Everything Is Illuminated (2005)

  • PG-13
  • 09/03/2005 (US)
  • Comedy, Drama
  • 1h 46m

Leave Normal Behind.

Overview

A young Jewish American man endeavors—with the help of eccentric, distant relatives—to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II—in a Ukrainian village which was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Liev Schreiber

Director, Screenplay

Cast

Elijah Wood's headshot

Elijah Wood

Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz's headshot

Eugene Hutz

Alex
Boris Leskin's headshot

Boris Leskin

Grandfather
Jana Hrabětova's headshot

Jana Hrabětova

Jonathan's Grandmother
Jonathan Safran Foer's headshot

Jonathan Safran Foer

Leaf Blower
Stephen Samudovsky's headshot

Stephen Samudovsky

Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Oleksandr Choroshko's headshot

Oleksandr Choroshko

Alexander Perchov, Father
Gil Kazimirov's headshot

Gil Kazimirov

Igor

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