Defiance (2008)
Freedom begins with an act of defiance
137 min
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.
- Release date
- December 31, 2008
- Country of origin
- United States
- Budget
- $32,000,000
- Box office
- $51,155,219
Trailer
Cast
- Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski
- Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski
- Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski
- Alexa Davalos as Lilka Ticktin
- Allan Corduner as Shimon Haretz
- Mark Feuerstein as Isaac Malbin
- Tomas Arana as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
- Jodhi May as Tamara Skidelsky
- Kate Fahy as Riva Reich
- Iddo Goldberg as Yitzhak Shulman
Crew
- Edward Zwick · Director
- Clayton Frohman · Writer
- Edward Zwick · Writer
- Nechama Tec · Writer
- Pieter Jan Brugge · Producer
- Edward Zwick · Producer
- James Newton Howard · Composer
- Eduardo Serra · Cinematographer
- Steven Rosenblum · Editor
- Gail Stevens · Casting director
- Victoria Thomas · Casting director
- Dan Weil · Production designer