Everything Is Illuminated
"Leave Normal Behind."
Cast & Crew
Elijah Wood
as Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
as Alex
Boris Lyoskin
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
Liev Schreiber
Director
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.
