Sep 05, 2005
105 min
Full-HD

Everything Is Illuminated (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.

Category

Comedy Drama

Country

United States of America

Companies

Stillking Films Warner Independent Pictures Telegraph Films Big Beach

Elijah Wood

Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz

Alex

Boris Lyoskin

Grandfather

Jana Hrabětova

Jonathan's Grandmother

Jonathan Safran Foer

Leaf Blower

Stephen Samudovsky

Jonathan's Grandfather Safran

Oleksandr Choroshko

Alexander Perchov, Father

Gil Kazimirov

Igor

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