What is Enemy at the Gates about?
A Russian and a German sniper play a game of cat-and-mouse during the Battle of Stalingrad in WWII.
Does it have a happy ending? (spoiler-safe)
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
Enemy at the Gates (2001)
Two snipers stalk each other through a bleak, war-torn city in a tense, gritty battle of wills.
Earnest and suspenseful. A full-attention watch at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Hoopla (free).
Enemy at the Gates parents guide
Nothing past what an R promises: some innuendo or implied sex and brutal violence.
- Scare
- Mildly scary
- A few tense or eerie moments.
- Jump scares
- A couple
- One or two sudden jolts.
- Gore
- Graphic gore
- Blood and wounds shown clearly.
- Violence
- Brutal violence
- Our top level for violence.
- Sex and nudity
- Mild
- Mild means innuendo, or sex implied off screen, with no nudity.
- Language
- Moderate
- Some strong profanity, a few f-words.
How we rate: an AI reads what is known about each title and tags it 0 to 3; we check the tags against a hand-rated set and correct them by hand when readers tell us. Estimates, not a scene-by-scene review. Spot a mistake? Tell us.
Three questions
- Is Enemy at the Gates scary?
- Only a little. Enemy at the Gates has a few tense moments, nothing that follows you to bed.
- How gory is Enemy at the Gates?
- Graphic gore and brutal violence. If graphic gore is a dealbreaker, skip it.
- What is Enemy at the Gates rated, and is it OK for kids?
- Brutal violence, some strong language and graphic gore. The R is earned, so not for kids.
Cast and crew
Directed byJean-Jacques Annaud
StarringJude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Ed Harris, Bob Hoskins, Ron Perlman
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