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Defiance

Defiance

Drama · History · War · 2008

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.

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Defiance

“Freedom begins with an act of defiance”

2008 Drama · History · War 2h 17m

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6.8 / 10

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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.

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Directed by

Edward Zwick

Written by

Clayton Frohman · Edward Zwick

Daniel Craig

Daniel Craig

Tuvia Bielski

Liev Schreiber

Liev Schreiber

Zus Bielski

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

Asael Bielski

Alexa Davalos

Alexa Davalos

Lilka Ticktin

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Shimon Haretz

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein

Isaac Malbin

Tomas Arana

Tomas Arana

Ben Zion Gulkowitz

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Put Defiance on trial.

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.