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    Auction of Souls

    Auction of Souls

    1919

    1:30:48

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    Genre

    Drama
    Romance
    War
    History

    Plot

    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.

    Director

    Oscar Apfel

    Writers

    Nora Waln, Aurora Mardiganian, Frederick Chapin,

    Stars

    Aurora Mardiganian, Irving Cummings, Anna Q. Nilsson, Henry Morganthau, Howard Davies,