new york city,concentration camp,holocaust (shoah),world war ii,writer,poland,1940s

Sophie's Choice (1982)

Poster for Sophie's Choice

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

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 & Crew

Director
Alan J. Pakula
  • Profile picture of Meryl Streep
    Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski Meryl Streep
  • Profile picture of Kevin Kline
    Nathan Landau Kevin Kline
  • Profile picture of Peter MacNicol
    Stingo Peter MacNicol
  • Profile picture of Rita Karin
    Yetta Rita Karin
  • Profile picture of Josh Mostel
    Morris Fink Josh Mostel
  • Profile picture of Robin Bartlett
    Lillian Grossman Robin Bartlett
  • Profile picture of Eugene Lipinski
    Polish Professor Eugene Lipinski
  • Profile picture of John Rothman
    Librarian John Rothman

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Keywords

  • new york city
  • concentration camp
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • writer
  • poland
  • 1940s