Tijdens de zomer van 1998 en het Clinton-Lewinsky schandaal geeft de licht gekleurde Dr. Coleman Silk les op een college in New England. Hij onderwijst er Afrikaans-Amerikaanse studies, maar heeft zich zijn hele leven voorgedaan als Joods. Wanneer hij enkele absente studenten 'spooks' noemt ontstaat er een raciale controversie. Hij tracht ondanks dit alles zijn raciale geheim te verbergen en ook de relatie met zijn erg jonge schoonmaakster. Een schrijver tracht het verhaal van Silk's leven te ontrafelen.
Nee, helaas is The Human Stain nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Writing | Philip Roth | Novel |
| Camera | Jean-Yves Escoffier | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Robert Benton | Director |
| Writing | Nicholas Meyer | Screenplay |
| Production | Eberhard Kayser | Executive Producer |
| Production | Andre Lamal | Executive Producer |
| Production | Steve Hutensky | Executive Producer |
| Production | Bob Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Production | Ron Bozman | Executive Producer |
| Sound | Rachel Portman | Original Music Composer |
| Production | Gary Lucchesi | Producer |
| Production | Tom Rosenberg | Producer |
| Production | Rick Schwartz | Executive Producer |
| Production | Scott Steindorff | Producer |
| Production | Michael Ohoven | Executive Producer |
| Production | Harvey Weinstein | Executive Producer |
| Editing | Christopher Tellefsen | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Robert McCann | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Tricia Wood | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Benjamin Robin | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Patricia Birch | Choreographer |
| Directing | France Lachapelle | Script Supervisor |
| Crew | Rob Harris | Unit Publicist |
| Art | David Gropman | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rita Ryack | Costume Design |
| Production | Deborah Aquila | Casting |
| Art | Zoe Sakellaropoulo | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wyatt Belton | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jacquie Rahal | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Donald Mowat | Makeup Department Head |
| Art | Marie-Claude L'Heureux | Art Department Coordinator |
| Art | Claude Leclair | Set Decoration |
| Production | Avy Kaufman | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Kerry Warn | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Jean Frenette | Stunt Coordinator |