I.K
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Enemy at the Gates (2001) is a powerfull film which tells the story of how the Russians managed to stem the German onslaught in the city of Stalingrad (now Volgograd) against overwhelming odds. The film is definetly one of the best warfilms in the last ten years, it´s above the typical hollywood war films which tend to give a false picture of the things really were.
ETTG features great performances, breathtaking special effects (the Stuka divebomber attack) and a very good plot.
The only thing that really bothered me was how in the end the audience was reminded of how monstrous (the hanging of little Sascha) the German soldier was - just when I was beginning to think that for once a war movie shows a German soldier with human feelings.
ETTG features great performances, breathtaking special effects (the Stuka divebomber attack) and a very good plot.
The only thing that really bothered me was how in the end the audience was reminded of how monstrous (the hanging of little Sascha) the German soldier was - just when I was beginning to think that for once a war movie shows a German soldier with human feelings.
I saw this movie just by accident on TCM when I was surfing through the channels.
The movie tells the story how just after World War II, a train carrying 250 million dollars in gold from the German Reichsbank is hijacked by renegade U.S soldiers. When the Russians hear about it they are furious and want the gold back since it should be shared by all the allies, General Patton, old "Blood & Guts" a well known anti-communist takes it his job to retrieve every single bullion to show off to the Soviets.
While the story gets a promising start it bogs down a bit after the first 30 minutes, the story gets just too unfocused also the casting could have been better, Sophia Loren is far from convincing and McGoohan is certainly not at his best, if Hough would not have tried to get more audience by starring a lot of big names like Loren and Montague and just have hired other actors who could played the characters more convincingly this could have been a better film.
The movie tells the story how just after World War II, a train carrying 250 million dollars in gold from the German Reichsbank is hijacked by renegade U.S soldiers. When the Russians hear about it they are furious and want the gold back since it should be shared by all the allies, General Patton, old "Blood & Guts" a well known anti-communist takes it his job to retrieve every single bullion to show off to the Soviets.
While the story gets a promising start it bogs down a bit after the first 30 minutes, the story gets just too unfocused also the casting could have been better, Sophia Loren is far from convincing and McGoohan is certainly not at his best, if Hough would not have tried to get more audience by starring a lot of big names like Loren and Montague and just have hired other actors who could played the characters more convincingly this could have been a better film.
Brilliant casting, setting and directing creates a very interesting story and gives a unique look to the 1960s Germany. Watch out especially for Voight who gives his best performance so far. Max Schell is equally good as the sinister war criminal Roschmann (based on a real character) unfortunately Frau Miller and Roschmann never meet during the film, it would have been interesting to see Max Schell and his sister Maria Schell exchange a few dialogues.