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Captain Vassili Grigoryevich Zaitsev (March 23, 1915 � December 15, 1991) was a Soviet sniper during World War II who between November 10 and December 17, 1942 during the Battle of Stalingrad killed 114 soldiers and officers of the Wehrmacht and other Axis armies, including 11 enemy snipers. His military rank at the time was Junior Lieutenant. By the end of the war, Zaitsev had made 242 verified kills (some sources put the number at 400).

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(from impawards.com)

Based on him a movie was recently made: Enemy at the Gates (2001, imdb.com).

There is an official webpage for the movie but it seems offline now. Check yourselves:

enemyatthegatesmovie.com

Also, you can see the trailer at videodetective.com

(from ew.com)

(from mtv3.fi)

And thanks for this very interesting thread