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The movie stars Meryl Streep as Sophie, a Polish-Catholic woman, who was caught by the Nazis with a contraband ham, was sentenced to a concentration camp, lost her two children there, and then was somehow spared to immigrate to Brooklyn, U.S.A., and to the arms of an eccentric charmer named Nathan. Sophie and Nathan move into an old ...
Apr 25, 2014 · A frightened Polish mother stands in line for the German concentration camps, holding her young daughter while her young son huddles closely against her. A rapacious Nazi officer makes some lurid...
As he becomes friendly with Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her lover Nathan (Kevin Kline), he learns that Sophie is a Holocaust survivor. Flashbacks reveal her harrowing story, from pre-war...
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Summaries. Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with 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.
A concentration camp survivor resettles in New York City but can?t escape her past. Cast & Crew. Read More. Alan J. Pakula. Director. Meryl Streep. Kevin Kline. Peter Macnicol. Gunther Maria Halmer. Josef Sommer. Narrator. Photos & Videos. View All. Film Details. Also Known As. Sophies val, choix de Sophie. MPAA Rating. Genre. Drama. Adaptation.
Sophie’s Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula • 1982 • United States, United Kingdom. Starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol. Meryl Streep cemented her reputation as the greatest actress of her generation with her indelible, Academy Award–winning portrayal of Sophie Zawistowska, a Polish Catholic Holocaust survivor haunted by ...
Sophie’s Choice, novel by William Styron, published in 1979, that examines the historical, moral, and psychological ramifications of the Holocaust through the tragic life of a Roman Catholic survivor of Auschwitz. An award-winning film adaptation starring Meryl Streep was released in 1982.
