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Sitting in amazement, the audience of more than 250 community members and students heard the story from Zvi, the son of one of the real-life protagonists Zus Bielski, who was played by Liev Schreiber in the film.
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.
Dec 30, 2008 · Based on a book by Nechama Tec, “Defiance” tells the true and astonishing story of the Bielski partisans, who fought the Nazis and rescued hundreds of Jews through the darkest years of war...
- Edward Zwick
Zus, along with his brothers, Tuvia and Asael, helped save hundreds of Jews from Nazi extermination. The Bielski brothers undertook one of the largest and most impressive rescue operation of Jews during World War II. Yet, until recently their story has been largely unknown.
- Deena Yellin
"Defiance" is based on the true story of a group of Jews in Belarus who successfully defied the Nazis, hid in the forest and maintained a self-contained society while losing only about 50 of their some 1,200 members.
Dec 27, 2008 · So when a friend gave director Edward Zwick a book that defied the notion of Jewish passivity, Zwick overcame his initial reluctance and made yet another Holocaust movie — Defiance.
Jan 13, 2009 · Defiance (Paramount Vantage), a new World War II film starring Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber, is based on the true story of the Bielski brothers, smugglers who started a refugee community in the Belarusian forest of Poland in 1941 after their village was sacked by Polish police working for the Nazis.
