You may keep one of your children. The other one must go.

Sophie's Choice

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Topic

Mothers and children Parents and children Decisions and choices

Speaker

SS Doctor

Actor

Karlheinz Hackl

Source

Sophie's Choice

Medium

Film

Genre

Psychological drama (film) Drama (film) Psychological drama Drama

Language

English

Time

1982 1980s 20th century

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Citation

Sophie's Choice. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, Keith Barish Productions/ITC Entertainment, 1982.

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Source
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Genre
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Time
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Citation

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Genre
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Citation

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