That scene always carves the heart out of my chest and crushes it. So tragic. At one point, when the girl is screaming, Sophie's mouth is open as if her daughter is giving her the scream she can't make.
La scene qui vous fait pleurer.Qi'il est difficile d'etre la mere! La scene que je ne peux pas oublier et a cause de laquelle, je trouve Meryl Streep la meilleure. Et a cause de laquelle mon coeur pleure en pensant aux tragedies des tous les gens passant les horreurs de la II guerre mondiale.
la scène la plus horrible que j'ai jamais vu au cinéma ... mais si ce n'était que du cinéma ... Meryl Streep .. que dire ... elle ne joue pas, elle vit.
That girl deserved an Oscar nomination. The fear on her face seemed real...and she did not even have to say a word. Meryl Streep can win an Oscar for reading a book while wearing a burka.
I know Meryl Streep is amazing, but that little girl does an amazing job! What a fantastic performance from such a young child in such a complex movie.
Yeah, I was in awe of that too, not only that it's near perfect (clearly Polish accent), but she also has to act a very difficult and emotional scene in German...amazing.
That is the single most tragic scene of all of film history and very well the best acting I've ever seen. Meryl Streep will always be the best actor/actress to ever live.
I was about 12 years old when this movie came out but I finally saw it last year. I can't believe I managed to go 26 years without someone spoiling the film for me by revealing Sophie's Choice.
Scène mythique de ce film, très dur et très réaliste qui fait état de l'inhumanité de certains " humains " . Je partage l'extrait sur notre chaîne CMPR. Bonne journée à vous toutes et vous tous . Christian
No award is a sure thing. Streeps were for this. Probably the greatest acting job in the history of film. The guy playing the German officer here and the little girl are also outstanding.
I always cry when I see this particular scene!! My mother's heart breaks every time I see it. How can people be so cruel!! That's something i will never understand!!!
Sophie's Choice is a truly powerful film, it cuts to the core. Meryl is a remarkable actress!! In the movie, Sophie clearly reminisces the extermination of her little girl (playing the recorder). My understanding is that her boy Jan stood a better chance due to his German-like colouring after all, Hitler did encourage blue eyed, blonde headed children! There's good and bad in everyone, but humans are the most destructive kind. xox
This is what Stella Adler meant by "size" when she taught actors. When I work with actors and tell them I want "size" they just get louder. THIS, done when Streep was still acting, is what size means in acting. It is quiet, and it is HUGE.
essentiel dans ma prise de conscience de l'honneur dans l'humain, j'ai vu ce film très jeune vers 12 ans et il représente pour moi l'expression la plus brutale de l'intolérable, je trouve très courageux et je suis sincèrement reconnaissante des artistes qui se frottent à l'intolérable, ils ancrent des témoignages essentiels et contribuent à une réflection qui doit bouger constament afin de transmettre des miroirs et permettre je l'espère le plus souvent possible de dresser des gardes fous
Stealing a child away has to be the worst hell on Earth; yet animlas have to suffer this fate thousands of times a day all over the world... humans are worse than animals in many ways.
Heartbreaking. I'm Pole and I have to say Meryl Streep "polish accent" is amazing. There was many this kind of hard descision at this time, many of them in Oswiecim/Auschwitz.
I have seen this movie and the great performance of Meryl Streep!!!! I am Catholic and my Religion says that I don't hate,but after this scene,how is possible don't hate???? Perla.
This is better than all those new movies about action and violence... So much more better acting, played with passion, and it's heartbreaking to say the least... :)
@mystic90210 Her reasons are explained in the book. It's been a long time since I read it but I think it was something like: She thought her son had a better chance of surviving in the camp as he was older and stronger than the little girl. Also in the book her daughter isn't taken away quite like this and goes to the chamber holding the hand of her music teacher who is a Jew - she is not aware of what awaits her.
