Meryl Streep
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
About this film
What it's about
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.
Showtimes
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Cast & Crew
Who made it
Cast
Kevin Kline
Nathan Landau
Peter MacNicol
Stingo
Rita Karin
Yetta
Josh Mostel
Morris Fink
SN
Stephen D. Newman
Larry
Robin Bartlett
Lillian Grossman
GT
Greta Turken
Leslie Lapidus
Eugene Lipinski
Polish Professor
John Rothman
Librarian
MR
Marcell Rosenblatt
Astrid Weinstein
Joseph Leon
Dr. Blackstock
Crew
Alan J. Pakula
Directing
Facts & references
Details
Title
Sophie's Choice
Year
1982
Runtime
2h 31m
Spoken Language
English
Genre
Drama · Romance · War
Director
Alan J. Pakula
IMDb
7.5 / 10 (56,273 votes)
Rotten Tomatoes (Critics)
75%
Metacritic
68
IMDb ID
tt0084707
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