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.
Cast
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
Crew
Liev Schreiber
Director, Screenplay
Jonathan Safran Foer
Author
Andrew Marcus
Editor
Craig McKay
Editor
Matthew Libatique
Director of Photography
Jakub Dvorak
Assistant Director
Matthew Stillman
Executive Producer
David Minkowski
Producer
Peter Saraf
Producer
Tom Karnowski
Producer
Marc Turtletaub
Producer
Kelley Cribben
Producer
Mark Geraghty
Production Design
Avy Kaufman
Casting
Nancy Bishop
Casting
Max Bollinger
Casting
Michael Clancy
Costume Design
Georgina Abanto
Hairstylist
Paul Cantelon
Original Music Composer
Johnny Byrne
Set Decoration
Nada Pinter
Script Supervisor
Andrea Kinsky
Stunt Double
Emma Cooper
Unit Publicist
Martin Vačkář
Art Direction
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