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), Falsches Geld und echte Kurven (1958) and Pforten der Nacht (1946). He died on November 11, 1977 in Boulogne-Billancourt, Hauts-de-Seine, France.