Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

106 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 16, 2005

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.

Everything Is Illuminated

106 mins | Drama, Comedy | Sept. 16, 2005

Everything Is Illuminated
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.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Big Beach, Stillking Films, Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Telegraph Films
Original title Everything Is Illuminated
Directors Jakub Dvorak, Nada Pinter, Liev Schreiber
Writers Jonathan Safran Foer, Liev Schreiber

Cast

Elijah Wood

as Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz

as Alex

Boris Leskin

as Grandfather

Jana Hrabětova

as Jonathan's Grandmother

Jonathan Safran Foer

as Leaf Blower

Stephen Samudovsky

as Jonathan's Grandfather Safran

Oleksandr Choroshko

as Alexander Perchov, Father

Gil Kazimirov

as Igor

Zuzana Hodková

as Alex's Mother

Ljubomir Dezera

as Young Jonathan

Laryssa Lauret

as Lista

Tereza Veselkova

as Augustine

Lukáš Král

as Young Grandfather

Vera Sindelarova

as Young Lista