Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud Written By: Jean-Jacques Annaud & Alain Godard Cast: Jude Law ... Vassili Zaitsev Ed Harris ... Major König Rachel Weisz ... Tania Chernova Joseph Fiennes ... Commisar Danilov Bob Hoskins ... Nikita Khrushchev Ron Perlman ... Koulikov Eva Mattes ... Mother Filipov Gabriel Thomson ... Sacha Filipov Matthias Habich ... General Paulus Sophie Rois ... Ludmilla Ivan Shvedoff ... Volodya Mario Bandi ... Anton

Genre:
Action /Drama /History /Thriller /War

Plot Summary:
In the winter of 1942, the German and Russian Armies meet in the great Battle of the Stalingrad, one of the most vicious engagements of the Second World War. Enter into this horror a young Russian soldier, formerly a peasant boy with an extraordinary ability to sharpshoot a rifle from far distances. The Russian sniper soon gains fame after killing a record number of German officers causing the Germans to bring in their own sniper expert: a war weathered Major who always accomplishes his mission no matter what the cost. With the Battle of Stalingrad raging around them, these two men must now fight each other.

Filming Locations:
Babelsberg, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Bavaria, Germany
Kavallerieschule Kaserne Krampnitz, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany
Museumspark Baustoffindustrie, Rüdersdorf, Brandenburg, Germany

Original Music:
James Horner

Cinematography:
Robert Fraisse

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
Mandalay Pictures

SCREEN CAPTURES

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Review by Helen Chavez

"Enemy At The Gates" by Roger Ebert - March 16, 2001

Enemy at the Gates: Reel Film Reviews - 21 March 2001

"Enemy at the Gates" Trailer

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