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.
Defiance
“Freedom begins with an act of defiance”
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.
Director
Edward Zwick
Budget
32.0M
Revenue
51.2M
Status
Released
Production
Paramount Vantage, Grosvenor Park Productions, Defiance Productions, Pistachio Pictures, Bedford Falls Productions
Cast
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 Dainavičius
Motl Lubczanski
Aurelija Prasmuntaite
Rachel
Ina Frismanaite
Avram's Daughter
Ana Goldberg
Lila
Leonardas Pobedonoscevas
Jacov
Kristina Bertasiute
Dark Haired Beauty
Kristina Skokova
Red Haired Woman
Remigijus Bilinskas
Pinchas Zuckerman
Rimgaudas Karvelis
Oppenheim
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 Uždavinys
Lova Volkin (as Sakalas Uzdavinys)
Saulius Janavicius
Israel Kotler
Leonidas Kotikas
Krensky
Dalia Smalskiene
Rosa
Tadas Kavaliauskas
Levine
Matas Cancingeris
Little Boy
Diana Aneviciute
Koscik's Wife
Sigitas Rackys
Belarussian Police Captain
Vaidas Kublinskas
Police Captain's Son #1
Valentin Novopolskij
Police Captain's Son #2
Dalia Michelevičiūtė
Police Captain's Wife
Ervinas Peteraitis
Kissely The Milkman
Dmitrij Denisiuk
Policeman
Antanas Šurna
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 Bačelis
Jewish Father Being Beaten #2
Edita Užaitė
Jewish Mother Separated From Child #2
Jordan Bielsky
Villager Getting Shot
Gediminas Girdvainis
Screaming Man
Stanislav Adamickij
German Captain
Klemens Becker
SS Captain
Jonas Tamulevicius
German Courier
Jaroslav Pšenička
German Officer In Car
Jolanta Dapkūnaitė
Woman In Car
Miroslav Lhotka
German Officer
Giacomo Strasser
German Private
Mac Steinmeier
German Sergeant
Dmitrti Slepovitch
Musician
Arkadij Gotesman
Musician
Borisas Kirzeneris
Musician
Raimondas Sviackevicius
Musician
Vidas Petkevičius
Avram Rubinski
Rimantė Valiukaitė
Miriam
Janina Matiekonytė
Well-Dressed Woman
Video Gallery
Defiance (2008) | Trailer
