Grief for Giovanni Arvaneh: What became of the other “Marienhof” stars?

Giovanni Arvaneh (1964-2025) died on May 14, at the age of 61, the consequences of his long-term cancer. The actor became known primarily through his role as Sülo Özgenturk in the “Marienhof” evening series, which ran in the first from 1992 to 2011. It revolved around the residents of the Marienhof, a fictional district in Cologne. The Daily was filmed in Munich and, thanks to its durability, produced some popular figures such as Arvaneh’s role, which he played with interruptions from 1994 to 2010. What do the other stars of the series do today?

From 2000 to 2011, Antonio Totignano (64) embodied the role of restaurant owner Stefano Maldini, who ended every discussion with an energetic “e Basta”. His “wild man” was a popular meeting place for the “Marienhof” residents. According to “Marienhof”, Cotignano briefly led his own trattoria “e Basta” in Frankfurt. However, he mainly remained loyal to acting, taking roles in “Inga Lindström” films or series such as “Dahoam is Dahoam”. In 2023 he got a larger series role again. Since then he has been seen as Donato Marino, innkeeper in the “Alte Post”, in the Sat.1 evening series “The Land Practice”.

He was also part of the series for a long time: Alfonso Losa (54) embodied women’s swarm Carlos Garcia from 2000 to 2011. Then he was back in a series: in 2013 he took over the guest role of Thiago Hildebrandt. Losa also set up after the “Marienhof”. he is presented as “speaker, trainer, author and TV expert in the field of fitness and Far Eastern healing methods”.

Christian Buse was seen in “Marienhof” in the role of businessman and Fiesling Thorsten Fechner from 1998 to 2011. Afterwards he appeared as a pastor in the ARD telenovela “Sturm der Liebe”. He also took on roles in crime series and series such as “Hubert without a Staller”, “Munich Murder” or “the boss”.

In the role of Inge Busch, from 1992 to 2011 she was the constant of the series: Viktoria Brams (80) was a successful actress before and while “Marienhof”. So she played in series such as “Die Rosenheim-Cops”, “In all friendship” or “Soko 5113” and film series such as “Rosamunde Pilcher”. Brams also played at the theater or was seen in commercials. She is still well booked as a dubbed spokeswoman. For example, she lends her voice to Lady Whistledown in the Netflix series “Bridgerton”.

Nicole Belstler-Boettcher (62) mimped in the evening series Sandra Behrens, who played with breaks from 1994 to 2010. The daughter of Grit Boettcher (86) then took over roles in “Hubert and Staller” or “Soko Munich”. In 2018 she also moved to the “Celebrity Big Brother” house. The actress also seems to have looked after Giovanni Arvaneh. wrote her to his death: “You gave us so much, left us so much. I know no one who worked as much as you who had such a big heart and always wanted to help. The last year was so incredible. […] You leave an incredibly large gap, dear Giovanni, who can be happy up there. I love you.”

Erwin Aljukic (48) inspired as an IT technician Frederik Neuhaus and was part of the series from 1998 to 2011. Afterwards, the actor mainly pulled onto the theater stage. He initially became an ensemble member at the Darmstadt State Theater. Since the 2020 season, the actor who has the glass bone disease has been a member of the ensemble at the Munich chamber games.

Sebastian Deyle (47) took on the role of Nik Schubert and was seen in “Marienhof” from 1999 to 2002. After that, he devoted himself not only to moderation, but also series roles. From December 2023 to November 2024, Deyle was seen as the main actor in the ARD series “Red Rosen”. From September 2024 he shot for the new Sat.1 evening series “Frieda – with fire and flame” in Saxon Switzerland. In it he plays the main role of the firefighter Mirko Renic, who comes closer to Frieda’s title. There is no start date yet.

And other former “Marienhof” stars remained loyal to the series world: Judith Hildebrandt (48), she mimicked Tinka Kuczinski from 1997 to 2000, then played in “Sturm der Liebe”. Michael Meziani (57), actor of the sports teacher Kai Süsskind (2004 to 2008), then got a role in “red roses”. And Berrit Arnold (54), who was seen from 1994 to 2011 with longer interruptions in the “Marienhof” as Annalena Bergmann, has been seen as Daniela Bremer in the RTL-Daily “” Everything that counts “has been seen in the RTL Daily.