Defiance
6.8/10
Rating
137 min
Runtime
2008
Release Year
Edward Zwick
Director
Cast
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner
Quick Synopsis
During World War II, four Jewish brothers from West Belarus, then part of Poland under Nazi occupation, manage to escape their homeland. They join Soviet partisan fighters to resist the Nazis and take on the dangerous mission of rescuing about 1,200 Jews who remain confined in Polish ghettos.
Detailed Synopsis of Defiance
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.
