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.
Sophie's Choice
“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.
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Budget
12.0M
Revenue
30.0M
Status
Released
Production
ITC Entertainment, Keith Barish Productions
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
Video Gallery
Sophie's Choice Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline Movie (1982) HD
