The true story of the heroic Bielski brothers — Tuvia, Zus and Asael — who waged an epic struggle as partisan fighters against the Nazis in the Polish woods, comes to the silver screen in Defiance.The film directed by Edward Zwick stars Mia Wasikowska (left) and Jamie Bell, along with Daniel Craig and Liev Schreiber. The action takes place in 1941, as the brothers begin to form a fighting force to protect a roving refugee community that swells to more than 1,200 Jews by 1944. The film, which is based on Nechama Tec’s nonfiction book of the same name, is slated for wide release in January. (Photo: Karen Ballard)
