While the Nazi and Russian armies hurl rank after rank of soldiers at each other and the world fearfully awaits the outcome of the battle of Stalingrad, the celebrated Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev quietly stalks his enemies one man at a time. His fame, however, soon thrusts him into a duel with the Nazi's best sharpshooter, Major Konig, and the two find themselves waging an intense personal war while the most momentous battle of the age rages around them.
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Bob Hoskins as Nikita Khrushchev Ed Harris as Maj. König Joseph Fiennes as Commisar Danilov Jude Law as Vassili Zaitsev Rachel Weisz as Tania Chernova
Vassilij: He doesn't know you exist, but at that moment you're closer to him than anyone else on earth. You see his face through the sign. You see whether he shaved or not. You can see whether he's married if he's got a wedding ring. It's not like firing at a distant shape. It's not just a uniform. It's a man's face. Those faces don't go away. They come back and they get replaced by more faces.