Sophie's Choice (1982)

  • R
  • 12/08/1982 (US)
  • Drama, Romance, War
  • 2h 31m

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

Overview

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.

Alan J. Pakula

Screenplay, Director

William Styron

Novel

Cast

Meryl Streep's headshot

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Kevin Kline's headshot

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau
Peter MacNicol's headshot

Peter MacNicol

Stingo
Rita Karin's headshot

Rita Karin

Yetta
Josh Mostel's headshot

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink
Robin Bartlett's headshot

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman
Eugene Lipinski's headshot

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor
John Rothman's headshot

John Rothman

Librarian

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