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Defiance (I) (2008)
7.2
Ratings: 7.2/10 from 52,589 users
Metascore:
58/100
Reviews: 204 user | 188 critic | 34 from Metacritic.com
Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters and endeavor to build a village in order to protect themselves and about 1,000 Jewish non-combatants. Director:Edward Zwick |
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| Daniel Craig | ... | ||
| Liev Schreiber | ... | ||
| Jamie Bell | ... | ||
| Alexa Davalos | ... | ||
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Allan Corduner | ... | |
| Mark Feuerstein | ... | ||
| Tomas Arana | ... | ||
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Jodhi May | ... | |
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Kate Fahy | ... | |
| Iddo Goldberg | ... | ||
| Iben Hjejle | ... | ||
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Martin Hancock | ... | |
| Ravil Isyanov | ... | ||
| Jacek Koman | ... | ||
| George MacKay | ... | ||
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On the run and hiding in the deep forests of the then German occupied Poland and Belorussia (World War II), the four Bielski brothers find the impossible task of foraging for food and weapons for their survival. They live, not only with the fear of discovery, contending with neighboring Soviet partisans and knowing whom to trust but also take the responsibility of looking after a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. Women, men, children, the elderly and the young alike are all hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forests in the darkest times of German occupied Eastern Europe. Written by Cinema_Fan
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Desafío See more »Filming Locations:
LithuaniaBox Office
Budget:
$32,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$123,513 (USA) (4 January 2009) (2 Screens)Gross:
$28,644,813 (USA) (30 April 2009)Company Credits
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At the very beginning of the movie (around 40 seconds in), after the "Germany occupies Belarussia" information, there is a shot of a column vehicles entering the bridge. This is an excerpt from the Nazi war film chronicles ("UfA-Tonwoche") from September 1939. It shows Adolf Hitler's visit to the conquered Polish city of Gdynia, Poland's pre-WWII biggest military and merchant harbor. Specifically, it is the moment when Hitler's convertible car crosses overpass on the way to the harbor part of the city. See more »Goofs
Factual errors: In the scene with captured German SS-man brought to the camp, Tuvia asks for translation of his papers as well is provided with the translation of soldier's words. In reality Tuvia spoke German, which he'd learned from German soldiers during WW1. See more »
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