"Based on the novel by Philip Roth."
In 1951, Marcus Messner, a working-class Jewish student from New Jersey, attends a small Ohio college, where he struggles with anti-Semitism, sexual repression, and the ongoing Korean War.
Marcus Messner

Olivia Hutton

Dean Caudwell

Esther Messner

Mrs. Greenberg

Bertram Flusser

Ron Foxman

Sonny Cottler

Marty Ziegler

Max Messner

Mrs. Dadidovich

Ben

Anker

Mo Greenberg

Miss Clement

David

Student
Church Volunteer

Student
Student
Young Nurse
History Student

Sophomore Girl

College Nurse

Family Friend at Shiva & Synagogue
Student

College Student

Dead American Soldier

Alice
Church Matron
President Wentz

Dead American Soldier
Man In Synagogue