Pieter Jan Brugge

Wikipedia: "Defiance is a 2008 American war film ...set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany. ..based on ... an account of the Bielski partisans, a group led by Polish Jewish brothers who saved and recruited Jews in Belarus during the Second World War....The epilogue also states that the Bielski brothers never sought recognition for what they did and that the descendants of the people they saved now number in the tens of thousands.
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Defiance was filmed in three months in Lithuania, just across the border from Belarus.[5][6] Co-producer Pieter Jan Brugge felt the shooting locations, between 150 and 200 kilometres from the actual sites, lent authenticity; some local extras were descended from families the group had rescued ...
Nechama Tec, on whose book the film is based, stated in an interview with Rzeczpospolita that she was initially shocked by the film, especially by the intense battle scenes including combat with a German tank. These never occurred in reality; the partisans tried to avoid combat and were focused on survival. She explained this as a concession by the producer in order to make the film more thrilling and obtain the necessary funding from Hollywood. Nevertheless, after seeing the film a number of times, Tec said that she is liking it "more and more". Zwick said Adolf Hitler sent two German divisions into the forest to search for the partisans, but these were unable to locate them."… (meer)

E' la storia vera dei tre eroici fratelli Bielsky . Nella Ucraina del 1941 sconvolta dalle fucilazioni di massa degli ebrei da parte delle Einsatzgruppen in collaborazione con civili Ucraini e ausiliari della Polizia locale , i tre uomini si ribellarono ai carnefici armi in pugno e , nelle Foreste della zona , crearono dei veri e propri campi per famiglie ebree che riuscivano a scappare dalle fucilazioni e dai ghetti , fornendo loro assistenza e protezione . In questo modo si salvarono centinaia di persone .… (meer)

Belarussian Jews hide from Nazis in a forest.

Oh, Edward Zwick. He saw Schindler's List, Braveheart and Come and See and wanted to make those movies, but he forgot that he's Edward Zwick. All the tedium of a melancholy art film, and all the craft and depth of a B-grade action flick. It is an amazing feat that they have accomplished: making WWII Jews unsympathetic. Poor Daniel Craig just wanted to kick some Nazi ass...

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: F
Dialog: F
Pacing: D
Cinematography: D
Special effects/design: B
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: D

GPA: 1.4/4… (meer)