Defiance
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Defiance

Freedom begins with an act of defiance

Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers 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.

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Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers 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.

Released December 31, 2008

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Daniel Craig

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Jamie Bell

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Lilka Ticktin

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Shimon Haretz

Mark Feuerstein

Mark Feuerstein

Isaac Malbin

Tomas Arana

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Ben Zion Gulkowitz

Jodhi May

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