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Sophie's Choice

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.

1982 |2h 31m |  Drama, Romance, War

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Cast

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Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

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Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

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Peter MacNicol

Stingo

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Rita Karin

Yetta

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Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

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Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

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Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

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John Rothman

Librarian

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David Wohl

English Teacher

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Günther Maria Halmer

Rudolf Höss

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Karlheinz Hackl

SS Doctor

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Ulli Fessl

Frau Höss

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Katharina Thalbach

Wanda

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Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

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Krystyna Karkowska

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Josef Sommer

Narrator (voice)

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Tobin Bell

Reporter

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Status

Released

Language

Czech, Polish, French, German, Russian, English

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$30,036,166.00