Sophie's Choice
Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.
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.
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Signature
- Drama · Craft · Action
- Worldwide
- $30M
Who's in it
Cast
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20 billed performers
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What It's About
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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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Box Office & Release
Sophie's Choice returned 2.5× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $12M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $30M
- Release date
- Dec 8, 1982
- Runtime
- 2h 31m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Czech, German
- Country
- United Kingdom, United States of America
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