| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
 Alan J. Pakula | Crew | Directing | Director, Producer, Screenplay |
 Albert Wolsky | Crew | Costume & Make-Up | Costume Design |
 Alixe Gordin | Crew | Production | Casting |
Carol Joffe | Crew | Art | Set Decoration |
Evan A. Lottman | Crew | Editing | Editor |
George Jenkins | Crew | Art | Production Design |
John Jay Moore | Crew | Art | Art Direction |
Keith Barish | Crew | Production | Producer |
Martin Starger | Crew | Production | Executive Producer |
 Marvin Hamlisch | Crew | Sound | Original Music Composer |
 Néstor Almendros | Crew | Camera | Director of Photography |
William C. Gerrity | Crew | Production | Associate Producer |
 William Styron | Crew | Writing | Novel |
Cortez Nance Jr. | Cast | Actor | Bellboy |
 David Wohl | Cast | Actor | English Teacher |
 Eugene Lipinski | Cast | Actor | Polish Professor |
 Eugeniusz Priwieziencew | Cast | Actor | |
 Günther Maria Halmer | Cast | Actor | Rudolf Höss |
 Ivica Pajer | Cast | Actor | Sophie's Father |
 John Rothman | Cast | Actor | Librarian |
 Josef Sommer | Cast | Actor | Narrator (voice) |
 Joseph Leon | Cast | Actor | Dr. Blackstock |
 Josh Mostel | Cast | Actor | Morris Fink |
 Karlheinz Hackl | Cast | Actor | SS Doctor |
 Katharina Thalbach | Cast | Actress | Wanda |
 Kevin Kline | Cast | Actor | Nathan Landau |
Marcell Rosenblatt | Cast | Astrid Weinstein | |
 Meryl Streep | Cast | Actress | Zofia "Sophie" Zawistowski |
 Moishe Rosenfeld | Cast | Moishe Rosenblum | |
Nina Polan | Cast | Woman in English Class | |
 Peter MacNicol | Cast | Actor | Stingo |
 Robin Bartlett | Cast | Actress | Lillian Grossman |
Stephen D. Newman | Cast | Larry | |
 Tobin Bell | Cast | Actor | Reporter |
 Ulli Fessl | Cast | Actress | Frau Höss |
Vida Jerman | Cast | Actress | Female SS Guard |
 Rita Karin | Cast | Actress | Yetta |
Greta Turken | Cast | Leslie Lapidus | |
 Krystyna Karkowska | Cast | Actress | |
Peter Wagenbreth | Cast | ||
Nedim Prohić | Cast | Josef | |
Armand Dahan | Cast | ||
Marko Zec | Cast | ||
Alexander Sirotin | Cast | ||
Adrian Kalitka | Cast | Sophie's Child | |
Sandra Markota | Cast | ||
Jennifer Lawn | Cast | Sophie's Child | |
Melanie Pianka | Cast | Emmi Hoess | |
Irena Hampel | Cast | ||
Michaela Karacic | Cast | Sophie as a Child | |
Hrvoje Sostaric | Cast | ||
| Person | Type | Job | Role(s) |
