Aruth Wartan (or ''Haruth Vartan'', ; 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. in the

He graduated from high school in 1898 in

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, and then briefly studied medicine in

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(now in

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). Around the turn of the century he briefly lived in Japan before relocating to St. Petersburg. During the Revolution of 1905 he moved to

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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 mining engineer then moving into acting and performing on the stage and screen (since 1916). During his early years he often appeared in leading roles, but as time passed he switched to character roles. In the Nazi era he played small roles, particularly Russians, in propaganda films such as '' Attack on Baku'' (1942).Giesen p.187 He died of stroke in the last weeks of the Second World War.

Selected filmography

* '' The Ghost Hunt'' (1918) * '' Margot de Plaisance'' (1919) * '' Christian Wahnschaffe'' (1920) * '' Evelyn's Love Adventures'' (1921) * '' The Living Propeller'' (1921) * '' Her Highness the Dancer'' (1922) * '' Girl of the Berlin Streets'' (1922) * '' The Moneylender's Daughter'' (1922) * '' The Romance of a Poor Sinner'' (1922) * '' The Shadow of the Mosque'' (1923) * '' Father Voss'' (1925) * '' The Man on the Comet'' (1925) * '' People in Need'' (1925) * '' The Eleven Schill Officers'' (1926) * '' The Red Mouse'' (1926) * '' The Villa in Tiergarten Park'' (1927) * '' Escape from Hell'' (1928) * '' Luther'' (1928) * '' Eddy Polo in the Wasp's Nest'' (1928) * ''

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'' (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'' (1931) * '' The Adventurer of Tunis'' (1931) * '' Tannenberg'' (1932) * '' Death Over Shanghai'' (1932) * '' Asew'' (1935) * '' Across the Desert'' (1936) * '' City of Anatol'' (1936) * '' His Best Friend'' (1937) * '' The Impossible Mister Pitt'' (1938) * '' Men, Animals and Sensations'' (1938) * '' The Desert Song'' (1939) * '' The Fire Devil'' (1940) * '' A Man Astray'' (1940) * '' Carl Peters'' (1941) * '' Geheimakte W.B.1'' (1942) * '' The Adventures of Baron Munchausen'' (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-1880s-stub