Sophie's Choice (1982)
“Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.”
2h 31m·★ 7.3(938 votes)
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.
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Top Cast
Meryl Streep · Zofia "Sophie" ZawistowskiKevin Kline · Nathan LandauPeter MacNicol · StingoRita Karin · YettaJosh Mostel · Morris FinkRobin Bartlett · Lillian GrossmanEugene Lipinski · Polish ProfessorJohn Rothman · Librarian