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Ravished Armenia, also known as Auction of Souls, is a 1919 American silent film based on the autobiographical book Ravished Armenia by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian, who also played the lead role in the film. The film, which depicts the 1915 Armenian Genocide by the Ottoman Empire from the point of view of Armenian survivor Mardiganian, who plays herself in the film, survives in an incomplete form.
Original Release
01/19/1919
US Release
01/19/1919
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Irving Cummings | Andranik |
| Anna Q. Nilsson | Edith Graham |
| Henry Morgenthau | U.S. Ambassador Henry Morgenthau |
| Lillian West | |
| Eugenie Besserer | |
| Frank Clark | |
| Howard Davies | |
| Hector Dion | |
| Miles McCarthy | |
| Aurora Mardiganian | Aurora |
Directors
Writers
Aurora Mardiganian, Henry Leyford Gates, Frederick Chapin
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Irving Cummings | Andranik |
| Anna Q. Nilsson | Edith Graham |
| Henry Morgenthau | U.S. Ambassador Henry Morgenthau |
| Lillian West | |
| Eugenie Besserer | |
| Frank Clark | |
| Howard Davies | |
| Hector Dion | |
| Miles McCarthy | |
| Aurora Mardiganian | Aurora |
Producers
| Name | Role |
|---|
| William Nicholas Selig | Producer |
