Directed by Edward Zwick   Written by Clayton Frohman   Edward Zwick   Nechama Tec   Cast Daniel Craig ... Tuvia Bielski Liev Schreiber ... Zus Bielski Jamie Bell ... Asael Bielski Alexa Davalos ... Lilka Ticktin Allan Corduner ... Shimon Haretz Mark Feuerstein ... Isaac Malbin Tomas Arana ... Ben Zion Gulkowitz Jodhi May ... Tamara Skidelsky Kate Fahy ... Riva Reich Iddo Goldberg ... Yitzhak Shulman Iben Hjejle ... Bella Martin Hancock ... Peretz Shorshaty Ravil Isyanov ... Viktor Panchenko Jacek Koman ... Konstanty 'Koscik' Kozlowski George MacKay ... Aron Bielski Jonjo O'Neill ... Lazar Sam Spruell ... Arkady Lubczanski Mia Wasikowska ... Chaya Dziencielsky Mark Margolis ... Jewish Elder Markus von Lingen ... German SS Scout Rolandas Boravskis ... Gramov Algirdas Dainavicius ... Motl Lubczanski Aurelija Prashuntaite ... Rachel (as Aurelija Prasmuntaite) Vidas Petkevicius ... Avram Rubinski Ina Frismanaite ... Avram's Daughter Ana Goldberg ... Lila Rimante Valiukaite ... Miriam Leonardas Pobedonoscevas ... Jacov Kristina Bertasiute ... Dark Haired Beauty Kristina Skokova ... Red Haired Woman Remigijus Bilinskas ... Pinchas Zuckerman Rimgaudas Karvelis ... Oppenheim Janina Matekonyte ... Well-Dressed Woman Leonas Ciunis ... Accountant Aleksandr Zila ... Chaya's Father Iveta Nadzeikiene ... Chaya's Mother Clayton Frohman ... Isadore Skidelsky Marc Levy ... Yechael Efrati Zoe Rosenblum ... Sarah Oppenheim Sakalas Uzdavinys ... Lova Volkin Saulius Janavicius ... Israel Kotler Leonid Kotik ... Krensky (as Leonidas Kotikas) Dalia Smalskiene ... Rosa Tadas Kavaliauskas ... Levine Matas Cancingeris ... Little Boy Diana Aneviciute ... Koscik's Wife (as Diana Aneviciute-Valiusaitiene) Sigitas Rackys ... Belarussian Police Captain Vaidas Kublinskas ... Police Captain's Son #1 (as Vaidas Kublinkas) Valentin Novopolskij ... Police Captain's Son #2 Dalia Micheleviciute ... Police Captain's Wife Ervinas Peteraitis ... Kissely the Milkman (as Ervinas Martynas Peteraitis) Dmitrijus Denisiukas ... Policeman Antanas Surna ... Orthodox Rabbi Dalius Mertinas ... Belarussian Police Officer #1 Vaidotas Martinaitis ... Belarussian Police Officer #2 Aldona Bendoriute ... Jewish Mother Separated From Child #1 Darius Gumauskas ... Jewish Father Being Beaten #1 Irmantas Bacelis ... Jewish Father Being Beaten #2 Edita Uzaite ... Jewish Mother Separated From Child #2 Jordan Bielsky ... Villager Getting Shot Gediminas Girdvainis ... Screaming Man Stanislav Adamickij ... German Captain Klemens Becker ... SS Captain Jonas Tamulevigius ... German Courier (as Jonas Tamulevicius) Jaroslav Psenicka ... German Officer in Car Jolanta Dapkunaite ... Woman in Car Miroslav Lhotka ... German Officer Giacomo Strasser ... German Private Mac Steinmeier ... German Sergeant Dmitri Zisl Slepovitch ... Musician (as Dmitrti Slepovitch) Arkadij Gotesman ... Musician Borisas Kirzeneris ... Musician Raimondas Sviackevicius ... Musician Uncredited Cast Adolf Hitler ... Self (archive footage) Zitto Kazann   Produced by Alex Boden   Pieter Jan Brugge   Clayton Frohman   Marshall Herskovitz   Alisa Katz   Andrew Litvin   Troy Putney   Roland Tec   Gary Tuck   Edward Zwick   Original Music by James Newton Howard

Additional Info Premiere: December 31, 2008 Theatrical Release: January 16, 2009 DVD Release: June 02, 2009 Blu-ray Release: June 02, 2009 Country: Distributor: Paramount Studios Websites: Production Companies Paramount Vantage (presents) Grosvenor Park Productions (as Grosvenor Park) The Bedford Falls Company (as Bedford Falls) Defiance Productions (copyright owner) Pistachio Pictures (uncredited) Distributors Paramount Vantage   (2008) (USA) (theatrical) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (DVD) Paramount Home Entertainment   (2009) (USA) (Blu-ray) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.1 / 10 Our Rating 4.6 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 4.6 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #1,194 / 21,102 Ratings Breakdown Mediocre 1 total rating Site Ranking #1,190 Mr. Brooks (2007) #1,191 Scary Movie 3 (2003) #1,192 Shoot 'Em Up (2007) #1,193 Despicable Me 3 (2017) #1,194 Defiance (2008) #1,195 Boyz N The Hood (1991) #1,196 House Of Gucci (2021) #1,197 Billy Madison (1995) #1,198 Rope (1948)