Defiance (2008 film)

Defiance
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEdward Zwick
Written by
  • Clayton Frohman
  • Edward Zwick
Based onDefiance: The Bielski Partisans
by Nechama Tec
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyEduardo Serra
Edited bySteven Rosenblum
Music byJames Newton Howard
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release date
  • December 31, 2008 (2008-12-31)
Running time
137 minutes[1]
CountryUnited States
LanguagesEnglish
Russian
Budget$32 million
Box office$51.2 million

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 World War II.

The film was released in select cinemas in the United States on December 31, 2008, followed by general release worldwide in January 2009.[2]

  1. ^ "Defiance (15)". British Board of Film Classification. November 11, 2008. Retrieved October 26, 2016.
  2. ^ "Defiance (2008)". IMDb. Retrieved November 3, 2008.