Enemy At The Gates Tania

More than a quarter century after her vendetta against the enemy the graying sniper still refers to the germans she killed as sticks that she broke.
Enemy at the gates tania. Tania chernova was a russian american who claimed in interviews to have been a trained sniper for the soviet forces during the battle of stalingrad. Over the affections of tania rachel weisz. A russian and a german sniper play a game of cat and mouse during the battle of stalingrad. Unfortunately i was to discover that this film was only inspired by the book enemy at the gates a historical account of this sniper war.
Dueling snipers appeared in enemy at the gates. Soundtrack of enemy at the gates composed by james horner. Enemy at the gates by. 1 during world war ii 2 after the.
Enemy at the gates french. L ennemi aux portes is a 2001 war film directed co written and produced by jean jacques annaud based on william craig s 1973 nonfiction book enemy at the gates. With jude law ed harris joseph fiennes rachel weisz. She continued to break as many sticks as she could.
Enemy nonetheless stars american ed harris as major konig the nazi sharpshooter. The battle for stalingrad which describes the events surrounding the battle of stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943. However the historian antony beevor has questioned the veracity of her claims and described her as a fantasist 1 a character played by rachel weisz based on chernova appeared in the film enemy at the gates. The battle for stalingrad.
Directed by jean jacques annaud. The screenplay was written by annaud and alain godard. Peter travers peter travers film. William craig interviewed her for his 1973 book enemy at the gates.
Tania was originally supposed to die but the studio demanded the film s conclusion be changed because it wanted a happy ending. So imagine my glee when enemy at the gates based on the same sniper duel was announced.