ENEMY AT THE GATES

ENEMY AT THE GATES
AN ALL-STAR CAST LIGHTS UP THE SCREEN IN THIS RIVETING EPIC HAILED AS "A VIVID DRAMA-TIZATION OF ONEOF HISTORY'S TITANIC TURNING POINTS"
THE YEAR IS 1942 AND THE NAZIS ARE CUTTING A DEADLY SWATH THROUGH RUSSIA. UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF KRUSCHEV(BOB HOSKINS), THE CITIZENS OF STALINGRAD ARE MOUNTING A BRAVE REISITANCE, SPURRED BY THE EXPLOITS OF THEIR LOCAL HERO, VASSILI ZAITSEV(JUDE LAW). AN EXPERT SNIPER, VASSILI'S BEST FRIEND, A POLITICAL OFFICER NAMED DANILOV(JOSEPH FIENNES). TO STOP VASSILI, THE GERMANS DISPATCH THEIR BEST SNIPER, MAFOR KONIG(ED HARRIS),TO STALINGRAD. WHEN VASSILI AND DANILOV BOTH FALL IN LOVE WITH A BEAUTIFUL SOLDIER(RACHEL WEISZ),DANILOV DESERTS HIS FRIEND, LEAVING VASSILI TO FACE HIS GERMAN COUNTERPART ALONE. AS THE CITY BURNS, VASSILI AND KONIG BEGIN A CUNNING GAME OF CAT AND MOUSE, WAGING A PRIVATEWAR FOR COURAGE, HONOR AND COUNTRY.....