Movie
Sophie's Choice
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1982-12-08
- Runtime
- 151 min
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- ITC Entertainment, Keith Barish Productions
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
- Kevin Kline as Nathan Landau
- Peter MacNicol as Stingo
- Rita Karin as Yetta
- Josh Mostel as Morris Fink
- Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman
- Eugene Lipinski as Polish Professor
- John Rothman as Librarian
- Joseph Leon as Dr. Blackstock
- David Wohl as English Teacher
- Günther Maria Halmer as Rudolf Höss
- Karlheinz Hackl as SS Doctor
Crew
- Alan J. Pakula - Director
- Alan J. Pakula - Screenplay
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