Enemy At the Gates (2001) Joseph Fiennes Danilov Jude Law Vassili Zaitsev Rachel Weisz Tania Bob Hoskins Nikita Krushchev Ed Harris Major Konig Ron Perlman Koulikov Eva Mattes Mtoher Filipov Gabriel Marshall-Thomson Sacha Matthias Habich General Paulus Sophie Rois Ludmilla Ivan Shvedov Volody Mario Bandi Anton Hans Martin Stier Red Army General Clemans Schick German Noncom Mikhail Matveev Grandfather Alexander Schwan Young Vassili Lenn Kudrjawizki Comrade in Train Hendrik Arnst (II) Fat Colonel Claudius Freyer Aide de Camp Dietmar Nieder Blond Captain Bernd Lambrecht Captain with Lighter Jim Dowdall Stubborn Feldwebel Maxim Kovalevski Politruk/Sniper Gennadi Vengerov Russian Noncom Dan Van Husen Political Officer Directed by: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Allen Smith (III) Produced by: Alain Godard, Alisa Tager, Thomas Tannenberger The true story of a duel during World War II between celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev, and the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major Konig, set against the epic battle of Stalingrad. Unassuming and self-contained, Vassili is just an ordinary man who performs his duty with extraordinary skill. With Stalingrad ready to fall into German hands and the Soviet Union on the verge of collapse, there could be no better time for a hero to emerge. Realizing Vassili's potential, Soviet political officer, Danilov, creates the soldier into a national hero. However, when Danilov and Vassili fall in love with Tania, a courageous female soldier, Danilov grows to hate the man he created. Meanwhile, Vassili gains another enemy when he becomes the target of Germany's best sharpshooter, Major Konig, who has been ordered to find and kill Vassili. With exquisite patience and skill, each man stalks the other, fighting his war in solitude while countless men die around them in the rubble of Stalingrad. ========== During the WWII battle of Stalingrad, two snipers, a Russian, and a German, are locked in a battle of wills and marksmanship, while the Russian is boosted to the status of hero by a political official. ========== 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. ========== 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.