Enemy at the Gates

About Enemy at the Gates

A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.

Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 history war film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud. At 131 minutes long, it arrived in February 2001.

Its themes are winter, hero, battle, and earnest. The film began as real events.

Jude Law appears as Vassili Zaitsev, Joseph Fiennes as Commisar Danilov, Rachel Weisz as Tania Chernova, and Ed Harris as Major König. The screenplay is by Alain Godard and Jean-Jacques Annaud. Produced by Mandalay Pictures. It streams on fuboTV, MGM+ Amazon Channel, and MGM Plus in the United States.

We Were Soldiers, The Ascent, and Fury make useful companions to Enemy at the Gates, all filed under death. TMDB voters put it at 7.4 out of 10 across 4,255 votes and it carries a R rating.