Defiance - Film Trailer. A3 Network. Defiance Opened December 31, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 16 min. R. The year is 1941 and the Jews of Eastern Europe are being massacred by the thousands. Managing to escape certain death, three brothers take refuge in the dense surrounding woods they have known since childhood. There they begin their desperate battle against the Nazis. At first it is all they can do to stay alive. But gradually, as whispers of their daring spreads, they begin to attract others ...