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Auction of Souls  (1919)


5.2|19 Jan, 1919|90 min
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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.
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Keywords
partially lost film

Casts

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

Crews

Oscar Apfel
Oscar Apfel
Director
Aurora Mardiganian
Aurora Mardiganian
Writer
Nora Waln
Screenplay
Frederick Chapin
Screenplay
William Nicholas Selig
William Nicholas Selig
Producer

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