Sophie's Choice (1982)

Between the innocent, the romantic, the sensual, and the unthinkable. There are still some things we have yet to imagine.

150 min★ 7.5 · 56,570 votes

• Drama
• Romance

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.

Release date

December 8, 1982

Country of origin

United States

Budget

$12,000,000

Box office

$30,036,166