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In UK cinemas from January 9 and based on an extraordinary true story, DEFIANCE is an epic tale of family, honour, vengeance and salvation.
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. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as brothers who turn a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequential – a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others.
Acclaimed director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai) brings to life this epic, edge-of-your-seat drama.
Stills from Defiance (click for larger image).
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. Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell star as brothers who turn a primitive struggle to survive into something far more consequential – a way to avenge the deaths of their loved ones by saving thousands of others.
Acclaimed director Edward Zwick (Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai) brings to life this epic, edge-of-your-seat drama.
Stills from Defiance (click for larger image).
 Daniel Craig |  Liev Schreiber |  Daniel Craig (left) and Liev Schreiber (right) |  Daniel Craig |  Jamie Bell |  Jamie Bell (left) and Daniel Craig (right) |
 Daniel Craig |  Alexa Davalos | |
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Defiance - A tale of pure survival,
This review is from: Defiance [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Again we learn the lesson here that the human spirit can never be crushed. Filmed in Lithuania very near to the original locations of events which have remained under wraps for years.
The cast list, apart from the obvious leads, reads like the Lithuanian telephone directory. This film has the smack of authenticity about it which is so often lacking in other films of this type. Maybe this was achieved by its slight understatement. In the Bluray version one could see every pine needle, every stubbled face and every speck of dirt in the sharpest detail. A gritty, earthy and squalid tale of the will to survive of a group of Jews in Byelorus who refused to be expunged from the face of the earth by the Nazis and their collaborators. Daniel Craig effectively puts across the doubts which racked the leader who had the awesome responsibility of saving large numbers of Jews form extinction by organising their survival in the depths of the forest and the problems associated with managing a large group of people with minds of their own. Particularly moving, maybe even more so than the actual film, is the documentary attached, featuring the descendants of the Bielski brotherss who led the group. They piece together the amazing modesty and understatement of their grandparents who after the war settled in the US and made new lives for themselves. The section where these descendants visit the set as the film is being made and relive past events is particularly poignant. If one should ever begin to find tiresome the way that Jews keep going on about the war then watch this and vow that it should never happen again. Brilliant performance by Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and the rest of the cast. Moving, Inspiring, Brilliant. Buy it!
10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A true story of human suffering and perseverance!,
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This review is from: Defiance [DVD] (DVD)
This film is the true-story of the Bielski Brothers, Tuvia (Daniel Craig) Zus(Liev Schreiber) and Asael(Jamie Bell) who initiated the movement of at first a few but later over a thousand Jewish people who were going to be immediately killed and robbed by the local Police and Germans or cleared by Nazis of their Jewish populations from their villages and sent to Concentration Camps.
The brothers led by Tuvia decided to fight back, to make a stand and although Tuvia and Zus fell out for some little time they did get back together to fight against the common enemy, the Nazis.They all lived in primitive, extremely harsh conditions and it is a credit to their faith and willpower that so many made it through the 3 or more years they had to stay where they were,starting off in the Lipiczanska Forest in Summer of 1941 then moving onto the Nalibocka Forest Camp for the Winter of '41 with little food or proper Winter clothing to wear. Allan Coruner and Mark Feurstein play Shimon Haretz and Isaac Malbi respectively who tease and torment each other throughout the film so add light moments, Alexa Davalos plays one of the love interest and Jodhi May plays Tamara Skidelsky who finds herself pregnant which is AGAINST the orders of Tuvia. What will she do? What will HE DO/ SAY? Edward Zwick is the Director who has somehow been DENIED an Oscar by Hollywood in spite of Directing :- Glory, which I personally think is one of the best Western Movies Ever Made or whatever specialist Genre anyone wants to put it into. Starring D.Washington M.Freeman M.Broderick Shakespeare in Love, Traffic, Blood Diamond, Legends of the Fall.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Defiance,
By James Smith "ginge" (Bracknell, England) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Defiance [DVD] (DVD)
I had been looking forward to see this film due to its historical content and it was a change for a War movie to show the plight of the escaping Jews to the advance of the Nazis. Firstly I found the first quarter of the film to be very good showing the escape to the woods and how the local Police were quick to betray the Jews, after that I found the relationship between Tuvia (Craig) and Zus (Schreiber) a little annoying at times and I found the portrayal of the Soviet Partisans a little strange. But Generally it is a good film Craig's performance is convincing as is Bell's (Asael) although I felt under used at times, I liked the switch from English to Foreign Language but the end of the Film is a little melodramatic
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