Sophie's Choice( 1982)

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

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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Meryl Streep
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Kevin Kline
Nathan Landau
Peter MacNicol
Stingo
Rita Karin
Yetta
Josh Mostel
Morris Fink
Robin Bartlett
Lillian Grossman
Eugene Lipinski
Polish Professor
John Rothman
Librarian
Joseph Leon
Dr. Blackstock
David Wohl
English Teacher
Günther Maria Halmer
Rudolf Höss
Karlheinz Hackl
SS Doctor
Ulli Fessl
Frau Höss
Katharina Thalbach
Wanda
Moishe Rosenfeld
Moishe Rosenblum
Stephen D. Newman
Larry
Greta Turken
Leslie Lapidus
Marcell Rosenblatt
Astrid Weinstein
Nina Polan
Woman in English Class
Eugeniusz Priwieziencew
Krystyna Karkowska
Peter Wagenbreth
Ivica Pajer
Sophie's Father
Josef Sommer
Narrator (voice)
Melanie Pianka
Emmi Hoess
Alexander Sirotin
Armand Dahan
Cortez Nance Jr.
Bellboy
Nedim Prohić
Josef
Jennifer Lawn
Sophie's Child
Adrian Kalitka
Sophie's Child
Vida Jerman
Female SS Guard
Irena Hampel
Sandra Markota
Hrvoje Sostaric
Marko Zec
Michaela Karacic
Sophie as a Child
Tobin Bell
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A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on Sat Jan 11 2025

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 t...