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Defiance
Based on a true story, four Jewish brothers flee into the forests of Nazi-occupied western Belarus after their parents are killed. There they build a hidden woodland community that shelters and defends more than a thousand refugees while resisting the German advance. An epic wartime survival drama.
Why it’s here
An American film about the Bielski partisans and Jewish survival in occupied Belarus.
- Runtime
- 137 min
- Genre
- Drama · History · War
- Mood
- tense · thoughtful · dark
- Entry
- easy entry
- Best for
- first visit
Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive