Sophie's Choice

Sophie's Choice

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

R 1982 · 151 min · ★ 7.3 · 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.

Directed by Alan J. Pakula · Written by Alan J. Pakula

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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

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