Enemy at the Gates
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A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
What critics thought
DivisiveA sharply divided film: critics and audiences alike found the Stalingrad sniper duel visceral and gripping, but the shoehorned love triangle struck many as a war-movie cliché dragging down the tenser material. Reception was especially hostile in Russia and Germany, where veterans and critics objected to historical distortions and what some saw as a glorification of war — a gap that makes the warmer Anglo-American response look like a different film entirely.
“It's as if an obsessed film nut had decided to collect every bad war-film convention on one computer and program it to spit out a script.”
Peter Rainer·New York
“any flaws in execution pale against those moments when the film brings history to vital life.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirector
Jude LawVassili Zaitsev
Joseph FiennesCommisar Danilov
Rachel WeiszTania Chernova
Ed HarrisMajor König
Bob HoskinsNikita Khrushchev
Ron PerlmanKoulikov
Eva MattesMother Filipov
Gabriel ThomsonSacha Filipov
Matthias HabichGeneral Paulus
Lenn KudrjawizkiComrade in Train
Gennadi VengerovRussian NCO
James HornerComposer
Alain GodardWriter
Robert FraisseCinematographyEnemy at the Gates
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
What critics thought
DivisiveA sharply divided film: critics and audiences alike found the Stalingrad sniper duel visceral and gripping, but the shoehorned love triangle struck many as a war-movie cliché dragging down the tenser material. Reception was especially hostile in Russia and Germany, where veterans and critics objected to historical distortions and what some saw as a glorification of war — a gap that makes the warmer Anglo-American response look like a different film entirely.
“It's as if an obsessed film nut had decided to collect every bad war-film convention on one computer and program it to spit out a script.”
Peter Rainer·New York
“any flaws in execution pale against those moments when the film brings history to vital life.”
Peter Travers·Rolling Stone
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Cast & Crew
Jean-Jacques AnnaudDirectorJude LawVassili ZaitsevJoseph FiennesCommisar DanilovRachel WeiszTania ChernovaEd HarrisMajor KönigBob HoskinsNikita KhrushchevRon PerlmanKoulikovEva MattesMother FilipovGabriel ThomsonSacha FilipovMatthias HabichGeneral PaulusLenn KudrjawizkiComrade in TrainGennadi VengerovRussian NCOJames HornerComposerAlain GodardWriterRobert FraisseCinematographyStream
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