Arman

Acting

Arman

Born 1921-02-21 · Tabriz, Iran

Aramais Vardani Hovsepian (Armenian: Արամայիս Վարդանի Հովսեփյան), known as Arman Hovsepian (Persian: آرمان هوسپیان‎; February 21, 1921 – August 18, 1980) was an Iranian Armenian actor. He was born in Tabriz. He started performing in school theaters before he landed a major role in Namus in 1940 and entered nonprofessional theater. He moved to Tehran in 1954 and joined the theater group of Ararat Club and worked with celebrities like Joseph Vaezian, Samuel Khachikian, and Aramais Aghamalian. He made his first screen debut in Khachikian's first film, The Return (1953), and opted to act mainly in his following pictures: A Girl From Shiraz, Crossroads of Incidents, Blood and Grace, Storm in Our Town, A Cry at Midnight, and Apprehension. Arman was one of the distinctive actors of the 1950s and 1960s Iranian cinema, and the brand of characters he portrayed was mostly rich people gone bankrupt or confronted with serious problems. He tried his hand in directing and producing films with Bride of the Sea in 1965 and raised his production to five. The Tenant (1972) was another movie he directed, produced, and played. He was also the actor and producer of two films by Mohammad Deljou and Amir Mojahed: Cronies (1974) and The Night of the Loners (1975). He died on August 18, 1980 at the age 59 in Barcelona and was buried at Christian Armenian Burastan Cemetery in Tehran

Acting credits

Destiny poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Destiny

1968

Night of Strangers poster
NR

Siamak is a thief who is working for Abbas Khalkoob. He lives with his gambler friend Tagfgdfzhi in a rented room. One day Siamak pickpocket a guy in the bus but Reza steals it from him. This leads these two to know each other and fall in love.

Night of Strangers

1975

Dandelion poster
NR

Ghasem is a young gambler who makes a living by stealing old women's purses. His mother treats him kindly. But his father, a police officer, ignores him. His father throws him out of the house and Qasim moves in with his friend Aziz. Qasim steals Zari's purse, and a few days later, Zari, upon seeing Qasim, chases him and faints in a car accident. Qasim takes her to a friend's house, and Zari, after regaining consciousness, starts a brawl. The two gradually become interested in each other. Qasim steals the guests' purses at a party at her house, and Zari's stepmother sees him. Zari leaves her stepmother's house and takes refuge with Qasim, and Qasim marries her. Qasim, unable to find a decent job, robs a jewelry store after discovering that Zari is pregnant and is killed by a bullet fired by his father while trying to escape.

Dandelion

1976

The Compromise poster
3.7

A thief accidentally overhears a phone call in which the caller lies to his wife while cheating on her. Thief decides to blackmail him.

The Compromise

1974

Anxiety poster
7.5

Behrouz - a criminal story writer - is married with Roxanne and is running the factory of Roxanne's cousin who was killed in an accident in his factory...

Anxiety

1962

The Strike poster
7.0

Jamal has a sick wife at home to take care of. Hussein Agha who is Jamal’s colleague likes his daughter, Shirin. Dr. Cyrus Amin is also in love with her, but his mother is against the relationship.

The Strike

1964

Khoon va sharaf poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

Khoon va sharaf

1955

The Glass Wall poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Glass Wall

1971

Crossroad of Events poster
7.0

In Tehran, a young man struggles between keeping his integrity and joining a band of criminals to prosper for the woman he loves.

Crossroad of Events

1955

Rebellion poster
NR

A group of thieves gets attacked by the police, and one of them is shot dead by Reza.

Rebellion

1966

The Bride of the Sea poster
6.0

Habib and Maryam love each other and want to get marry but another guy Akbar first go to her father and proposes for her. Meanwhile the father is in debt to Changiz which makes him to face him.

The Bride of the Sea

1965

Leyli and Majnoon poster
2.0

This Iranian drama tells the tragic love story of Leyli and Majnoon, whose intense passion leads to suffering and separation.

Leyli and Majnoon

1970

Shohare kerayei poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shohare kerayei

1974

Crossing the Night poster
NR

Farhad (Vafa) and Marguerite (Shahrzad Armani) have been interested in each other since their school years, but one is muslim and the other one is christian...

Crossing the Night

1979

No artwork available
NR

Morteza is a thief familiar with a young man known as Behrooz, who came to the capital to study.

Shab Zakhmi

1977

A Girl from Shiraz poster
NR

When Ayeshe loses her only child to hunger and poverty, she decides to avenge her ex-husband who she holds responsible for all her troubles.

A Girl from Shiraz

1954

Reza Chelcheleh poster
NR

"Reza Chelcheleh" is a clumsy young man who has only one friend named "Farrokh" and a dog. Farrokh is a wealthy person who has grown tired of his father's strictness and has turned to a simple life.

Reza Chelcheleh

1971

Shokoh-e-javanmardi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shokoh-e-javanmardi

1968

The Agitator poster
NR

Babak, who manages his uncle's factory, is interested in Simin, the secretary of the factory. Some time later, Matin, Babak's cousin, returns from Europe trip and meets Simin. In order to change his father's opinion about Babak, he disrupts the affairs of the factory with the cooperation of some evil workers, and with their help, he writes false reports about the management of the factory and delivers them to his father ...

The Agitator

1972

The Humans poster
9.0

Three poor men encounter a blind girl, and because the girl doesn't have any acquaintance they take her to their home and pretend that they are wealthy. The youngest man falls in love with the girl and it's also him who thinks of finding a cure for the girl and with the help of his two friends he is able to find treatment for her. In the day that is due for the girl to return from the hospital, they are worried that they might not get accepted because of their condition and status. But against their worries, the girl accepts them just as when she was blind.

The Humans

1964

The Return poster
7.0

A relatively wealthy family takes a child from a village to the city to serve in their house. The child patiently and dedicatedly uses his minimal free time for education and becomes an active and valuable person in his youth. While Hamid, the eldest son of the family, who grew up in prosperity, becomes a delinquent youth. The two fall in love with a young girl.

The Return

1953

One Beautiful and 1000 Problems poster
NR

A wise man's job is to find young men with good lineage but no financial means, and after training them in various skills with masters, he introduces them to wealthy families with daughters, and after they are able to get married, he makes money in this way...

One Beautiful and 1000 Problems

1971

The City of Wine poster
NR

Nasim lives with her mother, Naneh-Roghi, in a public house. A girl named Badri, who also works in the same house, is interested in Nasim. One day, Badri shows Naneh-Roghi a photo of a man named Mehrnia, who has promised to marry her. Naneh-Roghi confesses that Nasim is the result of her illegitimate relationship with Mehrnia, and in a meeting with Mehrnia, she asks him to bring some stability to Nasim’s life...

The City of Wine

1976

Croesus' Treasure poster
5.0

Qarun, a rich man who has decided to suicide is saved by two penniless people, Ali Bigham and his friend Hassan Jeghjeghe. As the two guys take care of him, Qarun learns about the other part of the society and poor people's life.

Croesus' Treasure

1965

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