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Auction of Souls

1919-01-19
5.2
xx 90m
DramaRomanceWarHistory
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

Writer

Aurora Mardiganian

Screenplay

Nora Waln

Screenplay

Frederick Chapin

Producer

William Nicholas Selig

partially lost film

Status

Released

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