Sophie's Choice (1982)

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7.6	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Alan J. Pakula

Starring (View all)

Meryl Streep
Sophie

Kevin Kline
Nathan

Peter MacNicol
Stingo

Rita Karin
Yetta

Stephen D. Newman
Larry

Josh Mostel
Morris Fink

Marcell Rosenblatt
Astrid Weinstein

Robin Bartlett
Lillian Grossman

Written by

William Styron

Alan J. Pakula
(screenplay)

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Underrated masterpiece!

12 years, 3 months ago at Jan 28 18:04

SJMJ91

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This film went beyond my expectations. Sophie's Choice is an inspiring, beautiful yet tragic story that has become a memorable film. It is quite gut retching because this film brought back the horror of the Holocaust. Regarding the Holocaust, it wasn't so much about death but about slavery in the Holocaust and about self-emotional torture. It is a story that can make people stand tall and stand ag... read more

A classic

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Since it is one of the most highly regarded movies starring Meryl Streep (she even got an academy award for her performance), and I was really eager to watch this flick so I had some rather high expectations. Eventually, I had some rather mixed feelings about the whole thing. Indeed, I really had a hard time caring about the whole thing. Still, Meryl Streep was indeed really terrific and if only f... read more

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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.

Release date: 4 March 1983
UPC: 012236048701

Tags: Drama (18), Holocaust (13), Romance (11), Concentration Camp (7), 1980s (6), World War II (5), Nazis (5), 1982 (5), WWII (5), Suicide (5), Nazi (5), Based On Novel (3), Character Name In Title (3), Narrator (3), Poland (3), Paranoia (2), Concentration Camp Survivor (2), Schizophrenia (2), Post War (2), (2)

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