Error creating thumbnail: File missingEnemy at the Gates (2001) The theatrical movie poster with the "infamous" reversed image of a Mosin Nagant M91/30.
Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 World War II film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud (Alien: Resurrection). Jude Law stars in the film as Vassili Zaitsev, an ordinary Russian soldier who became a legend for his feats as a sniper fighting during the battle of Stalingrad. Ed Harris co-stars in the film as German intelligence officer Major König, an expert sniper tasked to eliminate Zaitsev. The cast also includes Joseph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. The film is notable for being one of the few modern English language films to depict the Eastern Front of the war.
The following weapons were used in the film Enemy at the Gates:
The Mosin Nagant M91/30 is used by nearly all Soviet infantry enlisted men in the film. Also used by Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) at the first battle he experiences in Stalingrad.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMosin Nagant 91/30 rifle - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingRussian infantry charge holding M91/30 Rifles at the first battle in Stalingrad.Error creating thumbnail: File missingJunior Politruk Danilov (Joseph Fiennes) aims an M91/30 rifle at the Germans.Error creating thumbnail: File missingZaitsev aims his M91/30 at five German soldiers.Error creating thumbnail: File missingRed Army soldiers fight with M91/30 rifles in the ruins of Stalingrad.Error creating thumbnail: File missingAn M1891 in the hands of Zaitsev's grandfather hunting wolves. It should be noted that this model has a turned down bolt handle (standard 1891s and 91/30s have straight handles) as well as wooden grooves in the foregrip, almost like it has been sporterized. *Note: This is a Sniper Variant Nagant. You can tell by the holes drilled through the receiver (as seen in the walls of the chamber). The opposite side view of this rifle shows the screws for the scope mount*
Mosin Nagant M38
This shorter carbine version of the Mosin Nagant M38 is seen carried by Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz), when she first encounters Vasily Zaitsev.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingMosin Nagant M38 Carbine - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingWhen Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz) first enters the basement, she is carrying a Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine. Note that she does not use the leather 'rings' of the traditional Mosin Nagant Sling, instead she sticks one end through the buttstock sling opening (like a K98 Rifle). Probably a field expedient to a damaged rifle sling.Error creating thumbnail: File missingTania Chernova (Rachel Weisz) setting her Mosin Nagant M38 Carbine against the wall next to Vasilis' Sniper Rifle.
Mosin Nagant M91/30 Sniper Rifle
Vasily Zaitsev (Jude Law) uses a Mosin-Nagant M91/30 rifle with a PU scope when he is "promoted" to sniper. The Sniper version of the M91/30 is used by the other Soviet snipers, most notably master sniper Koulikov (Ron Perlman), Tania Chernova (Rachel Weisz), and junior snipers Volodya (Ivan Shvedoff) and Ludmilla (Sophie Rois). The use of the PU scope is anachronistic, as the Mosin-Nagant rifle with PU scope did not appear until 1943, after the Battle of Stalingrad. Zaitsev actually carried a Mosin-Nagant with an earlier PEM scope.
Russian Maxim M1910/30 machine guns can be seen in various fortified positions and on the troop transport train.
Error creating thumbnail: File missingRussian Maxim 1910/30, post 1941 manufacture with top hatch on cooling jacket allowing it to be filled more quickly or with snow - 7.62x54mm RError creating thumbnail: File missingNKVD blocking troops ready their M1910/30 Machine gun. Note the post-1941 shape of the cooling jacket.
The MP38 can be seen by various German soldiers, usually older NCOs. The precursor to the MP40, finely machined and more difficult to manufacture, the MP38 was phased out in favor of the stamped sheet metal MP40.
