Movie Details
- Status: Released
- Movie Tagline: Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.
- Genres: Drama, Romance, War
- Release Date: 1982-12-08
- Runtime: 151.0 min
- Budget: $12.0 million
- Revenue: $30.0 million
- Production Companies: Universal Pictures, Keith Barish Productions, ITC Entertainment
Cast & Crew
Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Josh Mostel, Robin Bartlett, Eugene Lipinski, John Rothman, Joseph Leon, David Wohl, Günther Maria Halmer, Karlheinz Hackl, Ulli Fessl, Katharina Thalbach, Moishe Rosenfeld, Stephen D. Newman, Greta Turken, Marcell Rosenblatt, Nina Polan, Eugeniusz Priwieziencew, Krystyna Karkowska, Peter Wagenbreth, Ivica Pajer, Josef Sommer, Melanie Pianka, Alexander Sirotin, Armand Dahan, Cortez Nance Jr.-Nedim Prohić, Jennifer Lawn, Adrian Kalitka, Vida Jerman, Irena Hampel, Sandra Markota, Hrvoje Sostaric, Marko Zec, Michaela Karacic
Synopsis – What to Expect from “Sophie’s Choice”
Sophie’s Choice is a 1982 American drama film directed by Alan J. Pakula and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, and Peter MacNicol. The film is based on William Styron’s 1979 novel of the same name, and tells the story of a Polish immigrant, Sophie, who is forced to make an agonizing decision between her two children during the Holocaust.
The film opens with Sophie Zawistowski (Meryl Streep) arriving in Brooklyn, New York in 1947. She is an immigrant from Poland who has survived the Nazi concentration camps. She meets Nathan Landau (Kevin Kline), a mentally unstable Jewish intellectual who is immediately attracted to her. Nathan helps her find a job and a place to stay.
Sophie’s past slowly unravels as she tells Nathan about her experiences in the concentration camps. She reveals that she was forced to make a terrible choice between her two children, a son and a daughter, when the Nazis demanded that she choose one to be sent to the gas chambers. She chose her son, and her daughter was sent away.
The film follows Sophie and Nathan’s relationship as she attempts to come to terms with her past and find healing. Nathan’s mental illness gradually worsens, and he begins to have violent outbursts. Sophie is torn between her feelings for Nathan and her guilt over her decision.
The film culminates in an emotional climax as Sophie confronts her guilt and
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