Zaytsevs remarkable story was brought to life in 2001s feature film enemy at the gates starring jude law. With jason priestley, lizzie boys, johannah newmarch, jason cermak. All the while this was going on, my interest in mosins continued to develop. Guns of enemy at the gates range 365 released in 2001, enemy at the gates has become a classic world war ii movie. She pines for her lost family, especially her beloved cousinhalfbrother luke. During which, at times, make one believe and feel throughout the movie. The movie enemy at the gates, directed by jeanjacques annaud and starring jude law, ed harris, rachel weisz and joseph fiennes is a fictionalized account of the true story of vasilii zaitsev, a soviet sniper who won fame during the battle of stalingrad. The opening scenes of both the movie enemy at the gates and the russian campaign of the computer game call of duty feature a sequence in which the main character arrives at the docks on stalingrad in late 1942, and is promptly queued up in front of a truck, in which commissars are issuing rifles and ammunition to the conscripts. The various sounds from enemy at the gates paramount 2001 stimulate the viewers sense of hearing. The battle for stalingrad, which describes the events surrounding the battle of stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943.
The story, inspired by the book by american historian william craig recounts in a dramatic conflict of the bloody war battle by the russian sniper ace vassili zaitsev jude law. In the scene taking place at the fountain, danilovs rifle has a round receiver. One man has the rifle, the next man has the bullets. I simply want to weigh in with a very positive response to enemy at the gates. Under the leadership of krusche v bob hoskins, the c itizens of stalingrad are.
The films main character is a fictionalized version of sniper vasily zaytsev, a hero of the soviet union during world war ii. Enemy at the gates dvd an allstar cast lights up the screen in this riveting epic hailed as a vivid dramatization of one of historys titanic turning poi nts. Jude law stars in the film as vasily zaitsev, an ordinary russian soldier who became a legend for his feats as a sniper fighting during the battle of stalingrad. Hitlers third reich, which had been spreading like a dark stain across the global landscape, invaded stalingrad in 1942. Idiocracy the most important movie of the 21st century and im not kidding, and hilarious to boot. The scope mounted on vasilis rifle in the movie is of the pu type. Enemy at the gates internet movie firearms database guns in. Enemy at the gates the society for military history. With jude law, ed harris, joseph fiennes, rachel weisz. Jude law stars in the film as vasily zaitsev, an ordinary russian soldier who.
The film is based upon william craigs book of the same name, yet the entire movie is based upon a sniper duel that covers no more than two pages of the entire book. Enemy at the gates 2001 movie mistakes, goofs and bloopers. Enemy at the gates is 2001 britishgermanirsky war film directed by jean. Enemy at the gate one out of tow gets a rifle, one without follows him the. The film was trying to set the background for the famous sniper zaitsev, which meant showing what stalingrad was like in only a few minutes. When he hands the rifle over to zaitsev, the rifle has a hex receiver.
During the initial human wave charge, after the soviet conscripts turn to retreat back to their lines and are cut down by friendly fire, there is one camera shot which shows two nkvd officers firing semiautomatic pistols. Using various actors from different countries, to me, was poorly thought out. There is another blaring inaccuracy in the movie although i enjoyed it very much. A battle between two nations became a conflict between two men. Enemy at the gates recap a great war movie based on 2nd world. The film was very, very loosely based on vasily zaytsevs biography notes of a russian sniper. A russian and a german sniper play a game of catandmouse during the battle of stalingrad. Movies like enemy at the gates if you like enemy at the gates you are looking for serious, rough and bleak movies about with sniper, military, war, nazism, world war two, friendship and assassination themes of drama, history and war genre shot in ireland or uk. Mosins, and enemy at the gates the exhaust notes blog. Every pistol shown in the film seems to be correct, being either tokarev tt33s or 1895 nagant revolvers, except for one. Enemy of the state internet movie firearms database. Enemy at the gates wont find too many friends at the box office fans of war movies and of jude law will appreciate it, but there isnt much for everyone else in this midmarch downer. This is the rifle vasily zaytsev used to wage a oneman war in.
This is the film that jude law, ed harris, rachel weisz and joseph fiennes will be starring in for director, jeanjacques annaud. From internet movie firearms database guns in movies, tv and video games. During a long space war, the lives of two wounded enemies become dependent on their ability to forgive and to trust. Without the warm glow of his love, shes lost in the shadows of despair and forced in to submission by nurse broadfield. When danilov first shows vassili the leaflets that praise his exploits, the shot shows a leaflet coming off the printing press with four xed out helmets, indicating how many german soldiers vassili has killed. To hear it straight from the man himself vasily zaitsev it was just a chance encounter. Enemy at the gates a history lesson about the true story. Enemy at the gates takes place in 1942 and details a cat and mouse chase between two snipers. Enemy at the gates internet movie firearms database guns. Enemy at the gates certainly played up the zaitsevkoenig sniper duel, and so did the history channel special. German army historical records never mention an elite sniper named major koenig hunting vassili zaitsev at stalingrad. Rachel weisz internet movie firearms database guns in. Joseph fiennes in enemy at the gates 2001 rachel weisz in enemy at the gates 2001 jude.
