Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice (1982)

Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.

Drama Romance War

Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes friendly with Sophie and her lover Nathan, he learns that she is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war prosperity to Auschwitz. In the present, Sophie and Nathan's relationship increasingly unravels as Stingo grows closer to Sophie and Nathan's fragile mental state becomes ever more apparent.

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  • Release Date: 1982-12-08
  • Runtime: 2h 31min
  • Director: Alan J. Pakula

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    • Trailer

    Cast

    • Meryl Streep

      Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

    • Kevin Kline

      Nathan Landau

    • Peter MacNicol

      Stingo

    • Rita Karin

      Yetta

    • Josh Mostel

      Morris Fink

    • Robin Bartlett

      Lillian Grossman

    • Eugene Lipinski

      Polish Professor

    • John Rothman

      Librarian

    • Joseph Leon

      Dr. Blackstock

    • David Wohl

      English Teacher

    • Günther Maria Halmer

      Rudolf Höss

    • Karlheinz Hackl

      SS Doctor

    • Ulli Fessl

      Frau Höss

    • Katharina Thalbach

      Wanda

    • Moishe Rosenfeld

      Moishe Rosenblum

    • Stephen D. Newman

      Larry

    • Greta Turken

      Leslie Lapidus

    • Marcell Rosenblatt

      Astrid Weinstein

    • Nina Polan

      Woman in English Class

    • Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

    • Krystyna Karkowska

    • Peter Wagenbreth

    • Ivica Pajer

      Sophie's Father

    • Josef Sommer

      Narrator (voice)

    • Melanie Pianka

      Emmi Hoess

    • Alexander Sirotin

    • Armand Dahan

    • Cortez Nance Jr.

      Bellboy

    • Nedim Prohić

      Josef

    • Jennifer Lawn

      Sophie's Child

    • Adrian Kalitka

      Sophie's Child

    • Vida Jerman

      Female SS Guard

    • Irena Hampel

    • Sandra Markota

    • Hrvoje Sostaric

    • Marko Zec

    • Michaela Karacic

      Sophie as a Child

    • Tobin Bell

      Reporter

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