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Title: Entertaining, Enlightening and Worth the Watch
Review: Enemy at the Gates tells the story of Vasilly Zeitzev during a week or so of the Battle of Stalingrad. In reading the other reviews, I would have to say that they tend to be dead on - the movie jumps from frenzied war scenes filled with violence to the one on one cat and mouse game played between the two snipers - Zeitzev and Koening - where it seems the war and time stands still. The love triangle and the over the top portrayal of Nikita Kruschev are probaby the biggest detractions from the story line, but they also provide enough entertainment value as to not pull too much from the main story line. If you have interest in the Second World War, this story will intice you - it is one of the very few movies made about the Eastern Front, and the equipment, cinematography and setting are first rate. Worth watching.
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