Sophie's Choice

1982 151 min ★ 7.3 Drama, Romance, War

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.

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Cast

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Rita Karin

Yetta

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Details

Director

Alan J. Pakula

Screenplay

Alan J. Pakula

Tagline

"Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine."

Status

Released

Original Language

EN

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$30,036,166

Production

ITC Entertainment, Keith Barish Productions

Reviews

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CinemaSerf

January 11, 2025

★ 7/10

Not long after the end of WWII, we meet "Stingo" (Peter MacNicol) who isn't exactly impressed when he encounters his new upstairs neighbours. "Nathan" (Kevin Kline) seems to be a bit of an noisy and brutish oaf towards his girlfriend "Sophie" (Meryl Streep). Luckily, next morning peace has broken out and they climb in his window to invite him on a seaside picnic. He's a budding writer, and what he...