Auction of Souls

1919

90 min

5.2

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A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs. It is thought to be the first film about made about genocide. All known complete copies of the film have been lost. A restored and edited 24-minute segment of the historic motion picture was released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California. It is based on a rare surviving reel of film edited in Soviet Armenia.

Budget

$0

Genre

Drama, Romance, War, History

Director

Oscar Apfel

Country

Cast & Crew

Aurora Mardiganian

Irving Cummings

Anna Q. Nilsson

Henry Morganthau

Howard Davies

Hector Dion

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Auction of Souls

A Hollywood biographical film about a survivor's experience of the Armenian Genocide. Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian plays herself in the film which is based on her published memoirs. It is thought to be the first film about made about genocide. All known complete copies of the film have been lost. A restored and edited 24-minute segment of the historic motion picture was released in 2009 by the Armenian Genocide Resource Center of Northern California. It is based on a rare surviving reel of film edited in Soviet Armenia.

  • Aurora Mardiganian

  • Irving Cummings

  • Anna Q. Nilsson

  • Henry Morganthau

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