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Feature film — 1982

Sophie's Choice (1982)

7.32h 31mDrama — Romance

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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A high-signal pick with 972 votes.

ITC Entertainment / Keith Barish Productions

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Director: Alan J. Pakula

On screen

Cast & crew

Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline as Nathan Landau

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol as Stingo

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

R

Rita Karin

Yetta

S

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

G

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel as Morris Fink

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

M

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld as Moishe Rosenblum

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski as Polish Professor

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

John Rothman as Librarian

John Rothman

Librarian

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