Arman

Acting

Arman

Born — Died

1921-02-21 — 1980-08-08

Place of birth

Tabriz, Iran

Known for

Acting

Credits

48 titles

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…

Known for

Film credits

1970s · 24 titles

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

Ghooz-e bala ghooz poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Ghooz-e bala ghooz

1970

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

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

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

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

The Glass Wall poster
7.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Glass Wall

1971

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

Mates poster
NR

Siamak (Farzan Deljo) and Sisi (Darius) are failing to steal. Once upon a time, Siamak takes refuge in a church and faces Helga (Aylin Weigen) and her father (Arman).

Mates

1974

Alafha-ye harz poster
5.0

Siamak and his friend Essi are two thieves. Siamak escapes from the military service. An officer who was a friend of Siamak's father comes to bring him back to the military service.

Alafha-ye harz

1976

The Man of Night poster
NR

Bram Chakhan (Saeed Rad), who was in a car accident during his teenage years that caused the death of his friend Bijan, is tormented by a guilty conscience...

The Man of Night

1974

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

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

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

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

Shohare kerayei poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Shohare kerayei

1974

The Spring poster
6.0

A man who has fallen in love with a young woman discovers that she is the wife of his friend. When he realizes the woman's affection for a young libertine with whom she is secretly meeting in an abandoned house, he commits suicide. When the local women, out of jealousy, expose her, she also ends her life. Her husband buries her body in the abandoned bathhouse. The young libertine, driven to madness, wanders into the desert.

The Spring

1973

For Whom the Hearts Beat poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

For Whom the Hearts Beat

1971

Yalda Night Story poster
NR

A young guy falls in love with a girl and wants to marry her. But the problems prevent him from marrying the girl making her to commit suicide. After many troubles the young guy manages to rescue her and finally they get marry and live together.

Yalda Night Story

1970

The Third Thief poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

The Third Thief

1977

A Man and a City poster
2.0

Ahmad is a driver whose mental tensions every time cause him to be hospitalized. He escapes and hides in the house of a nurse Zhaleh but police captures him. Ahmad escapes once again and takes a bus full of students as hostages. But the police are to the rescue.

A Man and a City

1971

Mard-e hezar labkhand poster
NR

Hassan Kababi and his friend "Esmall" do not compete in gambling ...

Mard-e hezar labkhand

1971

Khan Nayeb poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Khan Nayeb

1978

Khiabaniha poster
NR

No synopsis available yet.

Khiabaniha

1973

1960s · 16 titles

Champion Shamsi poster
NR

Shamsi and her sister Saaghi set out from Shiraz to Tehran in search of work to support their elderly father. In her efforts to find a job, Shamsi discovers that employers intend to deceive women looking for work and reject them. She disguises herself as an tough guy and is hired as the driver for a wealthy man.

Champion Shamsi

1966

Shokoh-e-javanmardi poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Shokoh-e-javanmardi

1968

Man ham gerye kardam poster
4.5

No synopsis available yet.

Man ham gerye kardam

1968

Rebellion poster
NR

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

Rebellion

1966

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

Destiny poster
10.0

No synopsis available yet.

Destiny

1968

Croesus' Treasure poster
5.6

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

Highway of Death poster
6.0

A man goes to his house, finds her daughter dead and hears his wife and another man plotting his killing.

Highway of Death

1963

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

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 Midnight Terror poster
8.0

Amir who needs money to marry with his fiance Maryam begins to do illegal working in a gang of a guy Afshar. Afshar's wife falls in love with Amir but he doesn't care for her. One day Afshar sees them alone and becomes suspicious.

The Midnight Terror

1961

The Champion of Champions poster
5.0

Young driver and her sister who sings in Cabaret are trying to earn money and treat their brother.

The Champion of Champions

1965

Actor's Wheel poster
9.0

A little brother and sister who sell lottery tickets won one of their tickets and in a situation where the father and two children imagine a peaceful life in the future, the father is killed in a fight and imprisoned. The small family falls and the little brother and sister fall apart. After many adventures that happen to each of them, finally, all three sporadically find each other and start a new life.

Actor's Wheel

1967

A Bridge to Heaven poster
NR

A man has four children, one of which is not his real child. There is a rivalry between this adopted child and one of the man's real sons. As a final blow, the real son shares the fact that his identity is fake with the adopted brother. The boy followed the matter and found his dying mother and through her he finally found his real father before he passed away.

A Bridge to Heaven

1969

Emroz -o farda poster
NR

The bus takes orphanages for a short camp to the northern regions of the country...

Emroz -o farda

1966

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