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Defiance
Uniform Title
Defiance (Motion picture : 2008)
Title
Defiance [videorecording] / Paramount Vantage presents a Grosvenor Park/Bedford Falls production ; an Edward Zwick film ; executive producer, Marshall Herskovitz ; produced by Edward Zwick, Pieter Jan Brugge ; director of photography, Eduardo Serra ; screenplay by Clayton Frohman & Edward Zwick ; directed by Edward Zwick.
ISBN
1415747598
9781415747599
Edition
Widescreen.
Published
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, c2009.
Physical Description
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Notes
Based on the book "Defiance: the Bielski Partisans" by Nechama Tec.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
Special features: Commentary by director Edward Zwick; "Return to the forest : the making of Defiance"; "Children of the Otriad : the families speak"; "Bielski Partisan survivors" (photo montage of the living survivors).
Production designer, Dan Weil ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; music by James Newton Howard ; violin solos performed by Joshua Bell ; co-producers, Clayton Frohman, Roland Tec.
In English, German, and Russian; dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Summary
The deep forests of Poland and Belarus are the domain of the occupying Germans during World War II. The three Bielski brothers go into the forests to undertake the impossible task of foraging for food, weapons and survival, not just for themselves but for a large mass of Polish Jews fleeing from the German war machine. The brothers, living with the fear of discovery, must contend with neighboring Soviet partisans and deciding whom to trust. They take on the responsibility of guardians and motivate hundreds of women, men, children and elderly to join their fight against the Nazi regime while hiding in makeshift homes in the dark, cold, unforgiving forest. At the same time, the brothers turn a band of war defectors into powerful freedom fighters. Based on true events.
Format
Images / Video & Film
Language
English; German; Russian; French; Spanish
Added to Catalog
May 09, 2011
Credits
Production designer, Dan Weil ; editor, Steven Rosenblum ; costume designer, Jenny Beavan ; music by James Newton Howard ; violin solos performed by Joshua Bell ; co-producers, Clayton Frohman, Roland Tec.
Cast
Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos, Allan Corduner, Mark Feuerstein, Tomas Arana, Jodhi May, Kate Fahy, Iddo Goldberg, Iben Hjejle, Martin Hancock, Ravil Isyanov, Jacek Koman, George MacKay, Jonjo O'Neill, Sam Spruell, Mia Wasikowska.
System details note
DVD; region 1, NTSC; widescreen (1.85:1) aspect ratio; Dolby digital 5.1 surround.
Audience
MPAA rating: R, for violence and language.
Videorecording number
35272 Paramount Home Entertainment
Subjects
Genre/Form
Holocaust films.
War films.
Historical films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Biographical films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Also listed under
Paramount Vantage.
Grosvenor Park Media.
Bedford Falls Company.
Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
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