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Defiance

  • 7.1 /10

  • 1716

  • 59%

Plot

Based on a true story, 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.

Cast

Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski
Daniel Craig

as Tuvia Bielski

Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski
Liev Schreiber

as Zus Bielski

Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski
Jamie Bell

as Asael Bielski

Alexa Davalos as Lilka Ticktin
Alexa Davalos

as Lilka Ticktin

Allan Corduner as Shimon Haretz
Allan Corduner

as Shimon Haretz

Mark Feuerstein as Isaac Malbin
Mark Feuerstein

as Isaac Malbin

Tomas Arana as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Tomas Arana

as Ben Zion Gulkowitz

Jodhi May as Tamara Skidelsky
Jodhi May

as Tamara Skidelsky

Kate Fahy as Riva Reich
Kate Fahy

as Riva Reich

Iddo Goldberg as Yitzhak Shulman
Iddo Goldberg

as Yitzhak Shulman

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 31, 2008

Production Companies

  • Paramount Vantage

  • Grosvenor Park Productions

  • Defiance Productions

  • Pistachio Pictures

  • Bedford Falls Productions

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • Deutsch

  • Pусский

  • English

Budget

  • $32,000,000.00

Revenue

  • $51,155,219.00

Runtime

  • 2.28 hrs

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**_Survival in the woods during WW2_** As Nazi forces sweep through Eastern Europe in 1941 the Bielski brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell) seek refuge in the deep forests on the border of Poland and Belorussia (Belarus). More and more desperate Jews join their ranks for common protection and to oppose the occupying Germans. How can they all survive in the woods during the ne…

Historically incorrect, Jewish propaganda. Jewish guerilla were not war heros and did not fight Nazi. Instead, they collaborated with Russian underground, stole properties from the villagers and farms for their needs and reselling for Russians. During these robberies they committed unspeakable crimes, leaving them with no chances to survive. They were no heroes to tell stories about, they were wa…

Two Jewish brothers - "Tuvia" (Daniel Craig) and "Zus" (Liev Schreiber) are leading a ramshackle group of escapees from the Nazis into the depths of the Belorussian forest. With little food and weapons, their imperative is to try and build some sort of shelter to see them through the harsh winter whilst trying to find allies to help them survive. This is no mean feat, with hundreds of mouths to f…