---
title: 'Enemy at the Gates (2001)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jean-Jacques Annaud'
released: '2001-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 130
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'France'
  - 'United States'
  - 'Ireland'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/enemy-at-the-gates-2001'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0215750/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Enemy at the Gates (2001)

2001 · R · 130 min · Drama, War, Action, Romance · Germany, United Kingdom, France, United States, Ireland


## Synopsis

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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud)
- **Screenplay:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud), [Alain Godard](https://cinepixo.com/people/alain-godard)
- **Producer:** [Jean-Jacques Annaud](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-jacques-annaud), [John D. Schofield](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-d-schofield)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Horner](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-horner)
- **Director of Photography:** [Robert Fraisse](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fraisse)
- **Editor:** [Noëlle Boisson](https://cinepixo.com/people/noelle-boisson)

## Cast

- [Robert Stadlober](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-stadlober) as Spotter
- [Gotthard Lange](https://cinepixo.com/people/gotthard-lange)
- [Hendrik Arnst](https://cinepixo.com/people/hendrik-arnst)
- [Lenn Kudrjawizki](https://cinepixo.com/people/lenn-kudrjawizki) as Comrade in Train
- [Werner Daehn](https://cinepixo.com/people/werner-daehn) as Anosov
- [Joseph Fiennes](https://cinepixo.com/people/joseph-fiennes) as Commissar Danilov
- [Dan van Husen](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-van-husen)
- [Dana Cebulla](https://cinepixo.com/people/dana-cebulla)
- [Jude Law](https://cinepixo.com/people/jude-law) as Vasily Zaytsev
- [Marc Bischoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/marc-bischoff)
- [Gabriel Thomson](https://cinepixo.com/people/gabriel-thomson) as Sasha Filippov
- [Ed Harris](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-harris) as Erwin König
- [Markus Majowski](https://cinepixo.com/people/markus-majowski)
- [Clemens Schick](https://cinepixo.com/people/clemens-schick) as Voigt
- [Ivan Shvedoff](https://cinepixo.com/people/ivan-shvedoff) as Volodya

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Official site: http://www.enemyatthegatesmovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/enemy-at-the-gates-2001
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