Sophie's Choice (1983)

03/04/1983 2h 31m

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

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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 Ages at Release

Meryl Streep

as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Born 06/22/1949, age

Kevin Kline

as Nathan Landau

Born 10/24/1947, age

Peter MacNicol

as Stingo

Born 04/10/1954, age

Rita Karin

as Yetta

Born 10/24/1919

Died 09/10/1993, age

Josh Mostel

as Morris Fink

Born 12/21/1946, age

Robin Bartlett

as Lillian Grossman

Born 04/22/1951, age

John Rothman

as Librarian

Born 06/03/1949, age

David Wohl

as English Teacher

Born 09/22/1953, age

Günther Maria Halmer

as Rudolf Höss

Born 01/05/1943, age

Josef Sommer

as Narrator (voice)

Born 06/26/1934, age

Tobin Bell

as Reporter

Born 08/07/1942, age