Enemy at the Gates

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Enemy at the Gates

R,

2001,

2h 11m,

War/

Drama/

Action/

History/

Romance

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Vassili is a young Russian sharpshooter who becomes a legend when a savvy political officer makes him the hero of his propaganda campaign. Their friendship is threatened when both men fall in love with a beautiful female soldier. As the battle for the city rages, Vassili faces the ultimate challenge when the Nazi command dispatches its most elite marksman to hunt down and kill the man who has become the hope of all Russia.

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Critics Consensus

Atmospheric and thrilling, Enemy at the Gates gets the look and feel of war right. However, the love story seems out of place.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Dec 24, 2010

4/5

Tense and violent WWII movie.

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Feb 9, 2007

There's never much risk of reality intruding--just a lot of histrionic James Horner music nd plenty of designer stubble on the soldiers' faces.

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Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

Set-pieces get you so far (and Annaud delights in blowing this set to pieces), but the script's shortcomings aren't camouflaged by the decision to adopt Home Counties' accents as the film's lingua franca.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Sep 6, 2026

2.5/4

A terrific subject for a major motion picture — the Battle of Stalingrad, the bloodbath during which the conquering German army suffered one of its first major setbacks of World War II — receives only half-hearted treatment in this handsome production.

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Michael Sragow

Baltimore Sun

Jul 15, 2023

3/4

Without its ambitious underpinnings, these virtuoso set pieces wouldn't flicker with emotion. In Enemy at the Gates, gravity has entertainment value, at least to those who can respond to wartime fervor.

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Leigh Paatsch

Herald Sun (Australia)

Oct 2, 2020

2.5/5

Time and time again, Enemy at the Gates squanders its pulse-pounding momentum on long, high-falutin' stretches of pointy-headed pretentiousness that just get in the road of the good stuff.

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Mar 1, 2019

The sniper scenes are great. The love triangle not so much.

Poe W

Feb 28, 2019

Canï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)t believe this film rated so lowly with critics. Love the film. Iï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)ve seen it multiple times and it never gets old. Great sets, acting, music is outstanding (sounds sort of like Glory). The dialogue near the end about inequality even in a communist country is writing at itï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)s finest. The opening is extremely violent but seems historically accurate. So a love element was thrown in? So what? That tied the story together with the dialogue and character motive at the end. I didnï¿ 1/2 1/2 1/2(TM)t realize this was supposed to be a historical documentary. Have on dvd but will likely buy Blu-ray.

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Theodore M

Feb 7, 2019

gripping and intense movie great action scenes fantastic acting, but some characters felt a bit too cliche overall storyline was good could have done better in terms of historical accuracy, but still a good movie to watch

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Luke W

Dec 14, 2018

Death, propaganda, mud, terror. That is all this movie needs, and if not for the out-of-nowhere romance than it wouldâ(TM)ve reached great levels of war immersion.

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Jun 11, 2018

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Harry S

Apr 7, 2018

Ah, Stalingrad, Hitler's greatest folly. This film certainly has its moments but it feels slighter than other WWII films and the romance angle is certainly overplayed. It is still moving and effective in places but there are more worthwhile films out there that depict the true horrors of war.

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Jean-Jacques Annaud

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Synopsis

Vassili is a young Russian sharpshooter who becomes a legend when a savvy political officer makes him the hero of his propaganda campaign. Their friendship is threatened when both men fall in love with a beautiful female soldier. As the battle for the city rages, Vassili faces the ultimate challenge when the Nazi command dispatches its most elite marksman to hunt down and kill the man who has become the hope of all Russia.

Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud
Producer: John D. Schofield, Jean-Jacques Annaud
Screenwriter: Jean-Jacques Annaud, Alain Godard
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Swanford Films, Reperage, Little Bird, DOS, Mandalay Pictures, Paramount Pictures, KC Medien AG
Rating: R (Strong Graphic War Violence|Some Sexuality)
Genre: War, Drama, Action, History, Romance
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Mar 16, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $51.4M
Runtime: 2h 11m
Sound Mix: Dolby Stereo, Dolby Digital, DTS, Surround, Dolby SR
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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