A little trivia I've read about this movie: The girl's cry is believable because it IS real. She was not acting. Meryl Streep actually played with her between takes to provide some happiness.
devastating.... we can not even begin to imagine what they all suffered. it is always easy to say what we would have done in the same situation but the reality is we probably would have reacted the same way. she did not know what to do.
Few actors other than Streep could have done this scene in one go the way she did. BTW all these holier than thou comments below about Sophie are revolting. I am hoping none of us are ever in this kind of totally insane situation.
That´s sad... :( I don´t believe it was, i can´t believe. It´s terrible! Meryl Streep looks very young and very well... I hope i will see this film full :)
@marawantsluke I dont know if you have kids, but that scene got 10 times worse as soon as my son was born. That's easily one of the most harrowing scenes in the history of cinema.
My thoughts exactly...there's no way she could've intentionally been so genuine at such a young age. It seems as though she didn't really understand what was going on thought that she was actually being taken away..but then ethical questions come into play.
you can see her heart literally breaking at having dared to make the choice. i don't think any of us really know the choice we'd make unless put in exactly the same position. moreover, choosing to live with one or with none is one thing, but how would you decide which one to give up?
I'd go with my child, or say take me instead of them. I'd be with my child till the very end. It make me so mad to think of what some people are capable of doing. Did they have no heart? These are times when I wish we could go back and change the past.... the only thing now we can do is REMEMBER and never let it happen again.
Apparently, Meryl Streep filmed that whole thing in one take because, being a mother herself, she found it to be too emotionally draining and refused to do it again...
@17Lottie I believe it was because she thought the boy had a better chance of surviving than the girl would have, had they been separated, which was most likely to happen. Heard many theories on the choice, but that seems to make the most sense.
Streep's characters don't seem to have much luck with their children, it seems. At least judging by this scene and her experiences in Kramer vs. Kramer, Cry in the Dark, and One True Thing. I wonder if there's any sort of trend or connection.
@likeastarbaby just because men dont show their emotions doesnt mean they dont have them. And men are more muscular and heavier than women because they are encouraged at a younger age to be active and partake in sports. it's all about socialization.
This may not have happened in all cases, but this doesn't seem realistic in that many Polish children under 16 were not exterminated, but were adopted by German families because of their racial "purity."
A privilege to keep one when the Nazi guard knew the chosen child would more than likely be gassed as well? I cannot imagine the pain of such a unnatural privilege.. Poor Sophie, making such an impossible "choice" took her life, too, and the sadistic guard knew it..
Look at the little girl's face at 1:12......the child looks terrified beyond belief. This is a riveting scene, and Meryl Streep played it magnificently. Does the creepy Nazi give anyone else chills? I cannot fathom having to make such a horrendous choice.
i usually ignore the shallow and low-brow reactionary remarks of dolts like toymack, but this deserves some response-- evocations of HUMAN cruelty like what is contained in this scene make me WANT to be kicked out this species. no other life form ever --even fictionally imagined --but the twisted humanity of our darkest nightmares is remotely capable of this unbridled depravity. bless the children AND the animals.
@justloveher100 I hear that she was. I read somewhere that the author based the character of Sophie on a woman he met in 1940s Brooklyn. This scene was the reason why my mother could never watch this film!
how could any mother make that choice, i can't imagine being in that position that poor woman. excellent acting, maryl streep, the little girl even the nazi. and ya everybody, please it's goddamn nazis, not goddamn germans, not all germans are nazis
@justloveher100 .... Are you kidding me? You don't think this stuff really happened? I guarantee this happened thousands upon thousands of times during Nazi occupation. That's what makes it truly gut-wrenching.
@fireamusmus @fireamusmus I've known people who were in concentration camps. Most survived because they were young & strong & needed for slave labor. You must live a very sheltered life, indeed. There is much documentary footage of the labor & death camps, taken by journalists reporting from the camps after they were liberated. William Styron, the author of "Sophie's Choice" based the character of Sophie on several people whom he met.
