
Enemy at the Gates
A rookie Red Army soldier thrust into Stalingrad’s brutal frontline must become a legendary sniper to inspire his comrades and survive the deadly rivalry for both glory and love amidst the city’s relentless siege.
“A single bullet can change history.”
Synopsis
During the Battle of Stalingrad in World War II, a Russian sniper and a German sniper engage in a tense game of cat-and-mouse.
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A crew of 80+ credited
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Craft leads on file
Edited by Noelle BoissonShot by Robert FraisseScored by James HornerDesigned by Wolf Kroeger
Box Office
2001 · Box office
⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.4× its budget
Why 2.5×?
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Worldwide gross
$97.0M
US & Canada: $51.4M — 53% of worldwide · International: $45.6M (47%)
Opening weekend: $13.8M — 27% of its US run.
Opening week (7-day): $17.8M — 35% of its US & Canada run.
Peak 1,509 theaters
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Also known as
- Duell – Enemy at the Gatesde
- Stalingradfr
- Il nemico alle porteit
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Cast & Crew
80 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Jude Law
as Vasily Zaitsev
Ed Harris
as Major Erwin König
Joseph Fiennes
as Commisar Danilov
Rachel Weisz
as Tania Chernova
Bob Hoskins
as Nikita Khrushchev
Ron Perlman
as Koulikov
Eva Mattes
as Mother Filipov
Gabriel Thomson
as Sacha Filipov
Matthias Habich
as General Paulus
Sophie Rois
as Ludmilla
Alexander Schwan
as Young Vassili Zaitsev
Lenn Kudrjawizki
as Comrade in Train
Supporting cast
57Gennadi Vengerov
as Russian NCO
Dan Van Husen
as Political Officer
Ivan Shvedoff
as Volodya
Mario Bandi
as Anton
Hans Martin Stier
as Red Army General
Clemens Schick
as German NCO
Hendrik Arnst
as Fat Colonel
Claudius Freyer
as Aide de Camp
Dietmar Nieder
as Blond Captain
Bernd Lambrecht
as Captain with Lighter
Jim Dowdall
as Stubborn Feldwebel
Maxim Kovalevski
as Politruk / Sniper
Peter Silbereisen
as Sweating Officer
Markus Majowski
as Stammering Officer
Robert Stadlober
as Spotter
Gotthard Lange
as Corpse Robber
Anna Bottcher
as Female Russian Typist
Holger Handtke
as Paulus' Aide de Camp
Marc Bischoff
as Stealing Photographer
Mark Zak
as Russian Captain at Headquarters
Thomas Petruo
as Russian Lieutenant
Dmitri Alexandrov
as Comrade in Shelter
David Pagel
as Pravda Interviewer
Galina Dobberstein
as Izvestiya Interviewer
Igor Rozinsky
as Krasnaya Zvezda Interviewer
Sergei Tokarev
as Russian Reporter
Tom Wlaschiha
as Soldier
Marischka Schubarth
as Woman Plucking Eyebrows
Natalya Bondar
as Woman Officer
Dana Cebulla
as Athletic Female Sniper
Piotr Papierz
as Politruk
Jarek Wozniak
as Politruk
Genia Makarov
as Politruk
Werner Daehn
as Politruk
Birol Unel
as Politruk
Grigori Kofmann
as Politruk
Aleksei Nesterov
as Politruk
Vladimir Vilanov
as Politruk
Aleksei Volodin
as Junior Politruk
Gennadi Tselbyansky
as Senior Politruk
Andre Emanuel Kaminski
as Russian Trench Officer
Michael Schenk
as Russian Officer
Jury Cooper
as Russian NCO
Manfred Witt
as Russian NCO
Arslan Kodirov
as Chechen Sniper / Sniper / Russian Officer
Axel Neumann
as Gaunt German Prisoner
Morin Smole
as Sniper
Inna Samain
as Sniper
Keta Burowa
as Female Russian Radio Operator
Toby Cockerell
as Russian Sharpshooter (uncredited)
Jurgen G H Hoppmann
as Russian railroad worker / Polish railroad worker (uncredited)
Kay Hunsicker
as Soldier (uncredited)
Eddy Joseph
as Voice on Tannoy (voice) (uncredited)
Martin Glyn Murray
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Valentin Platareanu
as General Schmidt (uncredited)
Thomas Rosicke
as Russian Guard (uncredited)
Mikhail Matveev
as Grandfather
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