Defiance

Defiance is an upcoming World War II film directed by Edward Zwick, director of Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai, and set for limited United States release on December 31, 2008. Set in conquered Poland during World War II, the film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans based on the true story of the Bielski partisans. In the book, pacifistic and unmilitant Polish Jews come together to train in the military arts and oppose the German and Russian occupation of their homeland.




Premise
During World War II, four Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay) 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. The film tracks their struggle to evade invading German forces while still maintaining their mission to save Jewish lives.


Directed by :
Edward Zwick
Produced by :
Edward Zwick
Pieter Jan Brugge
Written by :
Clayton Frohman
Edward Zwick
Starring :
Daniel Craig
Liev Schreiber
Jamie Bell
Distributed by :
Paramount Vantage
January 9, 2009
Official website :Defiance