Defiance
Freedom begins with an act of defiance
Rating: 6.8 out of 10TMDB(2K votes)
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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Awards
Won the National Board of Review for Top Ten Films
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Nominations
Nominated for the Oscar for Best Original Score (2009)
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Box office
Grossed $51.2M worldwide, about 1.6 times its $32M budget
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Setting
Set in Belarus
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Music
Music by James Newton Howard
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Eduardo Serra
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Clayton FrohmanWriter
- Edward ZwickWriter
- Nechama TecBook
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- December 31, 2008
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $32M
- Revenue
- $51.2M
- Countries
- United States of America
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In the United States
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Cast
Daniel CraigTuvia Bielski
Liev SchreiberZus Bielski
Jamie BellAsael Bielski
Alexa DavalosLilka Ticktin
Allan CordunerShimon Haretz
Mark FeuersteinIsaac Malbin
Tomas AranaBen Zion Gulkowitz
Jodhi MayTamara Skidelsky
Kate FahyRiva Reich
Iddo GoldbergYitzhak Shulman
Iben HjejleBella
Martin HancockPeretz Shorshaty
Ravil IsyanovViktor Panchenko
Jacek KomanKonstanty "Koscik" Kozlowski
George MacKayAron Bielski
Jonjo O'NeillLazar
Sam SpruellArkady Lubczanski
Mia WasikowskaChaya Dziencielsky
Mark MargolisJewish Elder
Markus von LingenGerman SS Scout
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