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Defiance is based on the true story about three Jewish brothers in Poland who managed to help hundreds of Jews hide from the Nazis during the time of the Holocaust.  Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber play the two older brothers.  Their father is killed and they are forced to flee into the forest.  Over time, more and more people join them, and they end up forming a community working to keep each other alive.  The two brothers collide, and one goes off to serve in the Russian army while the other maintains the community.  The group ends up facing many obstacles, including hunger, animals, freezing cold, and even divisiveness.  How they come together during these crises is remarkable, and inspirational.

There is a lot of violence in the movie, and it is difficult to watch people suffer.  Well written and strong performances.

 


 

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Defiance (2008)

R 137 min - Action, Drama, History, War - 31 December 2008
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During World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland. Based on a true story.

Director:  Edward Zwick
Writers:  Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick
Stars:  Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein, Tomas Arana, Jodhi May, Kate Fahy, Iddo Goldberg, Iben Hjejle, Martin Hancock, Ravil Isyanov, Jacek Koman, George MacKay, Jonjo O'Neill, Sam Spruell, Mia Wasikowska, Mark Margolis, Markus von Lingen, Rolandas Boravskis, Algirdas Dainavicius, Aurelija Prasmuntaite, Vidas Petkevicius, Ina Frismanaite, Ana Goldberg, Rimante Valiukaite, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Kristina Bertasiute, Kristina Skokova, Remigijus Bilinskas, Rimgaudas Karvelis, Janina Matekonyte, Leonas Ciunis, Aleksandr Zila, Iveta Nadzeikiene, Clayton Frohman, Marc Levy, Zoe Rosenblum, Sakalas Uždavinys, Saulius Janavicius, Leonidas Kotikas, Dalia Smalskiene, Tadas Kavaliauskas, Matas Cancingeris, Diana Aneviciute-Valiusaitiene, Sigitas Rackys, Vaidas Kublinkas, Valentin Novopolskij, Dalia Michelevičiūtė, Ervinas Martynas Peteraitis, Dmitrij Denisiuk, Antanas Šurna, Dalius Mertinas, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Aldona Bendoriute, Darius Gumauskas, Irmantas Bačelis, Edita Užaitė, Jordan Bielsky, Gediminas Girdvainis, Stanislav Adamickij, Klemens Becker, Jonas Tamulevicius, Jaroslav Psenicka, Jolanta Dapkūnaitė, Miroslav Lhotka, Giacomo Strasser, Mac Steinmeier, Dmitrti Slepovitch, Arkadij Gotesman, Borisas Kirzeneris, Raimondas Sviackevicius

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During World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland. Based on a true story.


Tagline: Freedom begins with an act of defiance!

Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Details

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  German, Russian, English
Release Date:  31 December 2008

Box Office

Budget:  $32,000,000
Revenue:  $51,155,219

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Bedford Falls Company, The, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 17 min
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