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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.
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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Jun 10, 2008 · Film Details. Awards. Articles & Reviews. Notes. Brief Synopsis. 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.
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 her past and now ...
Dec 10, 1982 · THE heroine of William Styron's ''Sophie's Choice'' is a creature of such extravagant and contradictory attributes that it isn't always easy, while reading the novel, to imagine her in the...
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.
The film stars Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowska, a Polish immigrant to America with a dark secret from her past who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous lover Nathan ( Kevin Kline in his feature film debut), and young writer Stingo ( Peter MacNicol ).
