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"We are the Bielskis and we WILL be back!"
Based on a true story.
1941. West Belarus. The SS is rounding up Jews, executing 50,000 and sending another million to camps where they will surely be killed.
Two young men, Zus (Liev Schreiber) and Asael (Jamie Bell), return from from Horodyszcze to their father's farm to find their parents both slaughtered and their young brother, Aron (George MacKay), hidden in a secret crawl space. They set off to hide in the forest and are found by their older brother Tuvia (Daniel Craig) who is traveling to the family farm.
Before long, others in the Lipiczanska Forest, women, children, and old men begin showing up and surrender to the leadership of the Bielski boys. They go in search of food and weapons and in the process, they gather more and more survivors who have been brutalized and are on the run.
"This is the one place in all of Belarussia where a Jew can be free."
For two long years, the Bielski brothers guided nearly 1,200 others in the community in the woods.
A powerful story of courage.
Co-written and directed by Edward Zwick.
Run time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
Rated R for violence and language.
My personal rating: A
Based on a true story.
1941. West Belarus. The SS is rounding up Jews, executing 50,000 and sending another million to camps where they will surely be killed.
Two young men, Zus (Liev Schreiber) and Asael (Jamie Bell), return from from Horodyszcze to their father's farm to find their parents both slaughtered and their young brother, Aron (George MacKay), hidden in a secret crawl space. They set off to hide in the forest and are found by their older brother Tuvia (Daniel Craig) who is traveling to the family farm.
Before long, others in the Lipiczanska Forest, women, children, and old men begin showing up and surrender to the leadership of the Bielski boys. They go in search of food and weapons and in the process, they gather more and more survivors who have been brutalized and are on the run.
"This is the one place in all of Belarussia where a Jew can be free."
For two long years, the Bielski brothers guided nearly 1,200 others in the community in the woods.
A powerful story of courage.
Co-written and directed by Edward Zwick.
Run time: 2 hours, 17 minutes
Rated R for violence and language.
My personal rating: A
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