Daniel Craig : Defiance

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Defiance is a 2008 American World War II film directed by Edward Zwick, director of Blood Diamond and The Last Samurai, and had a limited United States release on December 31, 2008[1]. Set in conquered Belarus during World War II, the film is an adaptation of Nechama Tec's Defiance: The Bielski Partisans based on the true story of the Bielski partisans. In the book, pacifistic and nonmilitant Polish Jews come together to train in the military arts and oppose the German and Russian occupation of their homeland.

Defiance stars Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, and George MacKay as four Jewish brothers from Poland who escape from the Nazis and fight back to rescue fellow Jews. Production began in early September 2007. The film is scheduled for full release on January 16, 2009.

Plot
During World War II, four Jewish brothers (Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, George MacKay) escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis.[2] The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland. The film tracks their struggle to evade invading German forces while still maintaining their mission to save Jewish lives

Cast
Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski, one of the four Bielski brothers
Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski, one of the four Bielski brothers
Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski, one of the four Bielski brothers
George MacKay as Aron Bielski, one of the four Bielski brothers
Alexa Davalos as Lilka, a Polish refugee and the love interest of Craig's character
Tomas Arana as Ben Zion, a resistance leader