Based on a true story, during World War II, four Jewish brothers escape their Nazi-occupied homeland of West Belarus in Poland and join the Soviet partisans to combat the Nazis. The brothers begin the rescue of roughly 1,200 Jews still trapped in the ghettos of Poland.
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sah reviewed Defiance (2008)
Defiance
More or less a formulaic action movie that's entertaining and well-acted. Some moral ambiguity in the Daniel Craig character has he watches a German soldier beaten to death by the vengeful Jewish mob; very heroic and inspiring nonetheless.