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Duration: 1 hour, 35 minutes

Adaptation of a Philip Roth novel, in which a classics professor struggles to guard a terrible secret. A writer researching a biography on this supposedly upstanding man runs into surprising information. However, it is the knowledge of the professor's affair with a young janitor which tips the balance, with ruinous consequences.

Last on

Thu 13 Sep 2012 00:45 BBC One Scotland only

Credits

Coleman Silk
Anthony Hopkins
Faunia Farley
Nicole Kidman
Lester Farley
Ed Harris
Nathan Zuckerman
Gary Sinise
Nelson Primus
Clark Gregg
Ellie
Kerry Washington
Ernestine
Lizan Mitchell
Iris Silk
Phyllis Newman
Young Coleman Silk
Wentworth Miller
Steena Paulsson
Jacinda Barrett
Mr Silk
Harry Lennix
Mrs Silk
Anna Deavere Smith
Director
Robert Benton
Producer
Tom Rosenberg
Producer
Gary Lucchesi
Producer
Scott Steindorff
Writer
Philip Roth
Writer
Nicholas Meyer

Broadcasts

See all broadcasts of The Human Stain (6)

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