Auction of Souls

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Auction of Souls (1919)

Directed by Oscar Apfel

Drama, Romance, War, History · 1h 30m

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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Cast

Aurora Mardiganian Aurora Irving Cummings Andranik Anna Q. Nilsson Edith Graham
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Henry Morganthau U.S. Ambassador Henry Morganthau
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Howard Davies
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Hector Dion

Crew

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

Details

Release date
1919-01-19
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama, Romance, War, History
Original language
XX
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
United States of America
Production
First National Pictures, Selig Company