Sophie's Choice

– Stingo, a young writer, moves to Brooklyn in 1947 to begin work on his first novel. As he becomes fr..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.60 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 30 Minutes
Release Year:
1982
Sophie's Choice (1982)

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.

Story Timeline:
Producing Country:
USA, UK
Filming Locations:
Genre:

Sophie's Choice (1982) - Trailer

Release Date:

04 Mar 1983

Language:

English, Polish, German, French, Russian

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Writer:

William Styron (based on the novel: "Sophie's Choice" by), Alan J. Pakula (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin

Plot:

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions.

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 12 wins & 12 nominations.

Production:

Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
77%
Metacritic:
68%