Everything Is Illuminated

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.

Director: Liev Schreiber

Cast

Elijah Wood

Jonathan Safran Foer

Eugene Hutz

Alex

Boris Lyoskin

Grandfather

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Jana Hrabětova

Jonathan's Grandmother

Jonathan Safran Foer

Leaf Blower

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Stephen Samudovsky

Jonathan's Grandfather Safran

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Oleksandr Choroshko

Alexander Perchov, Father

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Gil Kazimirov

Igor

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Zuzana Hodková

Alex's Mother

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Ljubomir Dezera

Young Jonathan