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Enemy at the Gates

  • 20012001
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  • 2h 11m
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7.6/10
259K
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Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
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A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
259K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
2,819
579
  • Director
    • Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Writers
    • Jean-Jacques Annaud
    • Alain Godard
  • Stars
    • Jude Law
    • Ed Harris
    • Joseph Fiennes
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  • Director
    • Jean-Jacques Annaud
  • Writers
    • Jean-Jacques Annaud
    • Alain Godard
  • Stars
    • Jude Law
    • Ed Harris
    • Joseph Fiennes
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    • 737User reviews
    • 103Critic reviews
    • 53Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 7 nominations

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    Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, and Rachel Weisz in Enemy at the Gates (2001)
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    Jude Law
    Jude Law
    • Vassilias Vassili
    Ed Harris
    Ed Harris
    • Major Königas Major König
    Joseph Fiennes
    Joseph Fiennes
    • Commisar Danilovas Commisar Danilov
    Rachel Weisz
    Rachel Weisz
    • Tania Chernovaas Tania Chernova
    Bob Hoskins
    Bob Hoskins
    • Nikita Khrushchevas Nikita Khrushchev
    Ron Perlman
    Ron Perlman
    • Koulikovas Koulikov
    Eva Mattes
    Eva Mattes
    • Mother Filipovas Mother Filipov
    Gabriel Thomson
    Gabriel Thomson
    • Sacha Filipovas Sacha Filipov
    • (as Gabriel Marshall-Thomson)
    Matthias Habich
    Matthias Habich
    • General Paulusas General Paulus
    Sophie Rois
    Sophie Rois
    • Ludmillaas Ludmilla
    Ivan Shvedoff
    Ivan Shvedoff
    • Volodyaas Volodya
    Mario Bandi
    • Antonas Anton
    Hans Martin Stier
    • Red Army Generalas Red Army General
    Clemens Schick
    Clemens Schick
    • German NCOas German NCO
    • (as Clemans Schick)
    Mikhail Matveev
    • Grandfatheras Grandfather
    Alexander Schwan
    • Young Vassili Zaitsevas Young Vassili Zaitsev
    Lenn Kudrjawizki
    Lenn Kudrjawizki
    • Comrade in Trainas Comrade in Train
    Hendrik Arnst
    • Fat Colonelas Fat Colonel
    • Director
      • Jean-Jacques Annaud
    • Writers
      • Jean-Jacques Annaud
      • Alain Godard
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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    • Trivia
      Jude Law and Ed Harris were cast largely on the expressiveness of their eyes. They were frequently called to convey emotion without saying a word.
    • Goofs
      The movie depicts events which occurred during one of the coldest and snowiest winters in Russian history yet we almost never see snow. The cold was so intense that it was considered a common enemy on both sides.
    • Quotes

      Commisar Danilov: I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be a man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love.

    • Crazy credits
      The end credits are slanted and curved.
    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Mexican/Enemy at the Gates/See Spot Run (2001)
    • Soundtracks
      La Chanson des Artilleurs
      Music by Tikhon Khrennikov

      Lyrics by Viktor Gusev

      (C) Musikvertag Hans Sikorski, Hamburg

      Performed by The Red Army Choir (as Les Choers De L'Armee Rouge)

      Courtesy of 7 Productions, Paris

    User reviews737

    Review
    Top review
    8/10
    A fascinating film about the strategy of two great snipers
    In "Enemy at the Gates," the future of the greatest battle of World War II, would be decided between a young Russian sniper and an aristocratic sharpshooter from Germany sent to kill him… Jude Law and Ed Harris sit for hours waiting for the right moment… It was a duel set in the siege of Stalingrad… Stalingrad was one of the biggest and bloodiest battles of World War II, and in the midst of this huge battle, these two soldiers were hunting each other down…

    The film opens with the harrowing transport of thousand of Russian soldiers across the Volga River to Stalingrad… The recruits were packed onto steamers, barges, whatever they could find to ferry them across the river… All that under a deluge of shells, bombs and explosions…

    By the time Vassili arrives to Stalingrad, the Nazis have a distinct edge, and Soviet morale is at an all-time low…

    Leading the Russians in their seemingly futile defense is Nikita Kruschev, played by Bob Hoskins… The Germans, at that time, were overrunning the place and the Russians were in an appalling state… It was the most awful battle of the war…

    Joseph Fiennes plays Danilov, an idealistic Russian officer who passionately speaks about his belief in getting the troops to turn the grave situation in Stalingrad around… He finds the perfect inspiration in Vassili…

    Rachel Weisz plays a young woman who volunteers to help in the war effort… She's literally protecting the people she grew up with… When she meets Vassili, he just has a natural intelligence, a natural instinct…

    Jude Law is remarkable as the young sharpshooter Vassili Zaitsev who conveyed both humanity and intensity… There's such a fierce intelligence and liveliness in his eyes… He can also be very quiet and internal… Vassili found the complexity within the silence and stillness… In fact to be a sniper is very much about a man of action through stillness… Vassili represented the ultimate hero, the symbol of someone who could instill hope and belief in victory amongst the troops, because his skills as a sniper were unparalleled…

    Ed Harris played Major Konig, the German sharpshooter sent to hunt down Vassili… He knows that Vassili was picking off German officers with some regularity, and was becoming a folk hero for the Russian soldiers as well as the Russian populace... He decided to eliminate him…

    The casting of Ed Harris opposite Jude Law resulted in a striking visual link between their characters… They both have these unbelievably penetrating blue eyes… And director Jean-Jacques Annaud began to see the duel through their eyes… And one of the first shots of Ed Harris was a close-up of his blue eyes…

    Annaud painted the tensions very clearly and concentrated purely on the eyes of the Jude Law and Harris and, of course, on their rifles and how they were hidden and what they were doing… Basically, the core of his camera is the duel of their eyes, duel of men, duel of snipers, therefore a confrontation of people that scan the surrounding buildings, and try to decipher what they see
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • March 16, 2001 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Ireland
      • United Kingdom
      • France
      • Germany
      • United States
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Russian
    • Also known as
      • Kẻ Thù Trước Cổng
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Paramount Pictures
      • Mandalay Pictures
      • KC Medien
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $68,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $51,401,758
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $13,810,266
      • Mar 18, 2001
    • Gross worldwide
      • $96,976,270
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 11 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • DTS
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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