Everything Is Illuminated
Leave Normal Behind.
2005 | 106m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Liev Schreiber |
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| Writer: | Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Safran Foer |
| Staring: |
| 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. | |
| Release Date: | Sep 05, 2005 |
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| Director: | Liev Schreiber |
| Writer: | Liev Schreiber, Jonathan Safran Foer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama |
| Keywords | grandparent grandchild relationship, mass murder, pop culture, blindness and impaired vision, journey in the past, souvenir, nazi, collector, antisemitism, photograph, closeted homosexual, gay theme, ukraine |
| Production Companies | Big Beach, Stillking Films, Warner Independent Pictures, Telegraph Films |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $3,601,974
Budget: $7,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Aug 10, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Martin Vačkář | Art Direction |
| Jakub Dvorak | Assistant Director |
| Emma Cooper | Unit Publicist |
| Nada Pinter | Script Supervisor |
| Andrew Marcus | Editor |
| Georgina Abanto | Hairstylist |
| Michael Clancy | Costume Design |
| Paul Cantelon | Original Music Composer |
| Mark Geraghty | Production Design |
| Liev Schreiber | Director, Screenplay |
| Jonathan Safran Foer | Author |
| Matthew Libatique | Director of Photography |
| Craig McKay | Editor |
| Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Johnny Byrne | Set Decoration |
| Nancy Bishop | Casting |
| Max Bollinger | Casting |
| Andrea Kinsky | Stunt Double |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Tom Karnowski | Producer |
| Kelley Cribben | Producer |
| Peter Saraf | Producer |
| Matthew Stillman | Executive Producer |
| Marc Turtletaub | Producer |
| David Minkowski | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 6 |
| 2024 | 5 | 15 | 24 | 10 |
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| 2025 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| 2025 | 8 | 899 | 899 |