Name: Sophie's Choice
Genre: Drama, Romantic
Released: 1982-12-08
Duration: 2 h 37 min
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman

Cast

Meryl Streep

Sophie

Kevin Kline

Nathan

Peter MacNicol

Stingo

Rita Karin

Yetta

Stephen D. Newman

Larry

Greta Turken

Leslie Lapidus

Josh Mostel

Morris Fink

Marcell Rosenblatt

Astrid Weinstein

Moishe Rosenfeld

Moishe Rosenblum

Robin Bartlett

Lillian Grossman

Director Alan J. Pakula

Writer William Styron, Alan J. Pakula

Composer Marvin Hamlisch

Cast and Crew

Film details

Country USA / Great Britain

Runtime 2 hours 37 minutes

Production year 1982

World premiere 8 December 1982

Release date

13 January 1983	Brazil
8 December 1982	Canada	R
8 December 1982	Denmark	15
8 December 1982	France	12
6 May 1983	Germany
14 April 1983	Great Britain	15
3 October 1985	Hungary	16
6 May 1983	Italy
15 October 1983	Japan	R18+
8 December 1982	Kazakhstan
21 April 1983	Netherlands
8 December 1982	Norway	15
25 August 1983	Portugal
8 December 1982	Russia	16+
8 December 1982	USA
8 December 1982	Ukraine

MPAA R

Budget $12,000,000

Worldwide Gross $30,036,252

Production Incorporated Television Company (ITC), Keith Barish Productions

Also known as

Sophie's Choice, La decisión de Sophie, A Escolha de Sofia, Le choix de Sophie, Sofijin izbor, Sophies Entscheidung, Sophies val, Выбор Софи, Alegerea Sophiei, Entekhab-e Sophie, La decisió de la Sophie, La scelta di Sophie, Sofien valinta, Sofies valg, Sofiina voľba, Sofijos pasirinkimas, Sophie választása, Sophie valik, Sophie'nin Seçimi, Sophie's Keuze, Sophien valinta, Sophies valg, Sophiina volba, Sophiina voľba, Sophijina odlocitev, Wybór Zofii, Η εκλογή της Sophie, Η εκλογή της Σόφι, Вибір Софі, Изборът на Софи, ソフィーの選択, 索菲的抉择, 苏菲亚的选择, 苏菲的抉择, 苏菲的选择, 蘇菲亞的選擇, 소피의 선택, La deicisión de Sophie, ソフィーの選択：1982

Film rating

7.6

Rate 11 votes

7.5 IMDb

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soundtrack Sophie's Choice

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Quotes

Sophie My mother, she's very sick, you know. And I can't do anything. But I think - if only I could have got - that meat for my mother it would make her strong. So I go to the country and er... the peasants were selling ham and I buy it with the black market money and I bring it back. But it's forbidden, you know, because all the meat goes to the Germans. So I sat on the train and I hid it under my skirt, I am pretending that I am pregnant, you know? Oh I was so afraid. I was shaking. And then the German, was in front of the train and he saw me. So he come over and take under my skirt that ham and...

[pause]

Sophie So they sent me Auschwitz.

Stingo You were sent to Auschwitz because you stole a ham?

Sophie No, I was sent to Auschwitz because they saw that I was afraid.

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