Movie
Defiance
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-31
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski
- Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski
- Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski
- Alexa Davalos as Lilka Ticktin
- Allan Corduner as Shimon Haretz
- Mark Feuerstein as Isaac Malbin
- Tomas Arana as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
- Jodhi May as Tamara Skidelsky
- Kate Fahy as Riva Reich
- Iddo Goldberg as Yitzhak Shulman
- Iben Hjejle as Bella
- Martin Hancock as Peretz Shorshaty
Crew
- Edward Zwick - Director
- Clayton Frohman - Writer
- Edward Zwick - Writer
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