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Defiance, Paramount Vantage ; Defiance Productions ; Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls Productions

eng

videorecording

Rated R; for violence and languageIMDb rating: 7.3

Defiance

780030916

Paramount Vantage ; Defiance Productions ; Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls Productions

135

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

Special features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick ; "Return to the forest: the making of Defiance" ; Children of the Otriad: the families speak ; and more

live action