The most impressive character is the German colonel

Shaun 2022-04-21 09:01:31

After watching the film, I was most impressed by the German colonel, who was very heroic. During the viewing process, I hoped that the colonel would not die. In addition, I don’t quite understand the love of political commissars. In such a war-torn era, it should not be about love. Don’t you think about how to protect the country and yourself first? I think this plot is far-fetched. At the beginning, I also had reservations about the Soviet army's tactic of relying on human shields to move forward. Although I don't know much about the truth of history, such a tactic does not seem to be very clever. It’s hard not to belittle communism when it comes to the Soviet story filmed in the United States, and it’s good for people watching the film to have their own ideas. It should be very good for this story to be filmed like this, at least most of the characters are not so facialized.

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Enemy at the Gates quotes

  • Vassili Zaitsev: On this day, September 20th 1942, a young shepherd boy from the Urals arrived in the city of Stalingrad on the banks of the Volga. His name is Vassilij Zaitzev. Like thousands before him he came to answer comrade Stalin's call. Armed only with a rifle, he quickly made the fascist invader realise that from now on he would be punished for every step he took in the motherland, that from here on the only way was back.

  • Vassili Zaitsev: Shouldn't we try and make the point that I'm not the only one fighting?

    Commisar Danilov: That's an excellent idea. We can take it even further though. Your battle for the production of coal is as worthy as mine. There's no 'k' in coal. Just one 'l'. Tell me if I'm going too fast.

    Vassili Zaitsev: No, you're not going too fast. Is there any other improvements?

    Mother Filipov: Why don't you get some rest? These letters can wait until tomorrow.

    Vassili Zaitsev: We should carry on. We're not tired. Thank you, Mrs. Filipov. These people took the trouble to write to us. Tomorrow we might not be around to write back.