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Mood:
- BleakRoughCaptivatingSuspenseful
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Plot:
- AssassinationMind GameUninhibited RivalryAmbitionChases and RacesDeadlyHeroesMedia more...
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Genres:
- ThrillerWarActionDrama
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Time/Period:
- 20th CenturyWorld War 2
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Place:
- RussiaBattle Zone
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Based on:
- Based on True Story
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- SeriousRealisticSlow
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- Strong Violent Content
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Enemy at the Gates, 2001
English, German, Russian
USA, Germany, UK, Ireland
Profile of Enemy at the Gates
The mood of Enemy at the Gates is bleak, captivating, and rough. The plot centers around an assassination, an uninhibited rivalry, and media. It is a thriller, war, and drama movie. In approach, Enemy at the Gates is serious and realistic. The pacing is slow. It takes place, at least partly, in a battlezone. Enemy at the Gates is set in Russia. It happens in the 20th century. It is originally a true story. Note that Enemy at the Gates includes strong violent content.
Summary of Enemy at the Gates
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 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 König (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 König.
Details
| Language: | English, German, Russian |
| Country: | USA, Germany, UK, Ireland |
| Release date: | 16 March 2001 |
| Runtime: | 131 min |
Cast and Crew
as Vassili Zaitsev
as Commisar Danilov
as Tania Chernova
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The New York Times
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- by: Dana Stevens
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- by: Gemma Files
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- 01.March.2011
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