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Historical accuracy of Enemy at the Gates
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Enemy at the Gates is a feature film dramatizing the Battle of Stalingrad. The production crew were British and American, therefore Anti-Soviet undertones undermine the film's authenticity. Also noted is Russian veterans that fought at the battle were dismayed enough at the film went as far to ask for it to be banned. The following is a list outlining major inaccuracies. Vasily Zaytsev is an actual character but Major Konig is fictionalized. *In the beginning, trains did not run with locked doors, they were left open in case of air raids *Red Army soldiers were not grabbed from trains, in a herded fashion, they were organized into units *They did not cross the river during the day, it was at night *There was no rifle shortage *There were no human wave attacks, they were sent by units and were trained *Khrushchev is seen as having a major commanding role, whereas he had little to do with the battle. Unseen are Chuikov, Yeremenko, and Rodimtsev *Tanya Chernova was not Jewish and was blonde *Stalin's order of "Not a step backward" is exaggerated See Also
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