Jewish brothers in Nazi-occupied Eastern Europe escape into the Belarussian forests, where they join Russian resistance fighters, and endeavor to build a village, in order to protect themselves and about one thousand Jewish non-combatants.


Books with substantial mentioning of Defiance

Hilary White (ed.)
Magill's Cinema Annual 2009, 28th Edition. A Survey of the films of 2008
Detroit, [..], 2009

Reviews

Nicolas Rapold, Defiance, in: Filmcomment, nr. 1 (January/February), 2009 pp. 72

Heiko Rosner, Defiance, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 370 (März), 2009 pp. 46-49

Philipp Schulze, Defiance, in: Cinema (Germany), nr. 377 (Oktober), 2009 pp. 108 (DVD review)


Year: 2008
Country: United States
Language: English
German
Russian
 
IMDb: 1034303