Benno von Arent was born on June 19, 1898 in Görlitz, Germany. He was an art director and production designer, known for Victor and Victoria (1933), Ronny (1931) and Love Must Be Understood (1933). He died on October 14, 1956 in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, West Germany.
In 1956, a denazification process was started against Arent in Berlin. Shortly after his sentencing, Arent died in Bonn, West Germany.
He was the son of a Prussian Lieutenant Colonel also named Benno von Arent (1868-1904) and grandson of a Prussian Lieutenant General likewise named Benno von Arent.
Once Benno von Arent also appeared as an actor in front of the camera for "Die Vorbestraften" (1927).
Before he began his artistic career he served in World War I. After the war he finished an education at a company for gas meters and fittings before he became a costume designer.
Despite his many orders for the theater and movie he also worked as an architect. To his most popular realizations belong the "Berliner Haus der Deutschen Arbeiterfront", also called DAF.