Three wild committed actors filling the role of the Bielski brothers, the Jewish partisans who escaped in the forests of Eastern Europe during the Second World War. Daniel Craig (with a break of 007 duty) is Tuvia, the leader of a group of refugees that eventually more than a thousand, Liev Schreiber is Sister, the antagonistic warrior, and Jamie Bell is Asael, a peace no less dedicated to the survival of community. The three actors give life to director Edward Zwick's account of this little-known chapter of Jewish resistance against the Holocaust, which otherwise plays more like a history lesson than a thoroughbred film. The best movie performance is its strong location work in Lithuania - as the community's house in the forest, the landscape is a major player in the drama at hand, and the change of seasons is mapped bone chilling detail . Schreiber manages to skew a little humor in this otherwise sober company, and Daniel Craig creates an unusual character: a kind of anti-Bond, a hero whose body is all too fallible and whose decisions are sometimes hesitant or morally compromised. It is a rare hero in the Second World War movie that tends to draw scenes from the steps to them, but that is what Craig does. More than likely the film is the most important achievement will send the curious to read the history of the Bielski brothers, and why this issue in the chronicles of the Holocaust.
- Actors: Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber
- Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
- Number of discs: 1
- Rating: R (Restricted)
- Studio: Paramount
- DVD Release Date: June 2, 2009
- Run Time: 137 minutes
