Defiance
(2008)
Freedom begins with an act of defiance!
Stars: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber
Director: Edward Zwick
Writer: Nechama Tec
Language: English
Studio: Paramount
Duration: 137
Rated: 16
DVD Release: August 2009
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.
Daniel Craig | Tuvia Bielski |
Liev Schreiber | Zus Bielski |
Jamie Bell | Asael Bielski |
Alexa Davalos | Lilka Ticktin |
Allan Corduner | Shimon Haretz |
Mark Feuerstein | Isaac Malbin |
Tomas Arana | Ben Zion Gulkowitz |
Jodhi May | Tamara Skidelsky |
Kate Fahy | Riva Reich |
Iddo Goldberg | Yitzhak Shulman |
Iben Hjejle | Bella |
Martin Hancock | Peretz Shorshaty |
Ravil Isyanov | Viktor Panchenko |
Jacek Koman | Konstanty 'Koscik' Kozlowski |
George MacKay | Aron Bielski |
Jonjo O'Neill | Lazar |
Sam Spruell | Arkady Lubczanski |
Mia Wasikowska | Chaya Dziencielsky |
Mark Margolis | Jewish Elder |
Markus von Lingen | German SS Scout |
Rolandas Boravskis | Gramov |
Algirdas Dainavicius | Motl Lubczanski |
Aurelija Prashuntaite | Rachel (as Aurelija Prasmuntaite) |
Aurelija Prasmuntaite | Rachel |
Vidas Petkevicius | Avram Rubinski |
Ina Frismanaite | Avram's Daughter |
Ana Goldberg | Lila |
Rimante Valiukaite | Miriam |
Leonardas Pobedonoscevas | Jacov |
Kristina Bertasiute | Dark Haired Beauty |
Kristina Skokova | Red Haired Woman |
Remigijus Bilinskas | Pinchas Zuckerman |
Rimgaudas Karvelis | Oppenheim |
Janina Matiekonyte | Well-Dressed Woman (as Janina Matekonyte) |
Janina Matekonyte | Well-Dressed Woman |
Leonas Ciunis | Accountant |
Aleksandr Zila | Chaya's Father |
Iveta Nadzeikiene | Chaya's Mother |
Clayton Frohman | Isadore Skidelsky |
Marc Levy | Yechael Efrati |
Zoe Rosenblum | Sarah Oppenheim |
Sakalas Uzdavinys | Lova Volkin |
Saulius Janaviciu | Israel Kotler (as Saulius Janavicius) |
Saulius Janavicius | Israel Kotler |
Leonid Kotik | Krensky (as Leonidas Kotikas) |
Leonidas Kotikas | Krensky |
Dalia Smalskiene | Rosa |
Tadas Kavaliauskas | Levine |
Matas Cancingeris | Little Boy |
Diana Aneviciute | Koscik's Wife (as Diana Aneviciute-Valiusaitiene) |
Diana Aneviciute-Valiusaitiene | Koscik's Wife |
Sigitas Rackys | Belarussian Police Captain |
Vaidas Kublinskas | Police Captain's Son #1 (as Vaidas Kublinkas) |
Vaidas Kublinkas | Police Captain's Son #1 |
Valentin Novopolskij | Police Captain's Son #2 |
Dalia Micheleviciute | Police Captain's Wife |
Ervinas Martynas Peteraitis | Kissely the Milkman |
Ervinas Peteraitis | Kissely the Milkman (as Ervinas Martynas Peteraitis) |
Dmitrij Denisiuk | Policeman |
Antanas Surna | Orthodox Rabbi |
Dalius Mertinas | Belarussian Police Officer #1 |
Vaidotas Martinaitis | Belarussian Police Officer #2 |
Aldona Bendoriute | Jewish Mother Separated From Child #1 |
Darius Gumauskas | Jewish Father Being Beaten #1 |
Irmantas Bacelis | Jewish Father Being Beaten #2 |
Edita Uzaite | Jewish Mother Separated From Child #2 |
Jordan Bielsky | Villager Getting Shot |
Gediminas Girdvainis | Screaming Man |
Stanislav Adamickij | German Captain |
Klemens Becker | SS Captain |
Jonas Tamulevigius | German Courier (as Jonas Tamulevicius) |
Jonas Tamulevicius | German Courier |
Jaroslav Psenicka | German Officer in Car |
Jolanta Dapkunaite | Woman in Car |
Miroslav Lhotka | German Officer |
Giacomo Strasser | German Private |
Mac Steinmeier | German Sergeant |
Dmitri Slepovitch | Musician (as Dmitrti Slepovitch) |
Dmitrti Slepovitch | Musician |
Arkadij Gotesman | Musician |
Borisas Kirzeneris | Musician |
Raimondas Sviackevicius | Musician |
Marshall Herskovitz | Executive Producer |
Eduardo Serra | Director of Photography |
Steven Rosenblum | Film Editor |
James Newton Howard | Composer |
Lon Bender | sound |
Petur Hliddal | production sound mixer |
Andy Nelson | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Anna Behlmer | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
Jon Title | Sound Editor |
Peter Staubli | Sound Editor |
Christopher Assells | Sound Editor |
Dan Weil | Production Designer |
Jenny Beavan | Costume Designer |
William Mesa | Visual Effects |
Daran Fulham | Art Director |
Yann Biouand | Art Director |
Trefor Proud | Make-Up Artist |
Kristie Matthiae | Make-Up Artist |
Genre: Action & Adventure
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: AC-3
IMDb: 1034303