Enemy at the Gates portrays the character Vasily Zaytsev, and is based off which book?
Enemy at the Gates Enemy at the Gates is a 2001 French-American war film written and directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and based on William Craig's 1973 nonfiction book "", which describes the events surrounding the Battle of Stalingrad in the winter of 1942 and 1943. The film's main character is a fictionalized version of sniper Vasily Zaytsev, a Hero of the Soviet Union during World War II. It includes a snipers' duel between Zaytsev and a "Wehrmacht" sniper school director, Major Erwin König.
Zaytsev Zaytsev or Zaitsev (Russian: За́йцев ) is a common Russian last name. It stems from the word "заяц " "zayats" (meaning "hare") and is related to the Slovak and Polish surname Zajac. Zaytseva or Zaitseva (За́йцева) is a feminine version.