Auction of Souls
19/01/1919
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.
Drama
Romance
War
History
Movie Information
Aurora Mardiganian
as
Irving Cummings
as
Anna Q. Nilsson
as
Henry Morganthau
as
Howard Davies
as
Hector Dion
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