DefianceOverview and Synopsis

  • Defiance
  • Opened December 31, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 16 min.
  • R
    violence and language
  • The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate Read More
  • Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Alan Corduner
  • Director: Edward Zwick
  • Genres: War Drama, War, Resistance Film

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  • Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski in "Defiance."
  • Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski in "Defiance."
  • Alexa Davalos as Lilka in "Defiance."

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  • Daniel Craig at the European premiere of "Defiance."
  • Satsuki Mitchell and Daniel Craig at the European premiere of "Defiance."
  • Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell and Daniel Craig at the red carpet of the European premiere of "Defiance."

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  • A powerful experince.
    by movie-fan_ colts

    Great adaptation of a truly incredible story. Great acting by the actors. Very realistic war-violence. Very entertaining movie even your not a war-movie fan....Read More

  • A Powerful Movie
    by RFVASQUEZ

    Well-done story about the plight of Belarussian Jews during WWII. If your children have not studied WWI or know about Hitler and what he tried to accomplish, I would not take them: too many...Read More

  • FInding the strength to live with all but your lifes breath has been taken
    by delere

    Defiance is a stunning and true story of the survival of a group of Jews in Belarus during Nazi Germany. Finally a movie depicting the tenacity and courage that these people had to find within...Read More

  • Unexpectedly good
    by 214b

    Thought this would be blah, but Daniel Craig does a good job....Read More

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  • "...becomes more conventional as it goes, topped by a climax straight out of countless war pics..." Variety

    - Todd McCarthy

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