Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Meryl Streep | ... | Sophie | |
Kevin Kline | ... | Nathan | |
Peter MacNicol | ... | Stingo | |
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Rita Karin | ... | Yetta |
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Stephen D. Newman | ... | Larry |
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Greta Turken | ... | Leslie Lapidus |
Josh Mostel | ... | Morris Fink | |
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Marcell Rosenblatt | ... | Astrid Weinstein |
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Moishe Rosenfeld | ... | Moishe Rosenblum |
Robin Bartlett | ... | Lillian Grossman | |
Eugene Lipinski | ... | Polish Professor | |
John Rothman | ... | Librarian | |
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Joseph Leon | ... | Dr. Blackstock |
David Wohl | ... | English Teacher | |
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Nina Polan | ... | Woman in English Class |
Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live with Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions. Written by Reid Gagle
This is still one of my favorite movies of all time ....and absolutely the best acting by an actress in all the years since then. Streep is magnificent and flawless. The "choice" scene was so horrifying to me (a mother of a young son and daughter at the time) that it took me several years before I could watch the movie without skipping past that part. It is such a small scene, yet its impact was so haunting and so horrifying - I can't think of any other scene in a movie that has affected me like that. Kline was terrific as well, and the musical score is beautiful and memorable. All in all, a wonderful film, and a perfect 10 from me. What a gifted actress!