September 5, 2005
106 minutes
ComedyDrama
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.
Trailer
Cast
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)
Zuzana Hodková
(Alex's Mother)
Ljubomir Dezera
(Young Jonathan)
Laryssa Lauret
(Lista)
Tereza Veselkova
(Augustine)
Lukáš Král
(Young Grandfather)
Vera Sindelarova
(Young Lista)
