Defiance (2008)
Production Status: Released
Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama, Adaptation and War
Running Time: 2 hrs. 17 min.
Release Date: December 31st, 2008 (limited)
MPAA Rating: R for violence and language.
Distributors: Paramount Vantage
Production Co.: Bedford Falls Company, Grosvenor Park
U.S. Box Office: $28,622,873
Filming Locations: Lithuania
Produced in: United States
Starring: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Produced by: Marshall Herskovitz, Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge
Summary:
The movies protagonists are three brothers that leave in Poland occupied by Nazi and decide to run through Belarus forests, which join to Russian resistance who fight against Germans. During the war they raise a village in the middle of a forest, saving the lives of more than 1.200 of Hebrew. The movie is based on the book writer Necharma Tec - “Defiance: The Bielski Partisans,” which is inspired by real facts.
