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
