Douban score 8.4

Enemy at the Gates is a film directed by jean jacques annaud and starring Jude Law and ed harris. It was released in Chinese mainland on 200 1. The film is adapted from the documentary novel of the same name by writer william craig 1973.

The film tells the story of a life-and-death battle between the legendary sniper Vasily Chesseff of the Soviet Red Army and Major Connie, the top German sharpshooter, in the Battle of Stalingrad during World War II.

The film describes the most tragic battle in World War II: the Battle of Stalingrad. 200 1 was released in Chinese mainland, and the film was adapted from the documentary novel of the same name written by William Craig 1973. Against the background of Stalingrad, the most tragic battle in modern history, this paper tells the life-and-death duel between the legendary Soviet sniper Vasily and the top German strongman Colonel Connie. Although it is a Hollywood movie, it truly shows the cruelty of Stalingrad and the changes in characters brought about by the war.

This is probably the best movie I have ever seen about a sniper duel ... none. Several sniper duels in the film are very classic. Whether Connie appeared on the abandoned mound for the first time, the scene where the middle mirror reflected to confirm the position of the other side, or the duel missed by two people lying in ambush behind the factory gate, the atmosphere was quite in place. Because I don't know who discovered who first, the audience's nerves are always in a state of tension. As a war movie, the film pays great attention to the control of emotional flow. The film does not always exaggerate the cruelty and tragic war, but adds some comic elements and emotional elements in a timely manner. The simple collocation of these elements will bring a good buffer to the audience's mood, so although the process is tense, the film is handled very appropriately.

Speaking of the theme of the film, it is obvious that it is the story of the donkey and the wolf told by Vasily in the film. Vasily used to be a shepherd, but he must have become a war hero because of his good marksmanship. In fact, he felt very inferior in his heart, and subconsciously felt that he was a wolf who could live for three years, while danilov and tania were real donkeys who could live for nine years. They have received a good education and are considered as people who can build society in the future. He had an instinctive worship and idyllic yearning for the heroes above him, but in the end, before danilov died, he was jealous of Vasily, and Vasily was the one who was yearned for. Finally, danilov's death tells a truth that there are always differences between people, and absolute equality does not exist.

Vassili's opponent, Connie, the best sniper in Germany, is very much like a well-educated military family. He embodies the so-called aristocratic tradition in Europe in the past, but the best sniper in the Soviet Union, the hero passed down from mouth to mouth in the newspaper, is an uneducated shepherd. In the Soviet Union, a shepherd can become a hero, which in itself is a powerful annotation of an equal society.

The ending of the story is happy. Once in Tania, a shepherd and a college student who loved him came together. Their combination may represent a world where wolves and donkeys work together.

Finally, we end with a sentence from danilov about equality. I think this line is the foundation of world peace.

"We have worked so hard to create an equal society, where you don't have to envy your neighbors. But there is always something to be envied. A smile, a friendship, everything you don't have but want. "