Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', hy, Հարութ Վարդան, 23 June 1880 – 14 April 1945) was a German

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origin who appeared in around ninety films during his career, generally in supporting roles.

Life and career

Born Arutjun Wartanian in Nakhichevan in the

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, he was of

heritage. He graduated from high school in 1898 in

Tbilisi Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million p ...

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, and then briefly studied medicine in

Kharkov Kharkiv ( uk, Ха́рків, ), also known as Kharkov (russian: Харькoв, ), is the second-largest city and municipality in Ukraine.

(now in

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). Around the turn of the century he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to

St. Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. During the Revolution of 1905 he moved to

Saxony Saxony (german: Sachsen ; Upper Saxon: ''Saggsn''; hsb, Sakska), officially the Free State of Saxony (german: Freistaat Sachsen, links=no ; Upper Saxon: ''Freischdaad Saggsn''; hsb, Swobodny stat Sakska, links=no), is a landlocked state of ...

in Germany and studied at the

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. He also worked in Chile and Bolivia before returning to Germany and working as a

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then moving into acting and performing on the stage and screen (since 1916). During the early years he often appeared in leading roles, but as time passed he increasing switched to character roles. In the Nazi era he played small roles, particularly Russians, in propaganda films such as ''

Attack on Baku ''Attack on Baku'' (german: Anschlag auf Baku) is a 1942 German thriller film directed by Fritz Kirchhoff and starring Willy Fritsch, René Deltgen, and Fritz Kampers. The film was intended as anti-British propaganda during the Second World ...

'' (1942).Giesen p.187 He died of stroke in the last weeks of the Second World War.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Ghost Hunt ''The Ghost Hunt'' (German: ''Die Geisterjagd'') is a 1918 German silent crime film directed by Johannes Guter and starring Ernst Reicher, Esther Carena and Aruth Wartan.Krautz p.40 It is part of a long-running series of films featuring the det ...

'' (1918) * '' Margot de Plaisance'' (1919) * ''

Christian Wahnschaffe ''Christian Wahnschaffe'' is a 1920 German silent drama film directed by Urban Gad and starring Conrad Veidt, Lillebil Ibsen, and Fritz Kortner. It was released in two parts ''World Ablaze'' (''Weltbrand'') in November 1920 and ''The Escape fr ...

'' (1920) * ''

Evelyn's Love Adventures ''Evelyn's Love Adventures'' (German: ''Die Liebesabenteuer der schönen Evelyne'') is a 1921 German silent thriller film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Max Wogritsch and Aruth Wartan.Grange p.105 The film's sets were des ...

'' (1921) * ''

The Living Propeller ''The Living Propeller'' (German: ''Der lebende Propeller'') is a 1921 German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Aruth Wartan and Felix Hecht.Grange p.98 The film's sets were designed by the art director Ja ...

'' (1921) * '' Her Highness the Dancer'' (1922) * ''

Girl of the Berlin Streets ''Girl of the Berlin Streets'' (German: ''Das Straßenmädchen von Berlin'') is a 1922 German silent drama film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Aruth Wartan and Fritz Bernhardt.Grange p.118 Cast * Lee Parry as Anna Hart ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Moneylender's Daughter ''The Moneylender's Daughter'' (German: ''Die Tochter des Wucherers'') is a 1922 German silent film directed by Fritz Bernhardt and starring Lee Parry, Max Wogritsch and Olaf Storm.Bock & Bergfelder p.104 Cast * Lee Parry as Thoea Nothmer * M ...

'' (1922) * ''

The Romance of a Poor Sinner ''The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (german: Der Roman einer armen Sünderin) is a 1922 German silent film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Lee Parry, Aruth Wartan and Eduard Rothauser.Bock & Bergfelder p. 104 The film's sets were designe ...

'' (1922) * '' The Shadow of the Mosque'' (1923) * ''

Father Voss ''Father Voss'' (German:''Vater Voss'') is a 1925 German silent comedy film directed by Max Mack and starring Stewart Rome, Mary Odette and Lotte Stein. It was one of a number of popular comedies released by UFA alongside its more prestigiou ...

'' (1925) * '' The Man on the Comet'' (1925) * ''

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'' (1925) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * ''

The Red Mouse ''The Red Mouse'' (german: Die rote Maus) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Rudolf Meinert and starring Aud Egede-Nissen, Paul Richter, and Charles Willy Kayser. It premiered at the Marmorhaus in Berlin Berlin ( , ) is the capital ...

