Commissar Danilov

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fictional character film character

Commissar Danilov is a Soviet political officer and key supporting character in the World War II film "Enemy at the Gates," known for his ideological zeal and complex relationship with sniper Vasily Zaitsev.

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	fictional character → film character →
affiliation	Red Army →
alignment	Soviet Union →
appearsIn	Enemy at the Gates →
basedOn	Soviet World War II political officers →
causeOfDeath	gunshot wound →
characterArc	from ideological zeal to disillusionment →
conflictType	internal ideological conflict →
countryOfCitizenship	Soviet Union →
createdBy	Alain Godard → Alain Godard (screenwriter) → Edward Bond → Jean-Jacques Annaud → Jean-Jacques Annaud (screenwriter) →
diesIn	Enemy at the Gates →
fictionalUniverse	Enemy at the Gates →
firstAppearance	Enemy at the Gates (2001 film) →
genre	war film character →
hasRelationshipWith	Vasily Zaitsev →
hasRomanticRivalryWith	Vasily Zaitsev →
hasTrait	ambitious → ideologically zealous → intellectual → morally conflicted → politically loyal → self-sacrificing →
ideology	Soviet communism → Stalinism →
languageOfWorkOrName	Russian →
medium	feature film →
narrativeRole	deuteragonist → supporting character →
notableAction	admits the Party’s lies to Major König → publicizes Zaitsev’s exploits in newspapers → sacrifices himself to save Vasily Zaitsev → turns Vasily Zaitsev into a propaganda hero →
occupation	Soviet political officer → political commissar →
portrayedBy	Joseph Fiennes →
relationshipTypeWithVasilyZaitsev	friend → political handler → propaganda collaborator →
romanticInterest	Tania Chernova →
timePeriod	Battle of Stalingrad → World War II →
workLocation	Stalingrad →
yearOfFirstAppearance	2001 →

Referenced by (1)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Enemy at the Gates →	character