In enemy at the gates, the soviet soldiers are given. Enemy at the gates full movie watch streaming online movie. I was watching the movie again recently and i noticed that there might be several more mosin variants found. Vasily zaitsevs actual sniper rifle on display at the volgograds stalingrad panorama museum. War the bridges at tokori, hell is for heros, enemy at war collection platoon, the thin red line, behind enemy lines, courage under jude law the collection. The theatrical movie poster with the infamous reversed image of a mosin nagant m9 sniper rifle. Released in 2001, enemy at the gates has become a classic world war ii movie. Laws character used a sniper variant of the mosinnagant m9 rifle while harriss. The action in the movie revolves around the duel between zaitsev and a german sniper sent. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. Here are a few things you probably didnt know about enemy at the gates.
Gene shalit, today the year is 1942 and the nazis are cutting a deadly swat h through russia. With jude law as a russian sniper, enemy at the gates keeps its eye on the big picture even when focusing on the. Enemy at the gates is a 2001 world war ii film directed by jeanjacques annaud. Jude law, joseph fiennes, rachel weisz, ed harris, bob hoskins. Enemy at the gate one out of tow gets a rifle, one without follows him the one with the rifle shoot when the one with the rifle gets killed one who is following pick up the rifle and shoot. Enemy at the gates year 2001 genre drama war history type movies idmb rating 7. Sense and sensibility 1995 i am not into jane austen, but this movie was actually really good.
The movie is staunchly anticommunist and passes judgment on the entire system at the end. The screenplay was written by annaud and alain godard. Judging from the opening scenes of enemy at the gates, it would seem soviet officers were using as much ammunition to exact swift punishment on their own deserting soldiers as they were spending on the germans. Enemy at the gates is a 2001 war film written and directed by jeanjacques annaud and. The story is one that introduces much of the world to a side of world war ii that not many know aboutthe life of a soviet sniper during one of the.
As the nazis struggle to take hold of stalingrad, russian sniper vassili zaitsev is built into a local hero by propaganda officer danilov, his. Enemy at the gates internet movie firearms database. They could have only done a worse job if they were trying. Enemy at the gates 2001 ending spoiler movie mistakes. Enemy at the gates last sniper sceneending spoiler. Hey folks, heres an excellent look at the facts behind the story that the film, enemy at the gates will be based upon. Enemy at the gates is a 2001 war film written and directed by jeanjacques annaud and based on william craigs 1973 nonfiction book enemy at the gates. The film centers around the reallife battle of stalingrad on the eastern front in which two snipers, vasily zaytsev jude law of the red army and.
Some veterans of the battle depicted in the movie hated its. Enemy at the gates 39 movie clip do you know how to shoot. Jude law stars in the film as vasily zaitsev, an ordinary russian soldier who became a legend for his feats as a sniper fighting during. Gene hackman costars as brill, a former nsa operative who comes out of hiding to. Jude law takes aim with a mosin nagant m9 sniper rifle as vassili zaitsev in enemy at the gates 2001. Enemy at the gates is right on target war movie is right. And that includes enemy at the gates, a film he cowrote with alain godard. Watch enemy at the gates full movie streaming online duration 1 minutes and broadcast on 20010316 mpaa rating is 236. When zaitsev hands the rifle back, the rifle has a round receiver again. The camera follows the leaflet off the press, danilov picks up the leaflet and hands it vassili. Enemy of the state is a 1998 action thriller directed by tony scott and stars will smith as robert dean, a washington d.
Orphaned and crippled, heavens daughter annie is whisked off to farthinggale manor by tony tatterton. Enemy at the gates 2001 out of four by blake french. Ive seen this photo thousands of times, from renting the movie out to customers, and from straightening the display shelves every day, but ive never noticed the lefthanded mosin nagant though. Enemy at the gates 2001 when autoplay is enabled, a suggested video will automatically play next. Once inside the demoralized and besieged city, vassily puts his shooting skills to. Jude law holds a glock 30 as ted pikul in existenz 1999. It centers around the reallife battle of stalingrad in which two snipers, vasily zaytsev jude law and major erwin konig ed harris, engaged in a highstakes, long distance duel to see which side had better snipers. The next shot shows vassili looking at the leaflet, but now there. In the water they immediately come under fire from the german artillery but face certain death from the guns of the soviet army if they turn back. I was working for hollywood video on highway 18 in jackson when this movie came out. The dialogue during the film was made less believable due to proper british dialect.
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