names: Sophie's Choice
genre: Drama, Romance, War
overview: 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.
crew: 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, Joseph Leon, Dr. Blackstock
orig_title: Sophie's Choice