Monday, March 30, 2015

March 30 - Defiance


Today’s movie is a combat film with a scene that happens on March 30. Watch it tonight and enjoy.

DEFIANCE   

After the invading Nazis kill the parents of the Bielski brother, Tuvia, Zus and Asael, they flee to the forests of Belorussia,  where they gradually find other Jews hiding out from the Germans. They make an arrangement with a stay behind Red Army partisan unit. In return for protection the Jews will provide supplies. Zus doesn’t like his brother’s plan to avoid the Germans to protect the elderly and women who are in the camp and joins the partisans to fight. The do participate in an attack to get medicine to fight a typhus outbreak. Tuvia shoots a fighter who opposes his directive that everyone gets an equal share of food. Problems arise when Tuvia’s cousin Tamara, who had been raped by the Germans, gives birth to a baby. On March 30, 1942 [1:39:35 to 1:43:00] two days before Passover they capture a German supporter and learn of a planned attack on their camp in two days time. They flee and cross a seemingly impenetrable swamp to escape the German assault, while Asael leads a holding force.  On the other side of the swamp German tanks attack them and all hope seems lost until a band of partisans, led by Zus saves them.  While Asael was killed fighting with the Red Army, after the war Tuvia and Zus emigrated to the United States

http://www.rocketcalendar.com/calendar/1942-04 gives that date Passover started in 1942

Director - Edward Zwick

Producers - Edward Zwick and Pieter Jan Brugge

Screenplay - Edward Zwick and Clayton Frohman

Awards – Rhe film was nominated for Best Original Score at the 81st Academy Awards

Released – December 31, 2008

Runtime – 2 hours 17 minutes

Starring –

Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski
Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski
Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski
George MacKay as Aron Bielski
Alexa Davalos as Lilka Ticktin
Allan Corduner as Shimon Haretz
Mark Feuerstein as Isaac Malbin
Tomas Arana as Ben Zion Gulkowitz
Jacek Koman as Konstanty "Kościk" Kozłowski
Mia Wasikowska as Chaya Dziencielsky
Jodhi May as Tamara Skidelski

Copyright by Ivan Walters in 2015




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