Sophie's Choice

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.

Cast

Meryl Streep

Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline

Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Rita Karin

Rita Karin

Yetta

Stephen D....

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

Greta Turken

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus