“Enemy at the Gates” quotes
(2001)
Jean-Jacques Annaud
directed this movie
in 2001
Title Enemy at the Gates
Year 2001
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Genre Drama, History, Thriller, War
Year 2001
Director Jean-Jacques Annaud
Genre Drama, History, Thriller, War
Plot – Stalingrad, 1942. The Soviet city is in the middle of a bitter battle as the Soviet Union is on the verge of a collapse. The Nazi troops are winning, so Stalin sends Khrushchev to watch over the situation. Two snipers fight the decisive battle and they couldn't be more different: Vassili comes from Ural Mountains and he's a peasants' son, while König is noble and smart German.
All actors – Jude Law, Ed Harris, Rachel Weisz, Joseph Fiennes, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman, Eva Mattes, Gabriel Thomson, Matthias Habich, Sophie Rois, Ivan Shvedoff, Mario Bandi, Hans Martin Stier, Clemens Schick, Mikhail Matveev, Alexander Schwan, Lenn Kudrjawizki, Hendrik Arnst, Claudius Freyer, Dietmar Nieder, Bernd Lambrecht, Jim Dowdall, Maxim Kovalevski, Gennadi Vengerov, Dan van Husen, Peter Silbereisen, Markus Majowski, Robert Stadlober, Gotthard Lange, Anna Böttcher, Holger Handtke, Marc Bischoff, Mark Zak, Thomas Petruo, Dmitri Aleksandrov, David Pagel, Galina Dobberstein, Igor Rozinsky, Sergei Tokarev, Tom Wlaschiha, Marischka Schubarth, Natalya Bondar, Dana Cebulla, Piotr Papierz, Jarek Wozniak, Genia Makarov, Werner Daehn, Birol Ünel, Grigori Kofmann, Aleksei Nesterov, Vladimir Vilanov, Aleksei Volodin, Gennadi Tselbyansky, André Kaminski, Michael Schenk, Jury Cooper, Manfred Witt, Arslan Kodirov, Axel Neumann, Morin Smole, Inna Samain, Keta Burowa, Toby Cockerell, Eddy Joseph, Martin Glyn Murray, Valentin Platareanu, Thomas Rösicke
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“He doesn't know you exist, but at that moment you're closer to him than anyone else on earth. You see his face through the sign. You see whether he shaved or not. You can see whether he's married if he's got a wedding ring. It's not like firing at a distant shape. It's not just a uniform. It's a man's face. Those faces don't go away. They come...” (continue)(continue reading)
“Vodka is a luxury we have. Caviar is a luxury we have. Time is not.”
“I am a stone. I do not move. Very slowly, I put snow in my mouth. Then he won't see my breath. I take my time. I let him come closer. I have only one bullet. I aim at his eye. Very gently, my finger presses on the trigger. I do not tremble. I have no fear. I'm a big boy now. Ready Vassili? Now, Vassili, fire!”
“- Commisar Danilov: Where have you been? We've been looking all over for you.
- Vassili: Oh, did you hear? I was dead. At least, Noble Sniper Zeitsev, Vassili was dead.”“You won't give up the river bank. I don't care if you lost half your men. Lose the other half. Lose yourself.”
“Here, the men's only choice is between German bullets and ours. But there's another way. The way of courage. The way of love of the Motherland. We must publish the army newspaper again. We must tell magnificent stories, stories that extol sacrifice, bravery. We must make them believe in the victory. We must give them hope, pride, a desire to...” (continue)(continue reading)
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