Sophie’s Choice, starring the actress Meryl Streep as a Holocaust survivor, premieres in Los Angeles. The film opened two days later in select theaters across the country.
Directed by Alan J. Pakula (All The President’s Men, The Pelican Brief) and based on a 1979 novel of the same name by William Styron, Sophie’s Choice co-starred Kevin Kline and Peter MacNicol. The “choice” in the film’s title refers to a terrible decision Streep’s character is forced to make, about which of her two children will live or die while in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
