Hagop Arakelian was born on October 9, 1894 in Yekaterinodar, Russian Empire [now Krasnodar, Russia]. He is known for Die Schöne und die Bestie (1946), ... und immer lockt das Weib (1956) and Falsches Geld und echte Kurven (1958). He died on November 11, 1977 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.