![]() During a second attempt, Vasily falls asleep, and his sniper log is stolen by a looting German soldier. Vasily sets a trap for König and manages to wound him with help of Tania, who has come to rescue Vasily. Sasha, a young Soviet boy, volunteers to act as a double agent by passing König false information about Vasily's whereabouts. Khrushchev pressures Danilov to bring the sniper standoff to a conclusion. König, however, outmaneuvers Koulikov and kills him, shaking Vasily's spirits. When the Red Army command learns of König's mission, they dispatch König's former student Koulikov to help Vasily kill him. With the Soviet snipers taking an increasing toll on the German forces, German Major Erwin König is deployed to kill Vasily and crush Soviet morale. In fear for her safety, Danilov has her transferred away to an intelligence unit, ostensibly to make use of her German skills in translating radio intercepts. Both also become romantically interested in Tania Chernova, a private in the local militia. Vasily is transferred to the sniper division and becomes friends with Danilov. Soon after, Danilov begins publishing heroic tales of Vasily's exploits in the army's newspaper. Danilov, now a senior lieutenant, suggests that the people need "an example to follow" and recommends Zaitsev for the job. ![]() Nikita Khrushchev demands ideas from his subordinates on morale. The occupant, Commissar Danilov, hides among numerous bodies, coincidentally next to Vasily, who uses his exceptional marksmanship to kill the German soldiers nearby. Forced into a suicidal charge without a rifle, he hides while a tank shell incapacitates a car. Vasily Zaitsev is a soldier in the Red Army and is sent to the front line of the Battle of Stalingrad in 1942. The cast includes Jude Law as Zaitsev, Rachel Weisz as Tania Chernova, and Ed Harris as König, with Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Marshall Thomson, and Matthias Habich in supporting roles. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaitsev and a Wehrmacht sniper school director, Major Erwin König. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of Vasily Zaitsev, a sniper and Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. The screenplay was written by Annaud and Alain Godard. ![]() Enemy at the Gates ( Stalingrad in France and L'Ennemi aux portes in Canada) 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. ![]()
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