Defiance (2008 film)
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Defiance is a 2008 American war film directed by Edward Zwick, and starring Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, and George MacKay as Aron Bielski. Set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany, the film's screenplay by Clayton Frohman and Zwick was based on Nechama Tec's 1993 book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, an account of the eponymous group led by Polish Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during the World War II.
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Directed by | Edward Zwick |
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Based on | Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec |
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Cinematography | Eduardo Serra |
Edited by | Steven Rosenblum |
Music by | James Newton Howard |
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Running time | 137 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Languages | English Russian |
Budget | $32 million |
Box office | $51.2 million |
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The film was released in select cinemas in the United States on December 31, 2008, followed by general release worldwide in January 2009.[2]