Claim: Daniel Craig was a star in Defiance.

Defiance is a 2008 American War film directed by Edward Zwick set during the occupation of Belarus by Nazi Germany . The screenplay by Clayton Frohman and Zwick was based on Nechama Tec 's 1993 book Defiance : The Bielski Partisans , 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 film stars Daniel Craig as Tuvia Bielski , Liev Schreiber as Zus Bielski , Jamie Bell as Asael Bielski , and George MacKay as Aron Bielski .   Production began in early September 2007 . After a limited release , e.g. Los Angeles , New York City , in the United States on December 31 , 2008 it went into general release worldwide in January and February 2009 .