Sofie (1992)

From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents. An artist, Hans Hojby, meets Sofie and is entranced,... See full summary »

Director:

Liv Ullmann

Writers:

Henri Nathansen (novel), Peter Poulsen,

Stars:

Karen-Lise Mynster, Ghita Nørby, Erland Josephson

11 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Karen-Lise Mynster	...	Sofie
Ghita Nørby	...	Frederikke
Erland Josephson	...	Sofie's Father
Jesper Christensen	...	Hojby
Torben Zeller	...	Jonas
Henning Moritzen	...	Frederick Philipson
Stig Hoffmeyer	...	Gottlieb
Kirsten Rolffes	...	Jonas' Mother
Lotte Hermann	...	Aunt Pulle
Jonas Oddermose	...	Aron age 3
David Naym	...	Aron age 7
Jacob Allon	...	Aron age 12
Kasper Barfoed	...	Aron age 18
Anne Werner Thomsen	...	Rose Philipson
Sanne Grangaard	...	Fanny Philipson

Storyline

From 1886 to 1907 in the life of Sofie, a Jew in Copenhagen who is nearly 29, with no marital prospects, living with her loving parents. An artist, Hans Hojby, meets Sofie and is entranced, asking to paint her parents and also sketching her. She's responds, but he's not Jewish, and the family reacts by encouraging a marriage to Jonas, a homely draper. Sofie accepts this plan, accompanying her new husband to his town and bearing a son. As he withdraws in mental illness, Sofie begins an affair with his brother, and later returns to live with her parents. A confrontation with Hojby is inevitable as is her son's growing into adulthood and forming his own ideas about religion.

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Plot Keywords:

artist | jewish | relative | title directed by female | jewess | 

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Denmark Norway Sweden

Language:

Danish

Release Date:

29 May 1993 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sophie

Filming Locations:

Denmark

Box Office

Gross:

$288,567 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Det Danske Filminstitut, Nordisk Film, Nordisk Film- & TV-Fond

Technical Specs

Runtime:

152 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Featured in Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (1997)

User Reviews

Wonderful underrated film by Liv Uhlman.

The former actress directs wonderfully, no doubt having absorbed some of the talents of her director/husband Ingmar Bergman. Bergman wrote the script for Sophie ... about an unhappily married Jewish woman who has obeyed her parents by marrying a distant cousin instead of the gentile painter with whom she is in love. So carefully put together that one finds oneself totally absorbed in the warm atmosphere Miss Uhlman has created.