Gone with the Wind
1939 · Drama · War
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Film / 1982
La decisión de Sophie
Directed by
Alan J. Pakula
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.
The story
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.
Cast
Meryl StreepZofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
Kevin KlineNathan Landau
Peter MacNicolStingo
Rita KarinYetta
Stephen D. NewmanLarry
Greta TurkenLeslie Lapidus
Josh MostelMorris Fink
Marcell RosenblattAstrid Weinstein
Moishe RosenfeldMoishe Rosenblum
Robin BartlettLillian Grossman
Eugene LipinskiPolish Professor
John RothmanLibrarian
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Joseph LeonDr. Blackstock
David WohlEnglish Teacher
Nina PolanWoman in English Class
Alexander SirotinMan #1 in English Class
Armand DahanMan #2 in English Class
Cortez Nance Jr.Bellboy
Günther Maria HalmerRudolf Höss
Karlheinz HacklSS Doctor
Ulli FesslFrau Höss
Melanie PiankaEmmi Hoess
Eugeniusz PriwieziencewPrisoner at Shower
Krystyna KarkowskaPrisoner-Housekeeper
Katharina ThalbachWanda
Nedim ProhićJosef
Jennifer LawnSophie's Child
Adrian KalitkaSophie's Child
Peter WagenbrethHoess' Aide
Vida JermanFemale SS Guard
Irena HampelGerman Children
Sandra MarkotaGerman Children
Hrvoje SostaricGerman Children
Marko ZecGerman Children
Ivica PajerSophie's Father
Michaela KaracicSophie as a Child
Josef SommerNarrator (voice)
Tobin BellReporter
Bobby DeAngeloNYPD Photograper
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