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.

• ITC Entertainment
• Keith Barish Productions
• Meryl Streep
• Kevin Kline
• Peter MacNicol
• Rita Karin
• Josh Mostel
• Robin Bartlett
• Eugene Lipinski
• John Rothman