Enemy at the Gates

2001 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud
Movie film Q271006
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Summary

Enemy at the Gates is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (17,982 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Jean-Jacques Annaud[3]
  • Screenwriter: Jean-Jacques Annaud[4], Alain Godard[5]
  • Composer: James Horner[6]
  • Genre: war film[7], romance film[8], drama film[9], action film[10]
  • Based on: Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad[11]
  • Cast member: Jude Law[12], Joseph Fiennes[13], Rachel Weisz[14], Bob Hoskins[15], Ed Harris[16], Ron Perlman[17], Eva Mattes[18], Dan van Husen[19], Hans-Martin Stier[20], Matthias Habich[21], Gabriel Thomson[22], Ivan Shvedoff[23], Sophie Rois[24], Clemens Schick[25]
  • Producer: Jean-Jacques Annaud[26], John D. Schofield[27]
  • Production company: Paramount Pictures[28]
  • Director of photography: Robert Fraisse[29]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[30]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[31]
  • Review score: 5.7/10[32], 54%[33], 53/100[34]
  • Color: color[35]
  • Country of origin: France[36], Germany[37], United States[38], United Kingdom[39], Ireland[40]
  • Publication date: March 15, 2001[41], March 16, 2001[42], March 30, 2001[43], 2001[44]
  • Characters: Vasily Zaytsev[45], Tania Chernova[46], Nikita Khrushchev[47], Erwin König[48], Sasha Filippov[49], Friedrich Paulus[50], Arthur Schmidt[51]
  • Distributed by: Pathé Distribution[52], UIP-Dunafilm[53]
  • Narrative location: Volgograd[54]
  • Official website: http://www.enemyatthegatesmovie.com/[55]

Why It Matters

Enemy at the Gates has Wikipedia articles in 28 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[56] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[57]

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [56] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [57] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 23d ago · MsMorale · 2026-09-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Bechdel test movie list id → 10863
    Main subject → World War II, Battle of Stalingrad, propaganda
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14821 → 215750
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  3. 6w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    After a work by → William Craig
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  4. 7w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 23688
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  5. 8w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → 1940s, Battle of Stalingrad, World War II +1
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  6. 12w ago · Yirba · 2026-07-23 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    P14671 → 37903
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  7. 14w ago · Gerwoman · 2026-07-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Decine21 film id → 2450
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  8. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Imda rating → M18
    Rtc film rating → B
    Aspect ratio (w:h) → 2.35:1
    Igac rating → M/12
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  9. 17w ago · MrRobertman · 2026-06-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fsk film rating → FSK 16
    Kmrb film rating → 15
    Set in period → 1940s, Battle of Stalingrad, World War II +1
    Based on → Enemy at the Gates: The Battle for Stalingrad
    + 47 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Capital cost: 68,000,000 United States dollar, Added via Tricorder v1.2"
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