Sophie's Choice

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Meryl Streep Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol Stingo

Rita Karin Yetta

Stephen D. Newman Larry