Overview
- The 2008 drama was added to BBC iPlayer this week as part of programming marking Holocaust Memorial Day on 27 January.
- BBC Four will also broadcast the film tonight at 11:10 pm.
- It is based on Nechama Tec’s 1993 book about the Bielski brothers’ partisan group that protected and recruited Jews in Belarus during World War II.
- Daniel Craig, Liev Schreiber and Jamie Bell portray brothers Tuvia, Zus and Asael as their struggle for survival turns into organized resistance.
- The film earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Original Score, holds 58% with critics and 72% with audiences on Rotten Tomatoes, and is drawing renewed praise from viewers.