'' (1926) * ''

The Villa in Tiergarten Park ''The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (german: Die Villa im Tiergarten) is a 1927 German silent romance film directed by Franz Osten and starring Joe Stöckel, Aud Egede-Nissen, and Elsa Krueger. It still survives unlike many films from the silent ...

'' (1927) * '' Escape from Hell'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) * '' Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest'' (1928) * '' Orient'' (1928) * '' Volga Volga'' (1928) * '' Taxi at Midnight'' (1929) * '' Men Without Work'' (1929) * '' His Best Friend'' (1929) * '' The Ship of Lost Souls'' (1929) * '' The Man in the Dark'' (1930) * '' Busy Girls'' (1930) * '' A Storm Over Zakopane'' (1931) * '' Shadows of the Underworld'' (1931) * ''

Road to Rio ''Road to Rio'' is a 1947 American semimusical comedy film directed by Norman Z. McLeod and starring Bing Crosby, Bob Hope, and Dorothy Lamour. Written by Edmund Beloin and Jack Rose, the film is about two inept vaudevillians who stow away on ...

'' (1931) * ''

The Adventurer of Tunis ''The Adventurer of Tunis'' (german: Die Abenteurerin von Tunis) is a 1931 German adventure film directed by Willi Wolff and starring Philipp Manning, Theo Shall, and Ellen Richter. It was made at the Staaken Studios in Berlin.Klaus p.14 Locat ...

'' (1931) * '' Tannenberg'' (1932) * '' Death Over Shanghai'' (1932) * ''

Asew ''Asew'' or ''Double-Agent Asew'' or ''Asew the Agent Provocateur'' (german: Lockspitzel Asew) is a 1935 German-Austrian thriller film directed by Phil Jutzi and starring Fritz Rasp, Olga Tschechowa, and Hilde von Stolz. It was shot at the Sie ...

'' (1935) * ''

Across the Desert ''Across the Desert'' (german: Durch die Wüste) is a 1936 German adventure film directed by Johann Alexander Hübler-Kahla and starring Fred Raupach, Heinz Evelt and Aruth Wartan. It was based on a novel by Karl May. It was the first sound ad ...

'' (1936) * ''

City of Anatol ''City of Anatol'' (german: Stadt Anatol) is a 1936 German drama film directed by Viktor Tourjansky and starring Gustav Fröhlich, Brigitte Horney and Fritz Kampers. It is based on a 1932 novel '' City of Anatol'' by Bernhard Kellermann. The fi ...

'' (1936) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * ''

The Impossible Mister Pitt ''The Impossible Mister Pitt'' (German: ''Der unmögliche Herr Pitt'') is a 1938 German adventure crime film directed by and starring Harry Piel. It also features Willi Schur, Leopold von Ledebur and Hilde Weissner. It was shot at the Babelsberg ...

'' (1938) * '' Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * ''

The Desert Song ''The Desert Song'' is an operetta with music by Sigmund Romberg and book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, Otto Harbach and Frank Mandel. It was inspired by the 1925 uprising of the Riffs, a group of Moroccan fighters, against French colo ...

'' (1939) * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940) * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) * ''

Carl Peters Carl Peters (27 September 1856 – 10 September 1918), was a German colonial ruler, explorer, politician and author and a major promoter of the establishment of the German colony of East Africa (part of the modern republic Tanzania). Life H ...

'' (1941) * '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942) * ''

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen ''The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' is a 1988 adventure fantasy film co-written and directed by Terry Gilliam, and starring John Neville, Sarah Polley, Eric Idle, Jonathan Pryce, Oliver Reed, Robin Williams and Uma Thurman. An interna ...

'' (1943)

References

Bibliography

* Giesen, Rolf. ''Nazi Propaganda Films: A History and Filmography''. McFarland & Company, 2003. * Grange, William. ''Cultural Chronicle of the Weimar Republic''. Scarecrow Press, 2008.

External links

* 1880 births 1945 deaths German male film actors German male silent film actors Armenian male film actors Armenian male silent film actors German male stage actors Male actors from the Russian Empire Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Germany People from Nakhchivan 20th-century German male actors {{Germany-film-actor-stub