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Sophie's Choice(Movie, 1982)

FSK: 16+ years
| 2h 31min | Genres: Drama, Romance / Love, War
Sophie's ChoiceRating: 3.7/5 (with 377377 votes)
Sophie's Choice is a 1982 psychological drama film directed and written by Alan J. Pakula, adapted from William Styron's 1979 novel Sophie's Choice. The film stars Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowska, a Polish immigrant to America with a dark secret from her past who shares a boarding house in Brooklyn with her tempestuous lover Nathan (Kevin Kline in his first feature film), and young writer Stingo (Peter MacNicol). It also features Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman and Josh Mostel. Sophie's Choice premiered in Los Angeles on December 8, 1982, and was theatrically released on December 10 by Universal Pictures. It received generally positive reviews from critics and grossed $30 million. Streep's performance was highly praised. The film received five nominations at the 55th Academy ... ()
Movie poster of Sophie's Choice

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Duration: 2h 31min
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Awards & Nominations for Sophie's Choice

Academy Award for Best Actress National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture – Drama National Board of Review: Top Ten Films Academy Award for Best Actress Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Original Score

About Sophie's Choice

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.

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Trailer for Sophie's Choice + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

La decisión de Sophie (1982) (English Trailer)(Trailer, 2:55)

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Additional Information

Plays in: Brooklyn
Based on the work of: William Styron ("Sophie's Choice")
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: Czech (CS), German (DE), English (EN), French (FR), Polish (PL), Russian (RU)
Translated into 27 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 05/06/1983 (World premiere: 12/08/1982)
Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):
"A Escolha de Sofia"
"索菲的抉择"
"苏菲亚的选择"
"苏菲的选择"
"Sophiina volba"
"La deicisión de Sophie"
"소피의 선택"
"Sophie's Keuze"
Budget: 12,000,000 USD
Revenue: 30,036,000 USD (= 250%)

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