Autumn 1942. One city, only one, still separates Hitler from total victory in Europe. Let her fall and the war will be won. Vassili Zaisev, a young Russian soldier, gifted with astonishing marksmanship, becomes the hero of a fiery propaganda. The German General Staff sends its best sniper, Major Kà¶nig, to shoot him. Between these two men then begins a merciless duel.