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Defiance (2008)

R 137 min - Action, Drama, History, War - 31 December 2008
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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.

Director:  Edward Zwick
Writers:  Edward Zwick, Clayton Frohman
Stars:  Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein, Tomas Arana, Jodhi May, Kate Fahy, Iddo Goldberg, Iben Hjejle, Martin Hancock, Ravil Isyanov, Jacek Koman, George MacKay, Jonjo O'Neill, Sam Spruell, Mia Wasikowska, Mark Margolis, Markus von Lingen, Rolandas Boravskis, Algirdas Dainavičius, Aurelija Prasmuntaite, Ina Frismanaite, Ana Goldberg, Leonardas Pobedonoscevas, Kristina Bertasiute, Kristina Skokova, Remigijus Bilinskas, Rimgaudas Karvelis, Janina Matekonytė, Leonas Ciunis, Aleksandr Zila, Iveta Nadzeikiene, Clayton Frohman, Marc Levy, Zoe Rosenblum, Sakalas Uždavinys, Saulius Janavicius, Leonidas Kotikas, Dalia Smalskiene, Tadas Kavaliauskas, Matas Cancingeris, Diana Aneviciute-Valiusaitiene, Sigitas Račkys, Vaidas Kublinkas, Valentin Novopolskij, Dalia Michelevičiūtė, Ervinas Martynas Peteraitis, Dmitrij Denisiuk, Antanas Šurna, Dalius Mertinas, Vaidotas Martinaitis, Aldona Bendoriute, Darius Gumauskas, Irmantas Bačelis, Edita Užaitė, Jordan Bielsky, Gediminas Girdvainis, Stanislav Adamickij, Klemens Becker, Jonas Tamulevicius, Jaroslav Pšenička, Jolanta Dapkūnaitė, Miroslav Lhotka, Giacomo Strasser, Mac Steinmeier, Dmitrti Slepovitch, Arkadij Gotesman, Borisas Kirzeneris, Raimondas Sviackevicius, Vidas Petkevičius, Rimantė Valiukaitė

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Storyline

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.

Collections: Edward Zwick
Tagline: Freedom begins with an act of defiance
Genres: Action, Drama, History, War

Details

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Country:   United States of America
Language:  German, Russian, English
Release Date:  31 December 2008

Box Office

Budget:  $32,000,000
Revenue:  $51,155,219

Company Credits

Production Companies:  Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Bedford Falls Company, The, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:  2 h 17 min