Ravished Armenia

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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.

Country:
Genre:

Drama,

Romance,

War,

History

Duration:

90 minutes

Year:

1919

Director:

Oscar Apfel

Cast:
Aurora Mardiganian

Irving Cummings

Anna Q. Nilsson

Henry Morganthau

Howard Davies

Crew:
Oscar Apfel

Director

Aurora Mardiganian

Writer

Nora Waln

Screenplay

Frederick Chapin

Screenplay

William Nicholas Selig

Producer