“Enemy at the Gates” Review, Opening the Gates of My Mind
May 20th, 2009
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In my opinion, it is a very worthy film. I say that primarily because I am sick to death of Americans using World War II as a basis for films that generally amount to little more than propaganda. Off course, Enemy at the Gates comes off as being somewhat fantastic due to its attempt to balance entertainment with historical fact, and it came as a surprise to me to learn that Sergeant Vassili Zaitsev was a real person (whose sniper rifle is still an exhibit in a Russian museum), this makes it all the more entertaining to watch. And this is the story. Read more…
Categories: English city on the volga, enemy at the gates, film, german, german third reich, nazi, russia, vassili zaitsev, volga river, world war, zaitzev
