Defiance

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The work Defiance represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Calgary Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource Defiance

Statement of responsibility: Paramount Vantage ; Defiance Productions ; Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls Productions

Language

Summary: The deep forests of Poland and Belorussia are the domain of the occuping Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests and find the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of fleeing Polish Jews from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take on the responsibility of guardians and motivate hundreds of women, men, children and the elderly to join their fight against the Nazi regime while hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold and unforgiving forest. At the same time, the brothers turn a band of war defectors into commanding freedom fighters

Additional physical form: Presented in a widescreen format. The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen are normal.

Credits note: Music, James Newton Howard ; produced by Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge ; screenplay by Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick ; directed by Edward Zwick

Intended audience

Language note

Closed captioned for the hearing impaired
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish

PerformerNote: Starring Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein

Context

Context of Defiance