---
title: 'Defiance (2008)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Edward Zwick'
released: '2008-12-31'
runtime_minutes: 137
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/defiance-2008'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1034303/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Defiance (2008)

2008 · 137 min · Drama, War · United States


## Synopsis

Defiance is a 2008 American epic war film directed by Edward Zwick and starring Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, and George MacKay as Aron Bielski. Set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany, the film's screenplay by Clayton Frohman and Zwick was based on Nechama Tec's 1993 book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans, an account of the eponymous group led by Belarusian Jewish brothers, who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during World War II.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Edward Zwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zwick)
- **Screenplay:** [Edward Zwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zwick)
- **Producer:** [Edward Zwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-zwick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [James Newton Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-newton-howard)
- **Director of Photography:** [Eduardo Serra](https://cinepixo.com/people/eduardo-serra)
- **Editor:** [Steven Rosenblum](https://cinepixo.com/people/steven-rosenblum)

## Cast

- [Iddo Goldberg](https://cinepixo.com/people/iddo-goldberg) as Yitzhak Shulman
- [Tomas Arana](https://cinepixo.com/people/tomas-arana) as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
- [Mark Margolis](https://cinepixo.com/people/mark-margolis)
- [Sam Spruell](https://cinepixo.com/people/sam-spruell) as Arkady Lubczanski
- [Rolandas Boravskis](https://cinepixo.com/people/rolandas-boravskis) as Gramov
- [Alexa Davalos](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexa-davalos) as Lilka Ticktin
- [Mia Wasikowska](https://cinepixo.com/people/mia-wasikowska) as Chaya Dziencielsky
- [Jamie Bell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jamie-bell) as Asael Bielski
- [Jodhi May](https://cinepixo.com/people/jodhi-may) as Tamara Skidelski
- [Liev Schreiber](https://cinepixo.com/people/liev-schreiber) as Alexander Zeisal Bielski
- [Kate Fahy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-fahy) as Riva Reich
- [Adolf Hitler](https://cinepixo.com/people/adolf-hitler) as Adolf Hitler
- [Daniel Craig](https://cinepixo.com/people/daniel-craig) as Tuvia Bielski
- [Allan Corduner](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-corduner) as Shimon Haretz
- [George MacKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-mackay) as Aron Bielski

## Criticism on CinePixo

No reviews published yet.

Official site: http://www.defiancemovie.com/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/defiance-2008
Film facts: Wikidata (Q842094); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.