Sophie's Choice (Sophies Entscheidung) (1982)

Sophie is the survivor of Nazi concentration camps, who has found a reason to live in Nathan, a sparkling if unsteady American Jew obsessed with the Holocaust. They befriend Stingo, the movie's narrator, a young American writer new to New York City. But the happiness of Sophie and Nathan is endangered by her ghosts and his obsessions. Starring: Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Peter MacNicol Director: Alan J. Pakul