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Sophie's Choice ()

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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.
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  • Won 1 Oscar. Another 14 wins & 14 nominations.
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Sophie Zawistowski
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Nathan Landau
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Stingo
Rita Karin ...
Yetta Zimmerman
Stephen D. Newman ...
Larry Landau
Greta Turken ...
Leslie Lapidus
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Morris Fink
Marcell Rosenblatt ...
Astrid Weinstein
Moishe Rosenfeld ...
Moishe Rosenblum
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Lillian Grossman
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Polish Professor
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Librarian
Joseph Leon ...
Dr. Blackstock (voice)
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English Teacher
Nina Polan ...
Woman in English Class
Alexander Sirotin ...
Man #1 in English Class
Armand Dahan ...
Man #2 in English Class
Cortez Nance Jr. ...
Bellboy (as Cortez Nance)
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Rudolf Hoess (as Gunther Maria Halmer)
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SS Doctor
Ulli Fessl ...
Frau Hoess
Melanie Pianka ...
Emmi Hoess
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Prisoner at Shower
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Prisoner-Housekeeper
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Wanda
Nedim Prohic ...
Josef (as Neddim Prohic)
Jennifer Lawn ...
Eva - Sophie's Child
Adrian Kalitka ...
Jan - Sophie's Child
Peter Wagenbreth ...
Hoess' Aide (as Peter Wegenbreth)
Vida Jerman ...
Female SS Guard
Irena Hampel ...
German Child
Sandra Markota ...
German Child
Hrvoje Sostaric ...
German Child
Marko Zec ...
German Child
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Sophie's Father (as Ivo Pajer)
Michaela Karacic ...
Sophie as a Child
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Older Stingo - Narrator (voice)
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Reporter (uncredited)
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NYPD Photograper (uncredited)
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Bennett (uncredited)

Directed by

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Alan J. Pakula

Written by

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William Styron ... (based on the novel: "Sophie's Choice" by)
 
Alan J. Pakula ... (screenplay)

Produced by

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Keith Barish ... producer
William C. Gerrity ... associate producer
Alan J. Pakula ... producer
Martin Starger ... executive producer

Music by

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Marvin Hamlisch

Cinematography by

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Néstor Almendros ... director of photography (as Nestor Almendros)

Editing by

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Evan A. Lottman ... film editor

Editorial Department

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Donah Bassett ... negative cutter
Marissa De Guzman ... apprentice editor (as Marissa de Guzman)
Elaine Hurwitz ... assistant editor
Andrea Justin ... apprentice editor
Gary Karr ... first assistant editor
Gilberto Costa Nunes ... apprentice editor
Jill Savitt ... first assistant editor
Trudy Ship ... associate film editor

Casting By

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Alixe Gordin

Production Design by

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George Jenkins

Art Direction by

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John Jay Moore ... (as John J. Moore)

Set Decoration by

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Carol Joffe

Costume Design by

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Albert Wolsky

Makeup Department

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Frank Bianco ... hair stylist
J. Roy Helland ... hair: Miss Streep / makeup: Miss Streep
Mike Maggi ... makeup artist
Halid Redzebasic ... hair: Yugoslavia / makeup: Yugoslavia

Production Management

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Howard P. Alston ... executive in charge of production
Christopher Cronyn ... assistant production manager
Boris Dmitrovic ... assistant production manager: Yugoslavia (as Boris Dimitrovic)
William C. Gerrity ... unit production manager
Branko Lustig ... production supervisor: Yugoslavia
Ivica Petricevic ... unit manager: Yugoslavia
James Potter ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Michea Caye ... dga trainee
Alex Hapsas ... first assistant director
Sergio Mimica-Gezzan ... assistant director: Yugoslavia (as Sergio Mimica)
Joseph Ray ... second assistant director

Art Department

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Russell Christian ... assistant art director
Howard Duff ... assistant property master
Glen Engels ... construction grip
Pete Grippaldi ... construction grip
Zeljko Karacic ... propman on set: Yugoslavia
Ivo Lepes ... construction manager: Yugoslavia
Zeljko Luter ... set dresser: Yugoslavia
Ron Petagna ... shop craftsman
Eugene Powell ... scenic artist chargeman (as Gene Powell)
Richard Shelton ... scenic artist
Walter Stocklin ... property master (as Wally Stocklin)
Hans Swanson ... set dresser
Frank Didio ... head carpenter (uncredited)
Philip Gips ... graphic designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Debra Bard ... apprentice sound editor
Arthur Bloom ... sound
Stan Bochner ... sound editor
Anthony J. Ciccolini III ... supervising sound editor (as Anthony John Ciccolini III)
Marko A. Costanzo ... apprentice sound editor
Lee Dichter ... re-recording mixer
Jay Dranch ... sound editor
Harriet Fidlow ... looping editor
Leslie Gaulin ... assistant looping editor (as Leslie Troy Gaulin)
Thomas A. Gulino ... sound editor (as Thomas Gulino)
Robert Hein ... sound editor (as Robert A. Hein)
Michael Jacobi ... sound editor
Stuart Lieberman ... assistant sound editor
Dennis Maitland II ... boom
Patrick Mullins ... assistant sound editor
John Murray ... apprentice sound editor
Christopher Newman ... production sound mixer
Bitty O'Sullivan-Smith ... assistant sound editor (as Bitty O'Sullivan Smith)
Ralph O. Sepulveda Jr. ... apprentice sound editor (as Ralph Sepulveda Jr.)
Ann Stein ... assistant sound editor (as Anne Stein)
Brunilda Torres ... assistant sound editor
Magdaline Volaitis ... assistant sound editor

