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Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice
★ 7.3/10•1982•2h 31m•R•Drama•Romance

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.

Alan J. Pakula · Screenplay

Alan J. Pakula · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime2h 31m
LanguageEN
Release DateDec 8, 1982
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue$30,036,166

Actors

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Rita Karin

Yetta

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

John Rothman

John Rothman

Librarian

Joseph Leon

Joseph Leon

Dr. Blackstock

David Wohl

David Wohl

English Teacher

Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

Alexander Sirotin

Man #1 in English Class

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