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1919 Drama Romance War 1h 30m

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.

4.9 TMDB RATING
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Principal Cast

Aurora Mardiganian

Irving Cummings

Anna Q. Nilsson

Henry Morganthau

Howard Davies

Hector Dion

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