Vi skriver 1942 og nazisterne gør et dødeligt indhug gennem Rusland. Under ledelse af Kruschevs gør indbyggerne i Stalingrad modigt modstand ansporet af deres lokale helt Vassili Zaitsevs meritter. Vassilis bedrifter som fremragende snigskytte er blevet legendariske – takket være propagandaen der spredes af vassilis bedste ven, en politisk officer ved navn Danilov. For at sætte en stopper for Vassili sender tyskerne deres bedste snigskytte, major Konig til Stalingrad. Da Vassili og Danilov begge forelsker sig i en smuk soldat lader Danilov sin ven i stikken da han overlader det til Vassili at møde sit tyske modstykke alene. Mens byen brænder indleder Vassili og Konig en listig leg om katten med musen og fører en helt privat krig om mod, ære og fædreland.

Total
Fed skurk
Bar hud & store muskler
Vilde våben
Stærke one-liners
Episk action
Ekstra kategori
Rangering
Nr. 71 ud af 126
Udgivelsesdato
28/02/2001
Varighed
2t 11m
Budget
$68.000.000
Indtjening
$96.976.270
Certification (USA)
R
Alternative titler
Círculo do Fogo (PT)
Enemigo al asecho (CL)
Enemigo al Acecho (BO)
Neprítel pred branami (CZ)
Vaenlane väravas (EE)
Neprijatelj pred vratima (HR)
Priešas už vartu (LT)
Neprijatelj pred vratima (RS)
Sovraznik pred vrati (SI)
Stalingrad (FR)
Wróg u Bram (PL)
Il nemico alle porte (IT)
Enemigo a las puertas (ES)
大敌当前 (TW)
敵對邊緣 (HK)
Enemy at the Gates (US)
兵臨城下 (HK)
L'ennemi aux portes (CA)
Cast

Jude Law
Vassili Zaitsev

Joseph Fiennes
Commisar Danilov

Rachel Weisz
Tania Chernova

Ed Harris
Major König

Bob Hoskins
Nikita Khrushchev

Ron Perlman
Koulikov

Eva Mattes
Mother Filipov

Gabriel Thomson
Sacha Filipov

Matthias Habich
General Paulus

Alexander Schwan
Young Vassili Zaitsev

Lenn Kudrjawizki
Comrade in Train

Gennadi Vengerov
Russian NCO

Dan van Husen
Political Officer

Иван Шведов
Volodya

Sophie Rois
Ludmilla

Mario Bandi
Anton

Hans Martin Stier
Red Army General

Clemens Schick
German NCO

Hendrik Arnst
Fat Colonel

Claudius Freyer
Aide de Camp

Dietmar Nieder
Blond Captain

Bernd Lambrecht
Captain with Lighter

Jim Dowdall
Stubborn Feldwebel

Максим Ковалевский
Politruk / Sniper

Peter Silbereisen
Sweating Officer

Markus Majowski
Stammering Officer

Robert Stadlober
Spotter

Gotthard Lange
Corpse Robber

Anna Böttcher
Female Russian Typist

Holger Handtke
Paulus' Aide de Camp

Marc Bischoff
Stealing Photographer

Mark Zak
Russian Captain at Headquarters

Thomas Petruo
Russian Lieutenant

Dmitri Alexandrov
Comrade in Shelter

David Pagel
Pravda Interviewer

Galina Dobberstein
Izvestiya Interviewer

Igor Rozinsky
Krasnaya Zvezda Interviewer

Sergei Tokarev
Russian Reporter

Tom Wlaschiha
Soldier

Marischka Schubarth
Woman Plucking Eyebrows

Natalya Bondar
Woman Officer

Dana Cebulla
Athletic Female Sniper

Piotr Papierz
Politruk

Jarek Wozniak
Politruk

Genia Makarov
Politruk

Werner Daehn
Politruk

Birol Ünel
Politruk

Grigori Kofmann
Politruk

Aleksei Nesterov
Politruk

Vladimir Vilanov
Politruk

Aleksei Volodin
Junior Politruk

Gennadi Tselbyansky
Senior Politruk

André Emanuel Kaminski
Russian Trench Officer

Michael Schenk
Russian Officer

Jury Cooper
Russian NCO

Manfred Witt
Russian NCO

Arslan Kodirov
Chechen Sniper / Sniper / Russian Officer

Axel Neumann
Gaunt German Prisoner

Morin Smole
Sniper

Inna Samain
Sniper

Keta Burowa
Female Russian Radio Operator

Toby Cockerell
Russian Sharpshooter (uncredited)

Jürgen G.H. Hoppmann
Russian railroad worker / Polish railroad worker (uncredited)

Kay Hunsicker
Soldier (uncredited)

Eddy Joseph
Voice on Tannoy (voice) (uncredited)

Martin Glyn Murray
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Valentin Plătăreanu
General Schmidt (uncredited)

Thomas Rösicke
Russian Guard (uncredited)

Mikhail Matveev
Grandfather