Auction of Souls

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.

Genre:

Drama , Romance , War , History

Duration:

90 min

Actor:

Aurora Mardiganian , Irving Cummings , Anna Q. Nilsson

Quality:

HD

Director:

Oscar Apfel

Release:

1919

Country:

United States of America

IMDb:

4.9