Une des scènes les plus fortes et touchantes du cinéma du tous les temps 😞
that little girl should have deserved an oscar!!
she looked terrified!!!
very good acting!!!!!
That scene always carves the heart out of my chest and crushes it. So tragic. At one point, when the girl is screaming, Sophie's mouth is open as if her daughter is giving her the scream she can't make.
La scene qui vous fait pleurer.Qi'il est difficile d'etre la mere! La scene que je ne peux pas oublier et a cause de laquelle, je trouve Meryl Streep la meilleure. Et a cause de laquelle mon coeur pleure en pensant aux tragedies des tous les gens passant les horreurs de la II guerre mondiale.
la scène la plus horrible que j'ai jamais vu au cinéma ... mais si ce n'était que du cinéma ... Meryl Streep .. que dire ... elle ne joue pas, elle vit.
That little girl's cry is so believable. Its almost too real.
That girl deserved an Oscar nomination. The fear on her face seemed real...and she did not even have to say a word.
Meryl Streep can win an Oscar for reading a book while wearing a burka.
Oh my God just watching this broke my heart in pieces, seriously. So powerful! So magnificent! I can't even...
I know Meryl Streep is amazing, but that little girl does an amazing job! What a fantastic performance from such a young child in such a complex movie.
The director Pakula deserves the aplause, as working with children on this kind of scenes is entirely the director's responsability.
Yeah, I was in awe of that too, not only that it's near perfect (clearly Polish accent), but she also has to act a very difficult and emotional scene in German...amazing.
That is the single most tragic scene of all of film history and very well the best acting I've ever seen. Meryl Streep will always be the best actor/actress to ever live.
I was about 12 years old when this movie came out but I finally saw it last year. I can't believe I managed to go 26 years without someone spoiling the film for me by revealing Sophie's Choice.
Scène mythique de ce film, très dur et très réaliste qui fait état de l'inhumanité de certains " humains " . Je partage l'extrait sur notre chaîne CMPR. Bonne journée à vous toutes et vous tous . Christian
No award is a sure thing.
Streeps were for this.
Probably the greatest acting job in the history of film.
The guy playing the German officer here and the little girl are also outstanding.
Nouvellement abonnés à votre chaîne, Christine 👍👍👍
the greatest performance of alllllllllllllllll time. No DOUBT
I always cry when I see this particular scene!! My mother's heart breaks every time I see it.
How can people be so cruel!! That's something i will never understand!!!
Sophie's Choice is a truly powerful film, it cuts to the core. Meryl is a remarkable actress!! In the movie, Sophie clearly reminisces the extermination of her little girl (playing the recorder). My understanding is that her boy Jan stood a better chance due to his German-like colouring after all, Hitler did encourage blue eyed, blonde headed children!
There's good and bad in everyone, but humans are the most destructive kind.
xox
This is what Stella Adler meant by "size" when she taught actors. When I work with actors and tell them I want "size" they just get louder. THIS, done when Streep was still acting, is what size means in acting. It is quiet, and it is HUGE.
i dont know how anyone can sit here, watch this scene and not feel absolutely sick and disgusted.
essentiel dans ma prise de conscience de l'honneur dans l'humain, j'ai vu ce film très jeune vers 12 ans et il représente pour moi l'expression la plus brutale de l'intolérable, je trouve très courageux et je suis sincèrement reconnaissante des artistes qui se frottent à l'intolérable, ils ancrent des témoignages essentiels et contribuent à une réflection qui doit bouger constament afin de transmettre des miroirs et permettre je l'espère le plus souvent possible de dresser des gardes fous
Dieu vous entende.
That little girl is a very believable actress. She genuinely looks terrified. I know it's acting, but how can that be good for her?
How it's possible don't hate?It's possible.
The greatest performance in a movie I have ever seen in my 30 years.... male or female!
OMG I have never seen that movie, and it looks relly difficult to watch such a thing.... Meryl is really a godess....
Stealing a child away has to be the worst hell on Earth; yet animlas have to suffer this fate thousands of times a day all over the world... humans are worse than animals in many ways.
Wow did you see the way she said NEIN? Acting at it's finest.
Heartbreaking. I'm Pole and I have to say Meryl Streep "polish accent" is amazing. There was many this kind of hard descision at this time, many of them in Oswiecim/Auschwitz.
I read the little girl really was scared.
L'horreur absolue, la petite joue tellement bien la peur, comme meryl streep, cette scène est terrible
I have seen this movie and the great performance of Meryl Streep!!!! I am Catholic and my Religion says that I don't hate,but after this scene,how is possible don't hate???? Perla.
I saw this movie years ago and this scene still puts my teeth on edge...wondrous actress ever
This is better than all those new movies about action and violence... So much more better acting, played with passion, and it's heartbreaking to say the least... :)
@mystic90210 Her reasons are explained in the book. It's been a long time since I read it but I think it was something like: She thought her son had a better chance of surviving in the camp as he was older and stronger than the little girl. Also in the book her daughter isn't taken away quite like this and goes to the chamber holding the hand of her music teacher who is a Jew - she is not aware of what awaits her.
A child shouldn't have to endure being genuinely terrified in order to make a film.
this is heartbreaking
Only Meryl Streep could deliver such a perfect perfomance
So heartbreaking.
A little trivia I've read about this movie: The girl's cry is believable because it IS real. She was not acting. Meryl Streep actually played with her between takes to provide some happiness.
from the very first second I begin to cry...
i hate how she has to repeat "take my baby girl" i cry when that happens :'(
I always cry with this scene :(
no words...just chills
devastating....
we can not even begin to imagine what they all suffered. it is always easy to say what we would have done in the same situation but the reality is we probably would have reacted the same way. she did not know what to do.
Stealing a child from a mother is the lowest of the low
Few actors other than Streep could have done this scene in one go the way she did.
BTW all these holier than thou comments below about Sophie are revolting. I am hoping none of us are ever in this kind of totally insane situation.
NO WORDS
I think in this case you must not choose you let him make the decision. Then you will always know it was his dicision not yours!
this movie and this scene are too overwhelming ...
exactly what i was thinking i could not bear the guilt
How could men like that sleep at night. Also to all those saying this is fictional, the real thing was as bad as this and then some.
i must cry
That´s sad... :( I don´t believe it was, i can´t believe. It´s terrible!
Meryl Streep looks very young and very well... I hope i will see this film full :)
I'm crying, internally. So sad. :(
...that is one powerful scene...
@marawantsluke I dont know if you have kids, but that scene got 10 times worse as soon as my son was born.
That's easily one of the most harrowing scenes in the history of cinema.
Amazing Lighting!
I just so love the little girl. Is she acting or what? It all seems so real.
My thoughts exactly...there's no way she could've intentionally been so genuine at such a young age. It seems as though she didn't really understand what was going on thought that she was actually being taken away..but then ethical questions come into play.
OMG I remember seeing this at movies there was not a dry eye in audience :-(
I cried just watching this trailer
ohhh fucking hell...meryl streep .....im speechless ...every time i see her acting....that bitch is a genius...genius!
I just... cry.... it's... oh :'''(
Heartbreaking
you can see her heart literally breaking at having dared to make the choice. i don't think any of us really know the choice we'd make unless put in exactly the same position. moreover, choosing to live with one or with none is one thing, but how would you decide which one to give up?
I'd go with my child, or say take me instead of them. I'd be with my child till the very end. It make me so mad to think of what some people are capable of doing. Did they have no heart? These are times when I wish we could go back and change the past.... the only thing now we can do is REMEMBER and never let it happen again.
I heard Meryl could only shoot this part once because it was so emotionally draining for her.
this particular scene is still painful to watch...:-(
god, that was painful.
Apparently, Meryl Streep filmed that whole thing in one take because, being a mother herself, she found it to be too emotionally draining and refused to do it again...
