Enemy at the Gates 2001

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 130 min

genre: drama

theme: war

director: Jean-Jacques Annaud

Score: 8 / 10

Enemy at the Gates (Stalingrad in France and L'Ennemi aux portes in Canada) is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942–1943. The screenplay was written by Annaud and Alain Godard. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of Vasily Zaitsev, a sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaitsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König.

Plot

Vassili Zaitsev, a replacement soldier of the Red Army, arrives east of the River Volga during the Stalingrad in 1942. After a dangerous trip across the river into the city, he's forced to join a human wave attack carrying only rifle cartridges. He takes cover during the chaotic battle with Commissar Danilov. With one rifle between them, Vassili kills five German soldiers before they escape.

Cast

More details

author	Alain Godard Jean-Jacques Annaud
contentLocation	Volgograd
director	Jean-Jacques Annaud
editor	Humphrey Dixon
events	Battle of Stalingrad World War II
genre	drama romance
keywords	116th infantry division commissar communism communist dog tags double agent erwin könig field hospital force friedrich paulus german german forces german language german soldier how to human wave attack inspire kill loot nikita khrushchev pass political commissar in the soviet union red army river river volga sacha filipov sasha filippov shoot sniper soviet propaganda stalingrad tania chernova think vasily zaitsev vassili zaitsev wait war merit cross wound
musicBy	James Horner
nomination	European Film Award - People's Choice Award for Best Director Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actor Jameson People's Choice Award for Best Actress
producer	Jean-Jacques Annaud
productionCompany	Mandalay Pictures
publisher	Constantin Film Paramount Pictures Pathé Distribution Screen International Summit Entertainment
recordedAt	Babelsberg Studio Bavaria Krampnitz Rüdersdorf bei Berlin
theme	epic war