Meryl Streep as Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski

Kevin Kline as Nathan Landau

Peter MacNicol as Stingo

Rita Karin as Yetta

Josh Mostel as Morris Fink

Robin Bartlett as Lillian Grossman

Eugene Lipinski as Polish Professor

John Rothman as Librarian

Joseph Leon as Dr. Blackstock

David Wohl as English Teacher

Günther Maria Halmer as Rudolf Höss

Karlheinz Hackl as SS Doctor

Ulli Fessl as Frau Höss

Katharina Thalbach as Wanda

Moishe Rosenfeld as Moishe Rosenblum

Stephen D. Newman as Larry

Greta Turken as Leslie Lapidus

Marcell Rosenblatt as Astrid Weinstein

Nina Polan as Woman in English Class

Eugeniusz Priwieziencew as

Krystyna Karkowska as

Peter Wagenbreth as

Ivica Pajer as Sophie's Father

Josef Sommer as Narrator (voice)

Melanie Pianka as Emmi Hoess

Alexander Sirotin as

Armand Dahan as

Cortez Nance Jr. as Bellboy

Nedim Prohić as Josef

Jennifer Lawn as Sophie's Child

Adrian Kalitka as Sophie's Child

Vida Jerman as Female SS Guard

Irena Hampel as

Sandra Markota as

Hrvoje Sostaric as

Marko Zec as

Michaela Karacic as Sophie as a Child

Tobin Bell as Reporter