@MJsmysoulmate OMG!!!!! Exactly. The acting from that little girl every nanosecond of that scene was amazing
It mostly takes place in USA. Brooklyn, to be exact. So it's mainly in English. The Polish/German parts are flashbacks.
Ce dilemme est le pire des tous. Je crois que j'aurai donné les deux. Mais c'est facile à dire;...
Thanks Samlambl I AM unusual but I read it already; after seeing the movie unfortunately. They did stick close to the book though.
très émouvant, surtout le visage de la petite fille
que escena!!! x dios!!! me dejo angustiado!
@17Lottie
I believe it was because she thought the boy had a better chance of surviving than the girl would have, had they been separated, which was most likely to happen. Heard many theories on the choice, but that seems to make the most sense.
oh my god, it is just depressing
I read the little girl wasn't acting. She really was scared. Meryl Streep tried to make her comfortable by playing with her between scenes.
Streep's characters don't seem to have much luck with their children, it seems. At least judging by this scene and her experiences in Kramer vs. Kramer, Cry in the Dark, and One True Thing. I wonder if there's any sort of trend or connection.
It happened.
Remember.
Donde puedo ver la película completa subtitulada español ?
@likeastarbaby just because men dont show their emotions doesnt mean they dont have them. And men are more muscular and heavier than women because they are encouraged at a younger age to be active and partake in sports. it's all about socialization.
What happened next? And why did she choose the little girl over the boy?
meryl streep is amazing but bravo to that little girl
I like when The Ninja Turtles rescue the girl right before the end.
This may not have happened in all cases, but this doesn't seem realistic in that many Polish children under 16 were not exterminated, but were adopted by German families because of their racial "purity."
ohhh i understand now thankyou
ohhhh, but wasn't the little girl getting sent to Auschwitz?
or was she saving the girl?
You comment puts me in mind of the poem 'Vultures' by Chinua Achebe, which explores your very point. Worth a read?
A privilege to keep one when the Nazi guard knew the chosen child would more than likely be gassed as well? I cannot imagine the pain of such a unnatural privilege.. Poor Sophie, making such an impossible "choice" took her life, too, and the sadistic guard knew it..
Quelle horreur. Qu'une mère choisisse de garder son fils est sans surprise pour moi...
Look at the little girl's face at 1:12......the child looks terrified beyond belief. This is a riveting scene, and Meryl Streep played it magnificently. Does the creepy Nazi give anyone else chills? I cannot fathom having to make such a horrendous choice.
was this a true story? anybody know?
i usually ignore the shallow and low-brow reactionary remarks of dolts like toymack, but this deserves some response-- evocations of HUMAN cruelty like what is contained in this scene make me WANT to be kicked out this species. no other life form ever --even fictionally imagined --but the twisted humanity of our darkest nightmares is remotely capable of this unbridled depravity. bless the children AND the animals.
I've never seen this film but it has some excellent acting skills, does anyone know why she chose to keep the boy?
@justloveher100 I hear that she was. I read somewhere that the author based the character of Sophie on a woman he met in 1940s Brooklyn. This scene was the reason why my mother could never watch this film!
how could any mother make that choice, i can't imagine being in that position that poor woman. excellent acting, maryl streep, the little girl even the nazi. and ya everybody, please it's goddamn nazis, not goddamn germans, not all germans are nazis
@justloveher100 .... Are you kidding me? You don't think this stuff really happened? I guarantee this happened thousands upon thousands of times during Nazi occupation. That's what makes it truly gut-wrenching.
How old are the children?
@fireamusmus @fireamusmus I've known people who were in concentration camps. Most survived because they were young & strong & needed for slave labor. You must live a very sheltered life, indeed. There is much documentary footage of the labor & death camps, taken by journalists reporting from the camps after they were liberated. William Styron, the author of "Sophie's Choice" based the character of Sophie on several people whom he met.