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DEFIANCE

Director:

  Ed Zwick
  

Year Released:

  2008

Jan's Rating:

Rich's Rating:

4.5 out of 5

4 out of 5

Key Performances:

  Jamie Bell
  Alan Cordruner
  Daniel Craig
  Jodhi May
  Liev Schreiber
Movie Haiku:Clay Frohman spent ~ 12 years crafting the screenplay for this stirring BioPic about the Bieski Brothers -- 3 "ordinary guys" who managed to hide over 1,000 fellow Jews in the forests of Belarus, eluding all comers (Nazis, Soviets, Ukrainians, etc) thru-out WWII. Frohman & Zwick turn the typical Holocaust film on its head, finding real truth in inspiring facts.

ADDITIONAL FF2 INFO ABOUT THIS FILM:

Women filmmakers?

  No

Jewish content?

  No

Haiku Posted:

  2008