Everything Is Illuminated
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.
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Released
- 2005
- Country
- United States
Details
Release year: 2005
Storyline
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.
Top credits
Elijah Wood — Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz — Alex
Boris Lyoskin — Grandfather
Jonathan Safran Foer — Leaf Blower
Did you know
• Eugene Hutz's band Gogol Bordello appears as the polka band that greets Elijah Wood at the train station.
• Jonathan Safran Foer: appears as the leaf blower at the beginning of the film.
• Although set in Ukraine, the film was largely shot in the Czech Republic. This is most visible at the end of the film when Vystaviste, a famous exhibition ground in the north of Prague, is used as the Lviv train station.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $1,712,337
Opening Weekend (Domestic): $66,806 (2005-09-18)
User reviews
Austin Movie Show review...
Review from 2005 TIFF
Past Illuminates Present in EVERYTHING IS ILLUMINATED
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- DTS, Dolby Digital, SDDS
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
- Color
- Color
