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Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Cast: Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris
7.5
53%Runtime131 min
Rating15
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A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
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Fans of intense historical dramas and gripping cat-and-mouse thrillers will appreciate the tense, cerebral battle of wits between the Russian and German snipers in 'Enemy at the Gates' directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. The film's gritty realism and standout performances from Jude Law and Joseph Fiennes make it a compelling exploration of the horrors of war and the lengths people will go to survive.
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Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 war film directed, co-written, and produced by Jean-Jacques Annaud, based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942–1943. The screenplay was written by Annaud and Alain Godard. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of Vasily Zaitsev, a sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It depicts a snipers' duel between Zaitsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König.
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