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.
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.
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Some of the internal walls of the living museum's had to be painted with a matt-gloss covering to protect the walls from damage from fake blood.
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Goofs
Audio/visual unsynchronized:
During the ambush scene, Zus runs up to the German tank to throw a grenade underneath it. The grenade he is holding is shown as a German stick grenade. However when he pulls the bottom out, the sound heard is obviously that of the pin being pulled on an Allied pineapple style grenade.
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Quotes
Lazar:
[turning around to face the camp]
Halt who goes there! Tuvia Bielski:
Lazar, i'm coming from the camp, you only say that to people going towards the camp! The Danger is out there, not in here! See more »