Defiance (2008)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.3/10   

Director:

Edward Zwick

Escritores (WGA):

Clayton Frohman (screenplay) and
Edward Zwick (screenplay) ...

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

16 enero 2009 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso | Guerra

Frase comercial:

Freedom begins with an act of defiance!

Plot:

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 1,000 Jewish non-combatants.

Plot Keywords:

Forest | Brothers | Jewish | Partisan | Survival

Premios:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win & 2 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Power Story of Survival. "The Strong Will Take Care of the Weak"

Reparto

Daniel Craig	...	Tuvia Bielski
Liev Schreiber	...	Zus Bielski
Jamie Bell	...	Asael Bielski
Alexa Davalos	...	Lilka Ticktin
George MacKay	...	Aron Bielski
Allan Corduner	...	Shamon Haretz
Mark Feuerstein	...	Isaac Malbin
Tomas Arana	...	Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Jodhi May	...	Tamara Skidelsky
Kate Fahy	...	Riva Reich
Iddo Goldberg	...	Yitzchak Shulman
Iben Hjejle	...	Bella
Martin Hancock	...	Peretz Shorshaty
Ravil Isyanov	...	Viktor Panchenko
Jacek Koman	...	Konstanty 'Koscik' Kozlowski

También conocida como:

Resistencia (Spain) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and language.

Duración:

137 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán | Ruso

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:R (certificate #44522) | Australia:M | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Singapore:PG | South Korea:15 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | Czech Republic:15 | Portugal:M/12 | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:M | Norway:15 | Hong Kong:IIB | Sweden:15 | Germany:12

Locaciones de Filmación:

Lithuania

Compañía:

Bedford Falls Company, The

Trivialidades:

Extras were brought in and asked to strip naked for the scene where Aron stumbles upon the mass grave at the beginning of the movie.

Errores:

Continuidad: After Zus and Tuvia fight each other, Zus gets up and the bottom of his jacket is flipped up. Cut to another angle, it is down. As Zus leaves past him, it is up again.

Citas:

Asael Bielski: Nothing is impossible, what we all have done is impossible!

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en The 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards (2009) (TV)

Banda de Sonido:

Oy, Pri Luzhku, Pri Luzhke

Power Story of Survival. "The Strong Will Take Care of the Weak"

I tend to be a "loved it of not" type of movie viewer. It is hard for me to pick apart I movie I enjoyed enough to deduct points, and keep myself from rewarding good films with less than a 10. Such is the case with "Defiance". This film delivers on all of the important parts of film making. For my taste it all begins with story telling. A film can have everything else, yet be a failure in my eyes if there is not good story telling. I can forgive a low budget film if it tells a good story. "Defiance" tells a great story and then delivers on all other levels of film making. This is a heroic film about a small group of survivors overcoming the horror of war by banding together and helping each other survive. I too have brothers, of whom I am the eldest, and like the brothers Bielski, if forced to war, we would stick by each other's side in the fight for survival of good. "Defiance" takes the time to develop characters you can care about and then goes on to tell a compelling story about how a small group of people who were targeted as undeserving of life according to Nazi philosophy survive and keep their humanity intact until the war was finally over. The performances by the entire cast are convincing. The Cinematography was beautiful and the editing was effective both in scenes of conflict and scenes of tenderness. This film does require attention span as it starts slow, especially for viewers accustomed to high paced action, but if you take the patience to involve yourself in the film you will be rewarded with a great viewing experience that will reconfirm your belief that it is always possible to overcome adversity.