Auction of Souls

Overview

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.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

January 19, 1919

Original language

English

Spoken languages

Armenian

Production

First National Pictures,Selig Company

Cast

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

Director

Oscar Apfel

Writer

Nora Waln,Frederick Chapin,Aurora Mardiganian

Producer

William Nicholas Selig

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0009892