Everything Is Illuminated

2005Rated7.31h 45mComedy, Drama

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.

Starring: Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin

Trailer

Cast

  • Elijah WoodJonathan Safran Foer
  • Eugene HutzAlex
  • Boris LyoskinGrandfather
  • Jana HrabětovaJonathan's Grandmother
  • Jonathan Safran FoerLeaf Blower
  • Stephen SamudovskyJonathan's Grandfather Safran
  • Oleksandr ChoroshkoAlexander Perchov, Father
  • Gil KazimirovIgor
  • Zuzana HodkováAlex's Mother
  • Ljubomir DezeraYoung Jonathan

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