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Everything Is Illuminated(2005)
Status: Released
Date: 2005-09-05
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789 Votes
Time: 1h 46m
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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.
Languages: Ukrainian, Russian, English.
Countries:
United States of America
Budget: $7,000,000.00
Revenue: $3,601,974.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Telegraph Films
Movie: Everything Is Illuminated
Top 10 Billed Cast
Elijah Wood
Jonathan Safran Foer
Eugene Hutz
Alex
Борис Лёскин
Grandfather
Jonathan Safran Foer
Leaf Blower
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