Sophie's Choice 1982

Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.

7.3 / 10   807 vote(s)
R
Drama Romance War

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.

Release Date 1982-12-08
Runtime 2h 31m
Directors Alan J. Pakula, Néstor Almendros
Producers Keith Barish, Alan J. Pakula, Martin Starger, William C. Gerrity
Writers Alan J. Pakula, William Styron