"He doesn't know you exist, but at that moment you're closer to him than anyone else on earth. You see his face through the sight. You see whether he shaved or not. You can see whether he's married if he's got a wedding ring. It's not like firing at a distant shape. It's not just a uniform. It's a man's face. Those faces don't go away. They come back and they get replaced by more faces."

"[After giving his ID tag and Knight's Cross to General Paulus] Please also take this War Merit Cross. It was awarded posthumously to a lieutenant of the 116th Infantry Division who was killed here during the first days of the battle. He was my son."

"[On rumors of Vassili's death] Don't listen to them. It's just propaganda. He isn't dead. And do you know why? Because I haven't killed him yet."

"[The morning after König escapes a trap set for him by information he now knows Sacha gave the Soviets, König is waiting for Sacha as he crawls out of a pipe in the tractor factory] Good morning, Sacha. [Outside, pulling Sacha along] Once again, he knew exactly where to find me. Don't you think that's strange? Apart from me, only you knew. I don't hold it against you, Sacha. You've done a very brave thing. You've chosen your camp; I respect that. But it isn't my camp. We're both soldiers. We're both enemies. So, I... I know you understand. I'm annoyed with you, little Sacha, for not staying at home as I made you swear to do. I'm annoyed with you for obliging me to do what I'm going to have to do. [The camera pans away slightly; König is leading Sacha to a makeshift gallows]"

"I've been such a fool, Vassili. Man will always be man. There is no new man. We tried so hard to create a society that was equal, where there'd be nothing to envy your neighbour. But there's always something to envy. A smile, a friendship, something you don't have and want to appropriate. In this world, even a Soviet one, there will always be rich and poor. Rich in gifts, poor in gifts. Rich in love, poor in love."

"(to Danilov, after unconfirmed reports come in of Vassili's death) Write it then, "Vassili Zaitsev is not dead! This, is what he had for breakfast this morning. This, is a picture of him reading the paper." You're the poet."

"Some men are born to be heroes."

"A single bullet can change history."

"A battle between two nations became a conflict between two men."

"A hero never chooses his destiny. Destiny chooses him."

"Vasilli Zaitsev: Jude Law"

"Danilov: Joseph Fiennes"

"Tanya Chernova: Rachel Weisz"

"Nikita Krushchev: Bob Hoskins"

"Erwin Konig: Ed Harris"

"Koulikov: Ron Perlman"

"Mother Fillipov: Eva Mattes"

"Sacha Fillipov: Gabriel Marshall Thomson"

"General Paulus: Matthias Habich"

"Dwarfing The Mightiest! Towering Over The Greatest!"

"What do you think? It's Mr. Flamin' Bromhead shooting flamin' defenseless animals for the flamin' officers' flamin' dinner."

"Right- nobody told you to stop workin'."

"Dickie Owen - Corporal "Dutchy" Schiess"

"Dennis Folbigge - Commissary Dalton"

"A prayer's as good as a bayonet on a day like this."

"Gert Van den Burgh - Lt. Josef Adendorff"

"Ulla Jacobsson - Margareta Witt"

"Paul Daneman - Sergeant Maxfield"

"Richard Burton - Narrator"

"Ivor Emmanuel - Private Owen"

"Volley by ranks! First rank, FIRE! Second rank, FIRE! Third rank, FIRE!"

"At one hundred yards, volley fire present! Aim! FIRE!"

"[At an extreme peak in the battle, Lieutenant Chard starts to buckle under the pressure and becomes unresponsive] Stay in the fight, man! We need you, damn it! We need you!"

"[Upon being told the rifles the Zulu are firing were taken from British soldiers] Well, that's a bitter pill, our own damn rifles!"

"Denys Graham - Private Jones 716"

"Richard Davies - Private Jones 593"

"David Kernan - Private Fred Hitch"

"Peter Gill - Private Williams"

"Patrick Magee - Surgeon Major Reynolds"

"Glynn Edwards - Corporal Allen"

"Nigel Green - Colour Sergeant Bourne"

"Still, a chap ought to look smart in front of the men, don't you think?"

"James Booth - Private Hook"

"Jack Hawkins - Reverend Otto Witt"

"Michael Caine - Lieutenant Gonville Bromhead"

"Stanley Baker - Lieutenant John Chard"

"These are the days and nights of fury and honor and courage and cowardice that an entire century of empire-making and film-making can never surpass!"

"The epic story of courage, honour and pride."

"The supreme spectacle that had to come thundering out of the most thrilling continent!"