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Sophie's Choice(1982)
Status: Released
Date: 1982-12-08
73%
914 Votes
Time: 2h 31m
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.
Languages: Czech, German, French, Polish, Russian, English.
Countries:
United Kingdom,
United States of America
Budget: $12,000,000.00
Revenue: $30,036,166.00
ProductionCompanies: 
Keith Barish Productions
Movie: Sophie's Choice
Top 10 Billed Cast
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
Video Trailer Sophie's Choice
Video: Sophie's Choice Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline Movie (1982) HD
Sophie's Choice Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline Movie (1982) HD
Meryl Streep on Making SOPHIE'S CHOICE
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Sophie's Choice Official Trailer #1 - Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline Movie (1982) HD - Trailer
Meryl Streep on Making SOPHIE'S CHOICE - Featurette
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