Sophie's Choice

1982 • 2h 31m •

Drama Romance War

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★ 7.3/10

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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.

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

Top Billed Cast

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Rita Karin

Yetta

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

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C CinemaSerf Verified TMDB Critic

2025-01-11

Not long after the end of WWII, we meet "Stingo" (Peter MacNicol) who isn't exactly impressed when he encounters his new upstairs neighbours. "Nathan" (Kevin Kline) seems to be a bit of an noisy and brutish oaf towards his girlfriend "Sophie" (Meryl Streep). Luckily, next morning peace has broken out and they climb in his window to invite him on a seaside picnic. He's a budding writer, and what he clocks quite early is the volatility of "Nathan", a Jewish man who seems to have a great deal of emotional baggage. She, on the other hand, is much more considered and sedate - and that's the shield ...