Defiance vs Fortress of War
Fortress of War has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 6.8/10 for Defiance). Defiance is the shorter watch at 2h 17m compared with 2h 18m. Defiance is the older of the two (2008 against 2010). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Defiance
Fortress of War| Defiance | Fortress of War | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 6.8/10 | ★ 7.2/10 |
| Year | 2008 | 2010 |
| Length | 2h 17m | 2h 18m |
| Genres | Action, Drama, History, War | Action, Drama, History, War |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Edward Zwick | Aleksandr Kott |
| Main cast | Mark Feuerstein, Iddo Goldberg, Liev Schreiber, Jodhi May, Tomas Arana | Pavel Derevyanko, Andrey Merzlikin, Veronika Nikonova, Evgeny Tsyganov, Anna Tsukanova-Kott |
Synopsis
Defiance
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.
Fortress of War
The film covers the heroic defence of the Brest Fortress, which was attacked during the first strike of German invaders on June 22 1941. The story describes the events of the first days of the defence, including the three main resistance zones, headed by the regiment commander, Pyotr Mikhailovich Gavrilov, the commissar Efim Moiseevich Fomin and the head of the 9th frontier outpost, Andrey Mitrofanovich Kizhevatov. Many years later veteran…
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