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Everything Is Illuminated

Everything Is Illuminated

2005Movie⏱️ 1h 46mPG-13🏆 #1642 Top Rated
ComedyDrama
7.4
IMDB Rating
61,183 votes

A young Jewish American man, with the help of an eccentric local, endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the Nazis.

Director
Liev Schreiber
Writers
Jonathan Safran Foer, Liev Schreiber
Stars
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin
Release Date
November 4, 2005
Language
English, Russian, Ukrainian
Country
United States
🏆 7
Wins
🎯 6
Nominations
💬 190
Reviews
📋 61.4K
Watchlists
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Elijah Wood
Elijah Wood
as Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Eugene Hutz
as Alex
Boris Lyoskin
Boris Lyoskin
as Grandfather
Jonathan Safran Foer
Jonathan Safran Foer
as Leaf Blower
👤
Jana Hrabetova
as Jonathan's Grandmother
👤
Stephen Samudovsky
as Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Ljubomir Dezera
Ljubomir Dezera
as Young Jonathan
👤
Oleksandr Choroshko
as Alexander Perchov, Father
👤
Gil Kazimirov
as Igor
👤
Zuzana Hodkova
as Alex's Mother

💰 Box Office

$3,601,974
Worldwide Gross
$1,712,337
Domestic Gross
$66,806
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Sound
SDDS
Color
Color
Filming Location
Odessa, Ukraine
Production
Warner Independent Pictures (WIP), Telegraph Films, Big Beach

🏷️ Keywords

ukrainejewishjewish americannazishtetl

🎯 Categories

Quirky ComedyComedyDrama

⭐ Featured Review

The collector
by jotix1002005-10-06
10/10

"If anyone has any doubts about the talent of Liev Schrieber, just a look at his new film, "Everything is Illuminated", which clearly shows a man that is not only one of America's finest actors, but a new director whose first effort is indeed an inspiration and a harbinger of what is to follow. Mr. Schreiber has adapted the novel by Jonathan Safran Foer into a film that will live forever because of the way the director has adapted the material. The film clearly surpassed our expectations since we had no preconceived ideas. For those who haven't watched the film, perhaps you..."

💡 Did You Know?

Eugene Hutz's band Gogol Bordello appears as the polka band that greets Elijah Wood at the train station.

📖 Synopsis

A young Jewish American man, with the help of an eccentric local, endeavors to find the woman who saved his grandfather during World War II in a Ukrainian village that was ultimately razed by the Nazis.