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Ravished Armenia is a film of genre Drama directed by Oscar Apfel released in USA on 19 january 1919 with Aurora Mardiganian

Ravished Armenia (1919)

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Released in USA 19 january 1919
Directed by
Genres Drama,    War,    Documentary,    Historical,    Romance
Rating55% 2.7529152.7529152.7529152.7529152.752915

This article is about the 1918 book Ravished Armenia as well as the 1919 film Auction of Souls based on the autobiographical book



Ravished Armenia, full title Ravished Armenia; the Story of Aurora Mardiganian, the Christian Girl, Who Survived the Great Massacres is a book written in 1918 by Arshaluys (Aurora) Mardiganian about her experiences in the Armenian Genocide.

A Hollywood film based on it was filmed in 1919 under the title Auction of Souls (which also became to be known as Ravished Armenia, based on the book it was adapted from). All known complete copies of the film have since been lost, but Mardiganian's account is still in print.

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Aurora Mardiganian
Irving Cummings
Anna Q. Nilsson
Lillian West
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