Enemy at the Gates

[bill_k]

I read the book by the same title, is this movie anything like that.
Bill

[zombie]

Yes and no, the couldn`t fit everything in and they made a few change but the basic plot is the same, a sniper duel in stalingard. I won`t list all the differences I saw because I don`t want to spoil it for anybody.

[Warrior]

The movie was based on the book "War of the Rats."

[David F. Wall]

It's not specifically based on any book about Stalingrad or Zatisev -- at least not to the point where anyone thought this needed to be credited.

It doesn't make any pretense to history, either. There's no based-on-a-true-story mention in the film (though I've not seen all
the promotional materials). At the end they
mention that there was a real person named Zaitsev, that he was awarded the Order of Lenin several times and eventually named a Hero of the Soviet Union, and that you can see his rifle in the Stalingrad War Museum.

There's reviews of this elsewhere, but it's a good story, and I'll probably pay full price to see it again.

[Tommy]

Originally posted by David F. Wall:
... It doesn't make any pretense to history, either. There's no based-on-a-true-story mention in the film (though I've not seen all
the promotional materials)...

Dave,
Check this movie trailer out - they claim it IS a true story. We know better!


Click for Movie

Tommy

[David F. Wall]

Tommy -- I can't see the trailer, because I have notoriusly bad luck viewing anything at [url="http://www.apple.com,"]www.apple.com,[/url] but I'll take your word for it. It doesn't surprise me, given the general disconnect between the people who make movies and the people who market them.