Film
Auction of Souls
1919 · 1h 30m · Drama · Romance · War
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Overview
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.
Cast
Aurora Mardiganian
Aurora
Irving Cummings
Andranik
Anna Q. Nilsson
Edith Graham
Henry Morganthau
U.S. Ambassador Henry Morganthau
Howard Davies
Hector Dion
Crew
- Oscar ApfelDirector
- Nora WalnScreenplay
- Frederick ChapinScreenplay
- Aurora MardiganianWriter
- William Nicholas SeligProducer
Details
- Release date
- January 19, 1919
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- xx
- Runtime
- 1h 30m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, War, History
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