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Defiance

Where:

🇧🇾 Belarus

When:

The 1940s

Freedom begins with an act of defiance — Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.

Released in 2008 — 137 minutes

Genres:

Action Drama History War

Languages:

English German Russian