Sophie's Choice

     

Sophie's Choice1982

Director: Alan J. Pakula
Stars: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol, Rita Karin, Stephen D. Newman
Genre: Drama, Romance
Rating: R (Restricted)
Runtime: 150 minutes

The sunny streets of Brooklyn, just after World War II. A young would-be writer named Stingo (Peter MacNicol) shares a boarding house with beautiful Polish immigrant Sophie (Meryl Streep) and her tempestuous lover, Nathan (Kevin Kline); their friend… more »


SS officer:
You're so beautiful. I'd like to get you in bed. Are you a polack? You! Are you also one of those filthy communists?

Sophie:
I am a pole! I was born in Cracow! I am not a Jew. Neither are my children! They're not Jews. They are racially pure. I am a Christian. I am a devout Christian.

SS officer:
You are not a communist? You are a believer.

Sophie:
Yes sir, I believe in Christ.

SS officer:
You believe in Christ the redeemer?

Sophie:
Yes.

SS officer:
Did He not say... "Suffer the children, come unto me?" You may keep one of your children.

Sophie:
I beg your pardon?

SS officer:
You may keep one of your children. The other must go away.

Sophie:
You mean, I have to choose?

SS officer:
You are a Polack, not a Yid. That gives you a privilege, a choice.

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