| Ravished Armenia | |
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Ravished_Armenia.jpg) Original 1919 poster for the film | |
| Directed by | Oscar Apfel |
| Written by | Harvey Gates Aurora Mardiganian Nora Waln Frederic Chapin |
| Produced by | William Nicholas Selig |
| Starring | Aurora Mardiganian Irving Cummings Anna Q. Nilsson Henry Morgenthau Lillian West |
| Distributed by | First National Pictures |
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| Country | United States |
| Language | Silent (English subtitles) |
| Box office | $1 million[1] |
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,[2] survives in an incomplete form.
- ^ "You Never Can Tell". Variety. 4 February 1921. p. 32. Retrieved 9 August 2024.
- ^ Review, synopsis and link to watch the film: "A cinema history". Retrieved 15 July 2014.