- 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.
- He came to the theater in 1923 where he became responsible for the stage settings but his great success began at the beginning of the 30s where he belonged to the early member of the SS and NSDAP.
- Arent, whose artistic views were shared and probably influenced by Hitler, favored a realistic, often monumental style in his own sets and costumes. Nevertheless, he was ultimately unable to develop his own style, partly due to the outbreak of World War II, and because of competition in his field of expertise.
- When he got a prisoner by the Sovjet Union after the war it lasted eight years till he was released again in 1953.
- He was promoted to the management of the Reichstheaterkammer and he created numerous stage settings for important houses like the German Opera House. Beside it he also created uniforms and designed decorations.
- During World War II he served by Heinrich Himmler where he became "SS Oberführer".
- He was also appreciated by Adolf Hitler for his activity as a stage designer.
- In the time of high unemployment he had a number of jobs including car salesman, while teaching himself to be architect. In 1923, he worked as an outfitter in various theatres across Berlin, initially without success. He also became a member of the völkisch-minded and anti-Semitic Militant League for German Culture.
- Hitler described him as one of the greatest stage designers.
- Benno von Arent became a production designer in the the film business from 1931 and he was responsible for the decoration for the movies Viktor und Viktoria" (1933), "Lachende Erben" (33), "Hitlerjunge Quex" (1933), and "Es leuchten die Sterne" (1938).
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