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.

Meryl Streep
Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline
Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol
Stingo

Rita Karin
Yetta

Josh Mostel
Morris Fink

Robin Bartlett
Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski
Polish Professor

John Rothman
Librarian
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Release Date
December 8, 1982
Runtime
2h 31m
Rating
R
Genres
Drama, Romance, War
Director