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Defiance

31 Dec 2008 2h 17min 15 6.8/10 (1,990) EN

“Freedom begins with an act of defiance”

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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Director
Edward Zwick
Writer
Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick
Music
James Newton Howard
Cinematography
Eduardo Serra
Editing
Steven Rosenblum
Producer
Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge
Countries
United States

Cast

Daniel Craig Tuvia Bielski
Liev Schreiber Zus Bielski
Jamie Bell Asael Bielski
Alexa Davalos Lilka Ticktin
Allan Corduner Shimon Haretz
Mark Feuerstein Isaac Malbin
Tomas Arana Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Jodhi May Tamara Skidelsky
Kate Fahy Riva Reich
Iddo Goldberg Yitzhak Shulman
Iben Hjejle Bella
Martin Hancock Peretz Shorshaty
Ravil Isyanov Viktor Panchenko
Jacek Koman Konstanty "Koscik" Kozlowski
George MacKay Aron Bielski
Jonjo O'Neill Lazar
Sam Spruell Arkady Lubczanski
Mia Wasikowska Chaya Dziencielsky
Mark Margolis Jewish Elder
Markus von Lingen German SS Scout

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Also available in: Austria, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, Czechia, Germany, Denmark, Spain, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy

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