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Freedom begins with an act of defiance - Defiance
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Title: Defiance

Release Date: 31 Dec 2008

Runtime: 2h 17m

Genre: Action, Drama, History, War

Director: Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions

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

Overview: 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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Average Vote: 6.845 (1737 votes)

Cast

  • Tuvia Bielski: Daniel Craig
  • Zus Bielski: Liev Schreiber
  • Asael Bielski: Jamie Bell
  • Lilka Ticktin: Alexa Davalos
  • Shimon Haretz: Allan Corduner
  • Isaac Malbin: Mark Feuerstein
  • Ben Zion Gulkowitz: Tomas Arana
  • Tamara Skidelsky: Jodhi May
  • Riva Reich: Kate Fahy
  • Yitzhak Shulman: Iddo Goldberg
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