Enemy at the Gates Page #4

Did he tell you

why I asked for the transfer?

No.

This morning, a list

arrived at headquarters.

It was a list of civilians

who'd been...

rounded up and sent to Germany

in a convoy...

that left Stalingrad

three weeks ago.

My parents

were amongst them.

After 30 kilometers,

the German soldiers...

stopped the train

and forced everyone out.

In the middle of a bridge,

they bound them together,

two by two.

Mothers with daughters.

Husbands and wives.

They... lined them up

against the railing,

and then they fired

a single shot at each pair...

to save bullets.

It worked.

The bodies of the ones who died

dragged the others under the water.

I know they died together.

They never would have let

themselves be separated.

That's Koulikov's rifle.

It's a good... rifle.

Thank you.

I know how he leaves

the shelter.

He goes through

the tractor factory.

The tractor factory is big.

I know exactly where.

He crawls through a gutter,

under a grate

where the vats are,

then he goes out

from the workshop.

In between the two,

there's a place where he's in the open.

It's under

a long, iron foot walk.

Good luck, comrade.

I know exactly where

he's waiting for me.

He'll be on the foot walk

over the gutter.

We'll take him out

from behind.

We'll get to the other end

of the workshop through these pipes.

Follow me.

You go that way.

I'll go around this way.

Okay?

Sh*t!

Sergei,

you should go back.

- No, I'll be all right.

- Go back.

No, you go!

Keep your legs in.

Come on. Come on. Come on.

Comrade Stalin is asking for

one last effort!

The fate of the motherland

is at risk!

The fate of all those

you love and cherish!

It's for them

that we fight today.

Listen to me, Tania. The Germans

are throwing everything at us.

If they're lucky, one in ten

of these soldiers will come back alive.

You're highly educated.

You know languages.

Every intercept you translate

saves hundreds of lives.

Every message you decode

kills thousands of theirs.

You have a duty to survive.

Vassili was born to fire a gun.

It's what he knows.

You and I were born

for a different purpose.

If Vassili were here,

he would tell you the same thing.

Where is he?

Where is Vassili?

Keep your head down.

- Tell me where he is.

- Stay into that pipe, Tania.

Stay in. Stay in!

Get your head in!

Slow down.

Don't shoot.

He's over there.

Do you see the pillar

in front of you?

I need you

to move round behind it.

Go.

Tania, I need you to find

a large piece of glass.

Piece of glass.

Do you see the kiln...

behind me to the left

of the factory?

Yes? I can't hear you.

- Yes.

- Yes.

Do you see...

the two louvers?

- Yes.

- Do you see the one...

with a broken slat?

Yes.

This is what

I want you to do.

- Are you ready?

- Yes.

Three... two... one...

Hello, Sacha.

He was right

where you said he'd be.

Nearly there.

He's very clever.

Tell me about him.

Why was it his grandfather taught him

how to shoot and not his father?

His father's dead.

His mother too.

Does he talk

about his father?

No. He didn't know him.

Did he go to school?

He knows how to write.

He answers lots of letters.

Hmm. Is it girls

who write to him?

Everyone writes to him.

Is there a girl

he loves in his village?

- Not in his village, here.

- Does she love him?

Yes, because he's handsome.

Because he's brave

and she's very beautiful.

I know her well.

She's from my neighborhood.

She went to the university.

They're handsome together.

Later, the two of them

will get married.

At least, I think so.

And you, Sacha,

why are you helping

the Germans?

Because they're stronger.

Because they're going to win the war.

And because you like

chocolate, huh?

All these people here

know they're gonna die.

So each night

when they make it back,

- it's a bonus.

- Excuse me.

So, every cup of tea,

every cigarette...

becomes a little celebration.

Because for a lot of us,

it maybe our last night.

It's just something

you have to accept here.

Everyone has their time.

In the forest,

the wolf lives for three years,

the donkey for nine.

So, that's-that's got to be

a proverb from the Urals.

It makes no sense to me

what's over.

The donkey lives longer

because he's more useful.

Makes absolute sense.

There aren't any donkeys

in the forest.

You made it up.

So... I'm a donkey?

People like you

and Danilov...

have to survive this.

People who have read books,

had an education.

We'll need you

when the war is over.

And if you survive?

What will the useless

Vassili Zaitsev do then?

I wanna work in a factory.

My grand dad took me

to a factory once.

There was this man there,

high up on a...

on a foot walk.

He wasn't wearing blue

like the others.

The people he was supervising

didn't understand what they were doing.

But for him,

for him up there,

it was simple;

it was clear.

And I thought, "One day,

I could be that man."

Sad to have a dream

you know won't happen.

Why shouldn't it?

You'll outlive us all.

You'll be the oldest donkey

in the forest.

"150 meters stand between

the Germans and the Volga.

"Today the whole world

is watching these 150meters.

They are what makes

Stalingrad..."

the capitol...

of the war.

Your friend, Tania...

have you see her?

She stays over there now,

with the snipers.

Tell the major we're sending in

all of our sharp shooters...

to support the attack

on the factory.

Tell him Vassili

will be there.

- I need to talk to you.

- Sure.

- I need to talk to you.

- Sure.

- Danilov.

- Hmm?

You have to

stop writing about me.

I'm not gonna get him

because I'm not good enough.

Sooner or later, he's gonna find me,

he's gonna kill me.

I've warned you before

not to talk like this.

This time it's different.

You've built me up...

and up into someone I'm not.

I can't carry that weight anymore.

I wanna fight.

I want to fight just

as a regular soldier.

I understand.

The thing is, you're not a regular

soldier. You're extra ordinary.

No, I'm what

you've made me.

Nothing more.

Why are you

telling me this now?

Hmm? What's happened?

What's changed?

Did you speak

to Tania for me?

- Yes.

- Well...

will she reconsider?

I don't know.

She should. She'll be much safer.

She should, you know that.

- Yeah.

- It'll be easier to get her reassigned.

The Germans are preparing

another offensive in the city center.

The propaganda battle is crucial

for morale. We need you more than ever.

Sacha. Hold on. Sacha!

- Tell him what you know, Sacha.

- Hello, Sacha.

There was dust

on the major's boots.

Sacha has the major convinced

he's gone over to the other side.

I don't need to tell you

the risk she's taking.

The dust was yellow. There's only

one place where there's dust like that...

in the back of the chemical factory,

a big heap on the tracks.

Well done.

Sacha...

wait for me outside then.

- Danilov,

- Hmm?

you had no right

to use him.

No, no, I didn't use him,

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