Enemy at the Gates

Synopsis: In World War II, the fall of Stalingrad will mean the collapse of the whole country. The Germans and Russians are fighting over every block, leaving only ruins behind. The Russian sniper Vassili Zaitsev stalks the Germans, taking them out one by one, thus hurting the morale of the German troops. The political officer Danilov leads him on, publishing his efforts to give his countrymen some hope. But Vassili eventually start to feel that he can not live up to the expectations on him. He and Danilov fall in love with the same girl, Tanya, a female soldier. From Germany comes the master sniper König to put an end to the extraordinary skilled Russian sniper.

Genre: Drama, History, War

Director(s): Jean-Jacques Annaud

Actors: Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes

Production: Paramount Pictures

4 nominations.


IMDB:: 7.6
Metacritic:: 53
Rotten Tomatoes:: 54%

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: R
Year:: 2001
: 131 min
: $50,507,533
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I am a stone.
I do not move.
Very slowly,
I put snow in my mouth,
then he won't
see my breath.
I take my time.
I let him come closer.
I have only one bullet.
I am at his eye.
Very gently, my finger
presses on the trigger.
I do not tremble.
I have no fear.
I'm a big boy now.
Ready, Vassili?
Now, Vassili.
Fire!
Fire, Vassili!
Fire!
Come on, pick your feet up.
Get on your feet.
Prepare to board the train.
You there, come along with me now.
This way, pal.
All civilians, get out!
Make way, let the civilians off.
This is a military convoy.
No one stays on board
but our valiant soldiers.
This is a convoy
to Stalingrad...
only for the soldiers
of the Red Army.
All aboard!
Autumn, 1942.
Europe lies crushed
beneath the Nazi jackboot.
The German Third Reich
is at the height of its power.
Hitler's armies are charging
through the heart of the Soviet Union...
towards the oil fields
of Asia.
One last obstacle remains.
A city on the Volga...
where the fate of the world
is being decided: Stalingrad.
Glorious comrade Stalin...
has ordered not another
step backwards.
The people of the Soviet Union
shall be free.
Go forward, comrades.
Not a step backwards!
Listen to these letters
sent by Russian mothers...
to their sons on the front.
"Volodya, my child,
I know that it's for our motherland ...
"I know that it's for our motherland
that you are giving your life.
"Everyone here knows
that you will not fall back.
"Everyone here
is proud of you.
"Your father is dead.
Your brothers are dead.
Avenge us
on the hordes of fascists."
Nobody move!
Stay on the boat!
- Get back or I'll shoot!
Back from the rails, or we shoot.
Shoot the traitors!
Come on, come on!
Move!
Come on, comrades,
come on!
Move, or you'll be shot!
Over here, stretcher!
The one with
the rifle shoots!
One out of two
gets a rifle.
The one without
follows him!
When the one
with the rifle gets killed,
the one who is following
picks up the rifle and shoots!
The one with
the rifle shoots!
The one without follows him!
When the one with
the rifle gets killed,
the one who is following...
picks up the rifle and shoots!
The one with
the rifle shoots!
This way, now.
- The one without follows him!
Soldiers of the glorious
Red Army, from now on...
it is either victory
or death!
- Those who retreat will be shot.
- I need a rifle.
There will be no mercy
for cowards and traitors!
Achtung!
It's hopeless, comrades.
Get back!
Pull back!
Pull back!
Get back! Get back!
In the name
of the Soviet Union,
not a step backwards,
or we shoot.
No retreat!
Not a step back!
- No mercy!
- Deserters will be shot.
- Fire!
- Shoot the traitors!
Cowards will be shot!
No mercy for cowards!
Russians, surrender.
You will see your home again.
This is not your war.
Join your German comrades,
they under stand your suffering...
and will care more for you
than your own officers,
who are only sending you
to your death.
The Third Reich
is not your enemy.
The enemy is blood thirsty Stalin
and his Bolshevik camp,
who have stolen your land, who have
deported your father...
Fire!
You'll get us caught,
comrade Commissar.
With your permission,
comrade Commissar.
- Which one should I aim at first?
- You should wait...
till there's an explosion.
- Do you know how to shoot?
- A little.
Don't shoot. Don't shoot.
He's looking at us.
Thank you,
comrade Commissar.
Danilov, political officer,
second class.
Twenty-first infantry.
"Vassili Zaitsev."
"On this day,
September the 20th, 1942,
- "a shepherd boy from the Urals...
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Jean-Jacques Annaud

Jean-Jacques Annaud (born 1 October 1943) is a French film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for directing Quest for Fire (1981), The Name of the Rose (1986), The Bear (1988), The Lover (1992), and Seven Years in Tibet (1997). Annaud has received numerous awards for his work, including five César Awards, one David di Donatello Award, and one National Academy of Cinema Award. Annaud's first film, Black and White in Color (1976), received an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. more…

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