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On April 1, 2009
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The HISTORY

UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT

ASSOCIATION & the DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY

presentation of …

Enemy at the Gate

Autumn 1942. Germany’s assault on the Soviet city of Stalingrad is reaching its peak. The outcome of World War II on the Eastern Front hangs in the balance.

Among the few troops able to make an individual mark on such a battle, characterized by machine warfare and indiscriminate carnage, are the snipers: skilled sharpshooters who strike fear in the heart of every advancing soldier. The real-life story of Russian sniper Vasily Zaitsev (played by Jude Law) forms the core of Enemy at the Gates, the 2001 film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Name of the Rose and Seven Years in Tibet). With one of history’s most titanic battles as their backdrop, Zaitsev and his German rival, Major Koenig (Ed Harris), duel for supremacy and survival.

One of the first English-language blockbusters to deal with the long-neglected Eastern Front, Enemy at the Gates also features Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, and a cameo performance by Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khrushchev.

Introduced by John McCannon, Department of History

DATE & TIME: Wednesday, April 1 @ 5:30 p.m.

PLACE: Arts 241

ADMISSION: free!