A survivor's journey from bloodshed to the red carpet
8.4
97 min
The story of how Aurora Mardiganian (1901-94), a survivor of the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Empire (1915-17), became a Hollywood silent film star.
Name | Character | Team | |
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Anzhelika Hakobyan | Aurora | Unowned | |
Tamara Chalkhifalaqyan | Aurora's Mother | Unowned | |
Shushan Abrahamyan | Lusineh | Unowned | |
Sergey Gasparyan | Hovnan | Unowned | |
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Ani Ghazaryan | Sara | Unowned |
Rafael Melqonyan | Martiros | Unowned | |
Hambardzum Ghazanchyan | Aurora's Father | Unowned | |
Vahagn Tulbenjyan | Poghos | Unowned | |
Harut Galstyan | Shepherd | Unowned | |
Vram Meliqyan | Turkish Soldier #1 | Unowned | |
Tigran Baghdasaryan | Turkish Soldier #2 | Unowned | |
Hrant Gishyan | Wealthy Buyer | Unowned | |
Ashkhen Tsaturyan | First Aunt | Unowned | |
Nara Sargsyan | Second Aunt | Unowned | |
Arman Tovmasyan | Turkish Soldier #3 | Unowned | |
Valter Avetisyan | Turkish Soldier #4 | Unowned | |
Miqael Shaqaryan | Cousin Suren | Unowned | |
Anri Karapetyan | Cousin Hrant | Unowned | |
Seyran Akopov | German Officer | Unowned | |
Mikael Frangulyan | German Soldier #1 | Unowned | |
Armen Hovhannisyan | German Soldier #2 | Unowned | |
Tigran Arakelyan | Kind German Soldier | Unowned | |
Marine Petrosyan | Kurdish Woman | Unowned | |
Mikayel Aleksanyan | Kurdish Man | Unowned | |
Apaven Aleksanyan | Wounded Turkish Soldier | Unowned | |
Gor Hakobyan | Priest #1 | Unowned | |
Arsen Khechoyan | Priest #2 | Unowned | |
Garik Torosyan | Bandit #1 | Unowned | |
Aleksandr Harutyunyan | Bandit #2 | Unowned | |
Armen Machkaryan | Bey | Unowned | |
Janibek Abrahamyan | Bride Salesman | Unowned | |
Stella Ter-Hakobyan | Bey's Young Wife #1 | Unowned | |
Lilit Frangulyan | Bey's Young Wife #2 | Unowned | |
Sergey Tovmasyan | Uncle Ghazar | Unowned | |
Edgar Avetisyan | Professor Loulajian | Unowned | |
Mayis Chaush | Fedayi #1 | Unowned | |
Grigor Muradyan | Fedayi #2 | Unowned | |
Ruben Ghazaryan | Fedayi #3 | Unowned | |
Mos Zanyan | Kurdish Soldier #1 | Unowned | |
Vladimir Poghosyan | Kurdish Soldier #2 | Unowned | |
Tigran Shamyan | Armenian Soldier | Unowned | |
Levon Mkrtchyan | Commander Andranik | Unowned | |
Arkadi Evoyan | Ellis Island Official | Unowned | |
Anush Vardanyan | Armenian Old Woman | Unowned | |
Miqayel Martirosyan | Armenian Old Man | Unowned | |
Arman Gasparyan | Mr. Stone | Unowned | |
Harutyun Harutyunyan | American Journalist #1 | Unowned | |
Alexandr Baghdasaryan | American Journalist #2 | Unowned | |
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Ervin Amiryan | Henry Gates | Unowned |
Marianna Jilavdaryan | Eleanor Gates | Unowned | |
Harut Ghazaryan | Translator | Unowned | |
Arpine Hovhannisyan | Actress | Unowned | |
Tigran Amirkhanyan | Charlie Chaplin | Unowned | |
Khachatur Chobanyan | William Selig | Unowned | |
Syuzi Sargsyan | Nun | Unowned | |
Tamara Iskandaryan | Mrs. Harriman | Unowned | |
Arpi Petrossian | Aurora (voice) | Unowned | |
Ani Toroian | Aurora's Mother (voice) | Unowned | |
Ruben Ghazaryan | Aurora's Father (voice) | Unowned | |
Mher Gabrielyan | Shepherd (voice) | Unowned | |
Artak Shaqaryan | Turkish Soldier #1 (voice) | Unowned | |
Garnik Seyranyan | Turkish Soldier #2 (voice) | Unowned | |
Nvard Ghazaryan | Aunt #1 (voice) | Unowned | |
Ani Voskanyan | Aunt #2 (voice) | Unowned | |
Ashot Khachatryan | German Officer (voice) | Unowned | |
Tengiz Uzoyan | Kurdish Man (voice) | Unowned | |
Varand Bedrossian | Uncle Ghazar (voice) | Unowned | |
Razmik Minassyan | Professor Loulajian (voice) | Unowned | |
George van Eesteren | Mr. Gates (voice) | Unowned | |
Sara Anjargolian | Mrs. Harriman (voice) | Unowned | |
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Aurora Mardiganian | Self (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Henry Morgenthau | Self - Diplomat (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Woodrow Wilson | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Vladimir Lenin | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Unowned |
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Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Self - Politician (archive footage) | Unowned |
Alexandr Baghdasaryan | American Journalist #2 | Unowned |