Enemy at the Gates Gets a New 4K Restoration From Paramount for Its 25th Anniversary
By Lio Renwick
Paramount Home Media Distribution is releasing Enemy at the Gates (2001) on 4K UHD + Blu-ray in August. The 2-disc set is built on a new 4K restoration struck from the original camera negative, and it marks Paramount's first 4K UHD release of Jean-Jacques Annaud's film.
The feature is presented in Dolby Vision/HDR on the 4K UHD disc, drawn from the new scan of the original camera negative. Paramount carries the same restoration onto the standard Blu-ray, so both discs in the set present the film from the new transfer.
Disc One, the 4K UHD Blu-ray, includes the main feature and its Dolby Vision/HDR presentation, with optional English and English SDH subtitles. Disc Two, the standard Blu-ray, is where the extras live including two featurettes, Through the Crosshairs and Inside Enemy at the Gates, alongside a set of deleted scenes. Subtitle options include English, English SDH, Spanish, French, and Portuguese.
Directed by Annaud, Enemy at the Gates stars Jude Law, Joseph Fiennes, Rachel Weisz, Bob Hoskins, and Ed Harris. The wartime drama is set during the 1942 Battle of Stalingrad, where Soviet sniper Vassili Zaitsev (Law) becomes a propaganda legend through his friend Danilov (Fiennes). The Germans answer by sending their best marksman, Major Konig (Harris), to hunt him, and the two snipers settle into a cat-and-mouse duel across the ruined city.
The 25th Anniversary Edition SteelBook of Enemy at the Gates releases August 25, 2026. It is currently available to pre-order.
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