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Sophie's Choice
Sophie's Choice
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1982
2h 31m
7.3(940 votes)
Drama
Romance
War

Overview

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.

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Cast & Crew

39 members
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Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Meryl Streep
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Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Kevin Kline
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Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Peter MacNicol
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Rita Karin

Yetta

Rita Karin
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Stephen D. Newman

Larry

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Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

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Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

Josh Mostel
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Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

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Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Moishe Rosenfeld
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Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Robin Bartlett
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Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

Eugene Lipinski
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John Rothman

Librarian

John Rothman
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Joseph Leon

Dr. Blackstock

Joseph Leon
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David Wohl

English Teacher

David Wohl
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Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

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Alexander Sirotin

Man #1 in English Class

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Armand Dahan

Man #2 in English Class

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Cortez Nance Jr.

Bellboy

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Günther Maria Halmer

Rudolf Höss

Günther Maria Halmer
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Karlheinz Hackl

SS Doctor

Karlheinz Hackl
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Ulli Fessl

Frau Höss

Ulli Fessl
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Melanie Pianka

Emmi Hoess

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Eugeniusz Priwieziencew

Prisoner at Shower

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
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Krystyna Karkowska

Prisoner-Housekeeper

Krystyna Karkowska
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Katharina Thalbach

Wanda

Katharina Thalbach
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Nedim Prohić

Josef

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Jennifer Lawn

Sophie's Child

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Adrian Kalitka

Sophie's Child

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Peter Wegenbreth

Hoess' Aide

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Vida Jerman

Female SS Guard

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Irena Hampel

German Children

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Sandra Markota

German Children

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Hrvoje Sostaric

German Children

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Marko Zec

German Children

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Ivica Pajer

Sophie's Father

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Michaela Karacic

Sophie as a Child

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Josef Sommer

Narrator (voice)

Josef Sommer
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Tobin Bell

Reporter

Tobin Bell
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Bobby DeAngelo

NYPD Photograper

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