. Must see for war fans. Follows pretty true to the book. Russian hero made famous for following the ways of wild taught by his Grand father in pre-war Russia. The hunters become the hunted as this sniper picks his prey and demolishes the Nazi army one officer at a time. Other movies such as Sniper and Behind enemy lines have been able to show war in modern movies like this did. Can watch it a dozen times and always catch something new and never tire of seeing it. I would suggest anyone who likes a war movie to pick this up as soon as possible and watch it on the biggest tv they can find. 
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