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.
Type:
MOVIE
Country:
CZ
Genres:
Comedy, Drama
Release:
September 2005
Production:
Stillking Films, Warner Independent Pictures, Telegraph Films, Big Beach
Cast:
Elijah Wood, Eugene Hutz, Boris Lyoskin, Jana Hrabětova, Jonathan Safran Foer, Stephen Samudovsky, Oleksandr Choroshko, Gil Kazimirov, Zuzana Hodková, Ljubomir Dezera, Laryssa Lauret, Tereza Veselkova, Lukáš Král, Vera Sindelarova
Tags:
blindness and impaired vision, nazi, grandparent grandchild relationship, mass murder, pop culture, journey in the past, souvenir, collector, antisemitism, photograph, closeted homosexual, gay theme, ukraine
