Sophie's Choice (1982) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Alan J. Pakula.

Cast

• Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski
• Kevin Kline as Nathan Landau
• Peter MacNicol as Stingo
• Rita Karin as Yetta
• Stephen D. Newman as Larry
• Greta Turken as Leslie Lapidus
• Josh Mostel as Morris Fink
• Marcell Rosenblatt as Astrid Weinstein
• Moishe Rosenfeld as Moishe Rosenblum
• Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman
• Eugene Lipinski as Polish Professor
• John Rothman as Librarian
• Joseph Leon as Dr. Blackstock
• David Wohl as English Teacher
• Nina Polan as Woman in English Class
• Alexander Sirotin as Man #1 in English Class
• Armand Dahan as Man #2 in English Class
• Cortez Nance Jr. as Bellboy
• Günther Maria Halmer as Rudolf Höss
• Karlheinz Hackl as SS Doctor
• Ulli Fessl as Frau Höss
• Melanie Pianka as Emmi Hoess
• Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as Prisoner at Shower
• Krystyna Karkowska as Prisoner-Housekeeper
• Katharina Thalbach as Wanda
• Nedim Prohić as Josef
• Jennifer Lawn as Sophie's Child
• Adrian Kalitka as Sophie's Child
• Peter Wagenbreth as Hoess' Aide
• Vida Jerman as Female SS Guard
• Irena Hampel as German Children
• Sandra Markota as German Children
• Hrvoje Sostaric as German Children
• Marko Zec as German Children
• Ivica Pajer as Sophie's Father
• Michaela Karacic as Sophie as a Child
• Josef Sommer as Narrator (voice)
• Tobin Bell as Reporter
• Bobby DeAngelo as NYPD Photograper

Crew

• Alan J. Pakula — Screenplay
• Alan J. Pakula — Director
• Keith Barish — Producer
• Marvin Hamlisch — Original Music Composer
• Alan J. Pakula — Producer
• William Styron — Novel
• Néstor Almendros — Director of Photography

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