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Sophie's Choice (1982)

R | 150 min | Drama, Romance

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 ... See full summary »

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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
Eugene Lipinski

Polish Professor
John Rothman

Librarian
Joseph Leon

Dr. Blackstock
David Wohl

English Teacher
Nina Polan

Woman in English Class

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Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Writers:

William Styron (based on the novel: "Sophie's Choice" by), Alan J. Pakula (screenplay)

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Won 1 Oscar.

Another 12 wins & 12 nominations.

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The quoted poem is "Ample make this Bed" by Emily Dickinson.

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Narrator: It was 1947, two years after the war, when I began my journey to what my father called the Sodom of the north, New York. They called me Stingo, which was the nick name I was known by in those days, if I was called anything at all.

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During the "Choice" scene, Sophie refers to the officer as "Hauptmann." The SS had different rank designations, separate from the Wehrmacht. The correct rank designation would be "Hauptsturmfuehrer," evident by his collar tab. This title is, however, equivalent to "Hauptmann" (Captain) in the Wehrmacht Heer.