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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.
Released: 2008-12-31137 minDir: Edward ZwickAction, Drama, History, WarBudget: $32.0MBox office: $51.2M
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- 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
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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.
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2008 American films2008 English-language films2008 films2008 Russian-language films2008 war filmsAction films based on actual eventsAmerican war filmsEnglish-language war filmsFilms about Jewish resistance during the HolocaustFilms about the Eastern Front (World War II)Films directed by Edward ZwickFilms scored by James Newton Howard