Sophie's Choice

Synopsis

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

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

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Rita Karin

Yetta

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Stephen D. Newman

Larry

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Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

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Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor

John Rothman

Librarian

Joseph Leon

Dr. Blackstock

David Wohl

English Teacher

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Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

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Alexander Sirotin

Man #1 in English Class

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Armand Dahan

Man #2 in English Class

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Cortez Nance Jr.

Bellboy

Günther Maria Halmer

Rudolf Höss

Karlheinz Hackl

SS Doctor

Crew

Art

• George Jenkins Production Design
• John Jay Moore Art Direction
• Carol Joffe Set Decoration

Camera

• Néstor Almendros Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

• Albert Wolsky Costume Design
• Frank Bianco Hairstylist
• J. Roy Helland Makeup Artist
• J. Roy Helland Hairstylist
• Mike Maggi Makeup Artist
• Halid Redžebašić Makeup Artist

Directing

• Alan J. Pakula Director

Editing

• Evan A. Lottman Editor

Production

• Martin Starger Executive Producer
• William C. Gerrity Associate Producer
• Alixe Gordin Casting
• Keith Barish Producer
• Alan J. Pakula Producer

Sound

• Marvin Hamlisch Original Music Composer
• Arthur Bloom Sound
• Robert Hein Sound

Writing

• Alan J. Pakula Screenplay
• William Styron Novel

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