Special Effects by

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Marijan Karoglan ... pyrotechnician: Yugoslavia unit (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Jerry DeBlau ... best boy (as Jerry De Blau)
John W. DeBlau ... gaffer (as John De Blau)
Bill Gerardo ... second assistant camera
Vinnie Gerardo ... first assistant camera (as Vinny Gerardo)
Dan Lerner ... second camera operator
Edward W. Lowry ... second key grip (as Edward Lowry)
Tom Prate ... key grip (as Thomas J. Prate Jr.)
Tom Priestley Jr. ... camera operator (as Tom Priestly Jr.)
Josh Weiner ... still photographer
Tom Kerwick ... grip (uncredited)
Douglas Kirkland ... still photographer (uncredited)
Sal Martorano ... electrician (uncredited)
Lance Shepherd ... electrician (uncredited)

Casting Department

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Judy Dennis ... assistant to the casting executive
Riccardo Bertoni ... extras casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Michael Dennison ... wardrobe supervisor: men's
David Griffin ... assistant costume designer
Teresa Alba Schipani ... wardrobe supervisor: women's (as Alba Schipani)
Juraj Skuzin ... wardrobe master: Yugoslavia
Mark Burchard ... wardrobe (uncredited)
Ursula Schrader ... wardrobe (uncredited)

Location Management

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Celia D. Costas ... location manager (as Celia Costas)
Dragan Josipovic ... location manager: Yugoslavia
John Jay Moore ... location coordinator: U.S. (as John J. Moore)
Roberta Rose ... location auditor: Yugoslavia

Music Department

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Jack Hayes ... orchestrator
Norman Hollyn ... music editor
Emily Paine ... assistant music editor
Marvin Hamlisch ... conductor (uncredited) / music producer (uncredited)
Franklin Jones Jr. ... score recording engineer and score mix engineer (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Lillian O. MacNeill ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Tom O'Brien ... transportation captain
Thomas Reilly ... transportation co-captain (as Tom Reilly)
Patrick Hogan ... transportation captain: second unit (uncredited)

Additional Crew

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Jan Biczycki ... dialogue coach: Polish and German, Yugoslavia (as Jan Byczycki)
Richard Dixon ... production auditor (as Dick Dixon)
Christopher T. Gerrity ... production assistant (as Christopher Gerrity)
Kitty Hart-Moxon ... technical advisor: Europe (as Kitty Hart)
Roman Harte ... consultant: Europe
Marge Leonard ... executive assistant: Mr. Pakula
Eric Myers ... unit publicist
Michele Mooberry Potier ... assistant production office coordinator (as Michele Mooberry)
Ljiljana Rajic ... assistant: Mr. Wolsky, Yugoslavia (as Ljiljana Raic)
Ralph J. Rivera ... Financial Executive
Raoul Schelbaum ... subtitles: Titra Film New York Inc.
Susan Solt ... coordinator: Mr. Pakula
Juliette Steyning-Brown ... production office coordinator
Sandra J. Tait ... production assistant (as Sandy Tait)
Jane Tsighis ... assistant production auditor
Nathalie Vadim ... production assistant (as Nathalie Plemiannikov)
Earl E. Wroten Jr. ... production executive
Al Cerullo ... helicopter pilot (uncredited)
Vickie Corner ... distribution director (uncredited)
Stephen Frankfurt ... title designer (uncredited)
Lew Grade ... presenter (uncredited)

Thanks

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Nancy Littlefield ... special thanks: New York City Mayor's Office for Film, Theatre and Broadcasting
Jesse Peterman ... special thanks: New York City Tactical Police Unit (as Lt. Jesse Peterman)
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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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

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Taglines Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine. See more »
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Also Known As
  • Le choix de Sophie (France)
  • Sophies Entscheidung (Germany)
  • La decisió de la Sophie (Spain, Catalan title)
  • La decisión de Sophie (Spain)
  • 苏菲的抉择 (China, Mandarin title)
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Runtime
  • 150 min
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Box Office

Budget $12,000,000 (estimated)

Did You Know?

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Trivia Meryl Streep not only learned a Polish accent but also learned how to speak German and Polish in order to have the proper accent of a Polish refugee. She reportedly learned the Polish from one of the assistants working on the film who happened to speak it. See more »
Goofs There was no Jewish ghetto in Cracow in 1938. Ghetto was established under German occupation in March 1941. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Tootsie/The Verdict/Sophies Choice/Airplane II (1982). See more »
Soundtracks Jesu, Joy of Man s Desiring See more »
Quotes Sophie: My mother, she's very sick, you know. And I can't do anything. But I think - if only I could have got - that meat for my mother it would make her strong. So I go to the country and er... the peasants were selling ham and I buy it with the black market money and I bring it back. But it's forbidden, you know, because all the meat goes to the Germans. So I sat on the train and I hid it under my skirt, I am pretending that I am pregnant, you know? Oh I was so afraid. I was shaking. And then the German, was in front of the train and he saw me. So he come over and take under my skirt that ham and...
[pause]
Sophie: So they sent me Auschwitz.
Stingo: You were sent to Auschwitz because you stole a ham?
Sophie: No, I was sent to Auschwitz because they saw that I was afraid.
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