Sophie's Choice (1982)

Sophie's Choice (1982)

Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine. 1982-12-08 United Kingdom, United States of America 151 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Meryl Streep is Zofia
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Kevin Kline is Nathan Landau
Nathan Landau
Rita Karin is Yetta
Josh Mostel is Morris Fink
Morris Fink
Robin Bartlett is Lillian Grossman
Lillian Grossman
Eugene Lipinski is Polish Professor
Polish Professor
John Rothman is Librarian
Librarian
Joseph Leon is Dr. Blackstock
Dr. Blackstock
David Wohl is English Teacher
English Teacher
Günther Maria Halmer is Rudolf Höss
Karlheinz Hackl is SS Doctor