05 Sep 2005
Everything Is Illuminated
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.
Wunderkinder
Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.
Top Billed Cast
Mathilda Adamik Hanna Reich / Enkelin Nina
Elin Kolev Abrascha Kaplan
Imogen Burrell Larissa Brodsky
Kai Wiesinger Max Reich
Catherine Flemming Helga Reich
Gudrun Landgrebe Irina Salmonova
Konstantin Wecker SS-Standartenführer Schwartow
John Friedmann SS-Sturmbannführer Becker
Gedeon Burkhard Dr. Boris Brodsky
Natalia Avelon Rachel Brodsky
Mark Zak Samuel Kaplan
Dagmar Sachse Lara Kaplan
Michael Mendl Aaron Kaplan
Michael Brandner Alexi
Rolf Kanies Oberst Tapilin
Brigitte Grothum Hanna Reich im Alter
Ingo Naujoks Lehrer
Mathias Eysen Abrascha Kaplan
Cornelia Saborowski 
Veronika Nowag-Jones
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