Based on William Craig's non-fiction book of the same title, Enemy at the Gates follows the story of Vassili Zaytsev, a Russian sniper played by Jude Law. Flashbacks reveal Vassili was taught marksmanship as a child by his grandfather,

but as an army conscript he's at first thrown indiscriminately into combat on the front lines in the Battle of Stalingrad.

There he meets Comisar Daniloff, played by Joseph Fines, who notices his gift with a rifle and

quickly turns Vassili's numerous sniper kills into propaganda for the war effort.

Vassili's legend grows in proportion to his body count,

and it isn't long before he's getting his rifle cleaned by Rena Chernova, played by Rachel Vites.

But Danilov is in love with her too, or is he in love with Vassily?

An admiration gives way to jealousy as the battlefield becomes littered with broken hearts, shell casings, and the gold-filtered cigarette butts of the film Steely antagonist German sniper Erwin Conning, played by Ed Harris.

Hold completely still for today's friendly fire.

Its 2001's Jean-Jacques Anode directed World War II film Enemy at the Gates. Yeah, what is good for fun.

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Welcome to Friendly Fire.

It's the War Movie Podcast Our Grandfathers tried and failed to teach us to make but we're here doing it anyway

I'm Ben Harrison

I'm Adam Pranica

I'm John Roderick John there's nothing less gratifying than that, that laugh of, you know, slight defeat

that you start the show with every week?

I can't believe I'm here again.

But you know guys, I've taken to podcasting from bed

and it's really changed my life and I'm not sure it's changed my life for the

better but is there a bucket next to it my whole podcast rig on one of those invalid trays that I got at Ikea for $5.

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