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Defiance
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6.8Based 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
- 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
Themes
- sibling relationship
- fight
- brother
- world war ii
- forest
- camp
- partisan
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
159,820 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
58%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genres
- Action, Drama, History
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 2 wins & 5 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Edward Zwick
- Written by
- Clayton Frohman Edward Zwick
- Based on
- Defiance: The Bielski Partisans , by Nechama Tec
- Produced by
- Edward Zwick Pieter Jan Brugge
- Starring
- Daniel Craig Liev Schreiber Jamie Bell Alexa Davalos Allan Corduner Mark Feuerstein
- Cinematography
- Eduardo Serra
- Edited by
- Steven Rosenblum
- Music by
- James Newton Howard
- Production companies
- Paramount Vantage Bedford Falls Productions Grosvenor Park Productions
- Distributed by
- Paramount Pictures (North America) Essential Entertainment (International)
- Release date
- December 31, 2008 ( 2008-12-31 )
- Running time
- 137 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Budget
- $32 million
- Box office
- $51.2 million
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 137
- FilmAffinity ID
- 886922
- Official website
- www.defiancemovie.com
Show 3 more facts
- publication date
- 2009-04-23
- title
- Defiance
- review score
- 58/100
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Defiance is a 2008 American epic war film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, and George MacKay as Aron Bielski. Set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany, the film's screenplay by Clayton Frohman and Zwick was based on Nechama Tec's 1993 book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, an account of the eponymous group led by Belarusian Jewish brothers, who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during World War II.
The film was released in select theaters in the United States on December 31, 2008, followed by general release worldwide in January 2009.