Defiance (2008 film)

Defiance
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Edward Zwick
Written by	Clayton Frohman Edward Zwick
Based on	Defiance: The Bielski Partisans by Nechama Tec
Produced by	Edward Zwick Pieter Jan Brugge
Starring	Daniel Craig Liev Schreiber Jamie Bell Alexa Davalos Allan Corduner Mark Feuerstein
Cinematography	Eduardo Serra
Edited by	Steven Rosenblum
Music by	James Newton Howard
Production companies	Paramount Vantage Bedford Falls Productions Grosvenor Park Productions
Distributed by	Paramount Pictures (North America) Essential Entertainment (International)
Release date	December 31, 2008 (2008-12-31)
Running time	137 minutes[1]
Country	United States
Languages	English Russian
Budget	$32 million
Box office	$51.2 million

Defiance is a 2008 American 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 Polish Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during World War II.

The film was released in select cinemas in the United States on December 31, 2008, followed by general release worldwide in January 2009.^[2]