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Defiance – Movie ReviewPaul Glasser | January 17, 2009 | 2 comments | Print | E-mail The film does acknowledge the policy of Bielski partisans to execute any Germans who surrendered and portrays the killings as an orgy of revenge by grief-stricken survivors. Sticklers for accuracy might be disappointed the dialogue is delivered in English with a light faux-Slavic accent; only a few scenes are conducted in German or Russian with subtitles. In a few instances, Craig’s British accent seeps through. Also, the story of the Bielski partisans as presented in the film is incomplete because the group operated until Belarus was liberated in 1944. Overall, however, Defiance does a good job of telling the largely unknown story of a heroic band of Jewish fighters and of portraying life in a partisan camp. Editor’s note: In an interview with History Net, award-winning director and producer Edward Zwick talks about the making of Defiance and his interpretations of the story. ACG Intel The Bielski Brothers – Google Book Search book preview Pages: 1 2Help Armchair General by bookmarking to
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2 Comments to “Defiance – Movie Review”
Please, spare us: “the policy of Bielski partisans to execute any Germans who surrendered”
It was a common policy by all partisan forces during WWII with very rare exceptions.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenio_Cal%C3%B2
The bad thing that the movie depicts its as an orgy – it was rather common and unpleasant chore.
By Alex on Feb 3, 2009 at 9:51 am
it’s true: “there is no equality in any palce. . . .” it happens then, it’s still happening now. . . in every place, be it be in the cities or in the forest. . .
By tomas d. bonode on Feb 5, 2009 at 8:13 pm