Sophie's Choice

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

Mar 4 1983 R 2h 30m
Drama, 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.

Plot

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.

Written by

William Styron, Alan J. Pakula

Directed by

Alan J. Pakula

Cast

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol

Crew

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Production Countries

United Kingdom, United States of America

Production Companies

ITC, Keith Barish Productions

Languages

English, Français, Deutsch, Polski, Ceský

Awards

Won 1 Oscar. 15 wins & 14 nominations total

Trailers
Sophie's Choice Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline Movie (1982) HD
Featurettes
Meryl Streep on Making SOPHIE'S CHOICE
Scores
# of Votes
54,710
Average Rating
7.5 out of 10
Metascore
68
Popularity
NA