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Defiance:

Release Date: 01/16/09

Action, Drama, War, Adaptation
Cast: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Tomas Arana, Mark Feuerstein, Mia Wasikowska, Jodhi May etc.

Defiance is a powerful, gripping and quite remarkable true story of courage and fierce determination against overwhelming odds.


Synopsis:
The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. At first it is all they can do to stay alive. But gradually, as whispers of their daring spreads, they begin to attract others--men and women, young and old--willing to risk everything for the sake of even a moment’s freedom. Tuvia is a reluctant leader and his decisions are challenged by his brother, Zus, who worries that Tuvia’s idealistic plans will doom them all. Asael is the youngest--caught between his brothers’ fierce rivalry. As a brutal winter descends, they work to create a community, and to keep faith alive when all humanity appeared to be lost.

Story:

Although most Holocaust-themed works present the Jews as victims, this true story shows there were small bands who did manage to fight back no matter how difficult the challenge. Starting near the beginning of World War II, the film focuses on three Jewish brothers, who lead a small but effective resistance against the surging Nazi presence in the forests of Belarussia. Eldest brother Tuvia Bielski (Daniel Craig) returns home to find most of his family murdered. His only surviving siblings are his wild, quick-tempered brother Zus (Liev Schreiber), prone to shoot first and ask questions later, and his youngest brother Asael (Jamie Bell), whose gentle nature allows to him to act as a buffer between his two older siblings. Crux of the film is the conflict between Zus’ quest for revenge at any cost and Tuvia’s more measured desire to save lives. As they round up more and more Jewish outcasts, the Bielskis form a community deep in the woods. But soon Tuvia must rise to the occasion and lead the 1,200 strong group deeper into hiding in order to survive the winter and the lurking Nazi threat.

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