Sophie's Choice (1982)

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 (39)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

R

Rita Karin

Yetta

S

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

G

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

M

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

John Rothman

Librarian

Joseph Leon

Dr. Blackstock

David Wohl

English Teacher

N

Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

A

Alexander Sirotin

Man #1 in English Class

A

Armand Dahan

Man #2 in English Class

C

Cortez Nance Jr.

Bellboy

Günther Maria Halmer

Rudolf Höss

Karlheinz Hackl

SS Doctor

Ulli Fessl

Frau Höss

M

Melanie Pianka

Emmi Hoess

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Prisoner at Shower

Krystyna Karkowska

Prisoner-Housekeeper

Katharina Thalbach

Wanda

N

Nedim Prohić

Josef

J

Jennifer Lawn

Sophie's Child

A

Adrian Kalitka

Sophie's Child

P

Peter Wagenbreth

Hoess' Aide

V

Vida Jerman

Female SS Guard

I

Irena Hampel

German Children

S

Sandra Markota

German Children

H

Hrvoje Sostaric

German Children

M

Marko Zec

German Children

I

Ivica Pajer

Sophie's Father

M

Michaela Karacic

Sophie as a Child

Josef Sommer

Narrator (voice)

Tobin Bell

Reporter

B

Bobby DeAngelo

NYPD Photograper

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