Focus
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In the waning months of World War II, a man and his wife are mistakenly identified as Jews by their anti-Semitic Brooklyn neighbors. Suddenly the victims of religious and racial persecution, they find themselves aligned with a local Jewish immigrant in a struggle for dignity and survival.
Status: Released
Released Date: 2001-10-19
Runtime: 106 mins
Director: Neal Slavin
Spoken language: English
Genres: Drama
Original title: Focus
Production Companies: Focus Productions Inc., Carros Pictures, Dog Pond Productions, Paramount Classics
Production Countries: United States of America
Cast
William H. Macy
Laura Dern
David Paymer
Meat Loaf
Kay Hawtrey
Michael Copeman
Kenneth Welsh
Peter Oldring
Joseph Ziegler
Arlene Meadows
Kevin Jubinville
Wendy Lyon
Stefan Brogren
Shaun Austin-Olsen
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