Directed by Liev Schreiber Written by Jonathan Safran Foer Liev Schreiber Cast Eugene Hutz ... Alex Elijah Wood ... Jonathan Safran Foer Jonathan Safran Foer ... Leaf Blower Jana Hrabetova ... Jonathan's Grandmother Stephen Samudovsky ... Jonathan's Grandfather Safran Ljubomir Dezera ... Young Jonathan Oleksandr Choroshko ... Alexander Perchov, Father Gil Kazimirov ... Igor Zuzana Hodkova ... Alex's Mother Mikki ... Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. Mouse ... Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. Boris Lyoskin ... Grandfather (as Boris Leskin) Robert Chytil ... Breakdancer Jaroslava Sochova ... Woman on Train Sergei Ryabtsev ... Ukrainian Band Member (as Sergej Rjabcev) Yuri Lemeshev ... Ukrainian Band Member (as Jurij Lemeshev) Pamela Racine ... Ukrainian Band Member Oleksandr Houtz ... Ukrainian Band Member Ludmila Kartouska ... Hotel Waitress Igor Latta ... Old Man at Fair Eugenin Marandic ... Fair Goer Orest Tkachuk ... Fair Goer (as Orest Tkachyk) Elias Bauer ... Goatherder Boy (as Elias Zerael Bauer) Jurij Kokyrc ... Well Digger Sergej Kapitan ... Well Digger Jaroslav Jurichkanc ... Well Digger Igor Savivskij ... Well Digger Jan Filipenský ... Well Digger (as Jan Pavel Filipensky) Bert Schneider ... Nazi Officer Tereza Veselkova ... Augustine Laryssa Lauret ... Lista Lukás Král ... Young Grandfather, Baruch Vera Sindelarova ... Young Lista Produced by Kelley Cribben Tom Karnowski David Minkowski Peter Saraf Matthew Stillman Marc Turtletaub Original Music by Paul Cantelon

Additional Info Premiere: September 03, 2005 Theatrical Release: September 16, 2005 DVD Release: March 21, 2006 Country: Distributor: Warner Brother Studios Websites: Production Companies Warner Independent Pictures (WIP) Telegraph Films Big Beach Films Stillking Films Distributors Warner Independent Pictures (WIP)   (2005) (USA) (theatrical) Warner Home Video   (2005) (USA) (DVD) Warner Home Video   (2006) (USA) (DVD) Rating Stats Overall Rating 7.4 / 10 Our Rating 7.0 / 10 Your Friends -- / 10 Male Users 7.0 / 10 Female Users -- / 10 Site Ranking #2,233 / 20,698 Ratings Breakdown Perfect 3 total ratings Almost Perfect 1 total rating Site Ranking #2,229 My Bloody Valentine (2009) #2,230 The Producers (1967) #2,231 Tusk (2014) #2,232 Jason X (2001) #2,233 Everything Is Illuminated (2005) #2,234 Halloween II (2009) #2,235 Eight Legged Freaks (2002) #2,236 Goodnight Mommy (2014) #2,237 A Discovery Of Witches: Season 2 (2021)