Visible crew/equipment: At the part of the movie when the Fighters capture a Nazi soldier they begin to beat him with their rifles. If you watch closely one of the fighters has a Rifle made of rubber and it bends all over the place.
Defiance (2008)
1 visible crew/equipment mistake
Directed by: Edward Zwick
Starring: Liev Schreiber, Daniel Craig, Jamie Bell, Alexa Davalos
Factual error: The Bielski brothers go on a raid of a German post to acquire some "Ampicillin" to treat members of their refugee band who have typhus. Ampicillin is a penicillin derivative that wasn't available until the early 1960's, and in any case, typhus is properly treated with chloramphenicol or tetracycline, antibiotics of different classes from penicillin. Besides, the German didn't have penicillin of any type during World War II.
Tuvia Bielski: I thought you were dead.
Shamon Haretz: I am at least half dead.
Question: Did the final battle with the armed refugees vs the Germans with the tank and soldiers really happen?
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