Defiance is a movie directed by Edward Zwick in 2008 and based on the book Defiance: The Bielski Partisans: The story of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during World War II by Nechama Tec, first published in 1993. The movie features Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein, and others.
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Storyline
Nazi Einsatzgruppen are sweeping through Eastern Europe, systematically killing Jews. Among the survivors not killed or restricted to ghettoes are the Belarusian Jewish Bielski brothers: Tuvia, Zus, Asael and Aron. Over the next year, they shelter a growing number of refugees, raiding local farms for food and supplies and moving their camp whenever they are discovered by the collaborationist police.
Movie vs Book
Year
2008
Minutes
137
Movie Rate
7.20
Source: IMDb
Year
1993
Pages
304
Book Rate
7.82
S: Goodreads
Book
Defiance: The Bielski Partisans
Subtitle: The story of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during World War II
Author: Nechama Tec
Country: USA
First published in: 1993
Length: 304 pages
Genre: Biography
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“The job of the screenplay is to extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen maintaining its essence.”
BARRY EISLER (Writer)
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