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Enemy at the Gates

2001 • 2h 11m •
War History
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★ 7.4/10
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Enemy at the Gates

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

"A single bullet can change history."

Top Billed Cast

Jude Law
Jude Law
Vassili Zaitsev
Joseph Fiennes
Joseph Fiennes
Commisar Danilov
Rachel Weisz
Rachel Weisz
Tania Chernova
Ed Harris
Ed Harris
Major König
Bob Hoskins
Bob Hoskins
Nikita Khrushchev
Ron Perlman
Ron Perlman
Koulikov
Eva Mattes
Eva Mattes
Mother Filipov
Gabriel Thomson
Gabriel Thomson
Sacha Filipov

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W Wuchak Verified TMDB Critic
2018-06-28

***War of the rats in crumbling Stalingrad during WWII***

RELEASED IN 2001 and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, "Enemy at the Gates" takes place in the last four months of 1942 during the pivotal Battle of Stalingrad. Russian troops are carted in by the literal trainloads as the Germans attack/bomb the city. Once the dust clears the situation settles into a more personal battle of sharpshooting wills. A lowly young Russian soldier named Vassili (Jude Law) distinguishes himself for his shooting skills and is promoted as a national hero to motivate the Russian cause. After numerous German off...