
Everything Is Illuminated(2005)
Leave Normal Behind.
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.



Movie: Everything Is Illuminated
Top 10 Billed Cast
Jonathan's Grandmother
Jonathan's Grandfather Safran
Alexander Perchov, Father
Igor
Alex's Mother
Young Jonathan
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