Defiance is a 2008 World War II era film written, produced and directed by Edward Zwick, set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. The film is an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by three Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Poland during the Second World War. The film stars Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski and George MacKay as Aron Bielski. Production began in early September 2007 and had a limited release in the United States on December 31, 2008. It went into general release worldwide on January... 16, 2009 and was released on home media on June 2, 2009. The film was an adaptation of Nechama Tec's book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans. The film opens with on-screen text stating: "A true story". It is August 1941 and Nazi forces are sweeping through Eastern Europe, targeting Jewish people. Among the survivors not killed or restricted to ghettoes are the Jewish Bielski brothers: Tuvia , Zus , Asael , and Aron . Their parents are dead, slain by the local police under orders from the occupying Germans.
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| Release date: | December 13, 2008 |
| Directed by: | Edward Zwick |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 137 Minutes |
| Producer: | Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge, Alex Boden |
| Editor: | Steven Rosenblum |
| Music by: | James Newton Howard |
| Cinematography: | Eduardo Serra |
| Screenplay by: | Clayton Frohman, Edward Zwick |
| Estimated budget: | $50,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller, Action |