Sophie's Choice
Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.
1982-12-08 | 151 minutes
Plot Summary
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.
Cast
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Meryl StreepZofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
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Kevin KlineNathan Landau
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Peter MacNicolStingo
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Rita KarinYetta
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Josh MostelMorris Fink
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Robin BartlettLillian Grossman
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Eugene LipinskiPolish Professor
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John RothmanLibrarian
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Joseph LeonDr. Blackstock
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David WohlEnglish Teacher
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Günther Maria HalmerRudolf Höss
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Karlheinz HacklSS Doctor
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Ulli FesslFrau Höss
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Katharina ThalbachWanda
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Moishe RosenfeldMoishe Rosenblum
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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
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