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Sophie's Choice
“Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.”
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.
Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Martin Starger
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Status
Released
Released
December 8, 1982
Runtime
2h 31m
Language
Czech, German, French, Polish, Russian, English
Budget → Revenue
$12M → $30M
Top cast
Meryl Streep
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Kevin Kline
Nathan Landau
Peter MacNicol
Stingo
Rita Karin
Yetta
Stephen D. Newman
Larry
Greta Turken
Leslie Lapidus
Josh Mostel
Morris Fink
Marcell Rosenblatt
Astrid Weinstein
Moishe Rosenfeld
Moishe Rosenblum
Robin Bartlett
Lillian Grossman
Eugene Lipinski
Polish Professor
John Rothman
Librarian
Joseph Leon
Dr. Blackstock
David Wohl
English Teacher
Nina Polan
Woman in English Class
Alexander Sirotin
Man #1 in English Class
Armand Dahan
Man #2 in English Class
Cortez Nance Jr.
Bellboy
Günther Maria Halmer
Rudolf Höss
Karlheinz Hackl
SS Doctor
