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Robert Hossein‌

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Birthday

calendar1927-12-30

Popularity

star7.7

Robert Hossein

Paris, France

Robert Hossein

Paris, France

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1927-12-30

Popularity

star7.7

Biography

Robert Hossein was a French film actor of Parsi origin, director and writer. He directed the 1982 adaption of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His most recent roles include starring as Michèle Mercier's husband in the Angélique series and as a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Prêtres interdits (Forbidden Priests) in 1973. Hossein started directing films in 1956 with Les salauds vont en enfer from a story by Frédéric Dard whose novels and plays went on to furnish Hossein with much of his later film material. Right from the start Hossein established his characteristic trademarks: using a seemingly straightforward suspense plot and subverting its conventions (sometimes to the extent of a complete disregard of the traditional demand for a final twist or revelation) in order to concentrate on ritualistic relationships. This is the director's running preoccupation which is always stressed in his films by an extraordinary command of film space and often striking frame compositions where the geometry of human figures and set design is used to accentuate the psychological set-up of the scene. The mechanisms of guilt and the way it destroys relationships is another recurring theme, presumably influenced by Hossein's lifelong interest in the works of Dostoyevski. Although Hossein had some modest international successes with films like Toi, le venin and Le vampire de Dusseldorf, he was much singled out for scorching criticism by the critics and followers of the New Wave for the unashamedly melodramatic frameworks of his films. The fact that he was essentially an auteur director with a consistent set of themes and an extraordinary mastery of original and unusual approaches to staging his stories, was never appreciated. He was not averse to trying his hand at widely different genres and was never defeated, making the strikingly different spaghetti western Une corde, un Colt and the low-budgeted but daringly subversive period drama J'ai tué Raspoutine. However, because of the lack of wider success and continuing adverse criticism, Hossein virtually ended his film directing career in 1970, having concentrated on theatre where his achievements were never questioned, and subsequently returning to film directing only twice. With two or three exceptions, his films remain commercially unavailable and very difficult to see. He is the son of André Hossein a Zoroastrian French composer of Azerbaijani-Tajik descent, and a Jewish comedy actress from Kiev. He was married three times: first to Marina Vlady (he has two sons with her, Pierre and Igor), later to Caroline Eliacheff (with whom he has a son, Nicholas). He is currently married to actress Candice Patou, with whom he has one son, Julien. According to an article written by Emannuel Peze, Hossein experienced a conversion to Catholicism in 1971 during a visit to the Marian apparition at San Damiano in Lombardo Italy. Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Hossein, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Movie Credits

Rififi

Rififi‌
star7.8
calendar 1955

The Professional

The Professional‌
star7.2
calendar 1981

Trivial

Trivial‌
star4.2
calendar 2007

Prêtres interdits

Prêtres interdits‌
star4.5
calendar 1973

Love Is Better Than Life

Love Is Better Than Life‌
star5.2
calendar 2022

Versatile Lovers

Versatile Lovers‌
star3.0
calendar 1970

Cemetery Without Crosses

Cemetery Without Crosses‌
star6.4
calendar 1969

Angelique and the King

Angelique and the King‌
star6.5
calendar 1966

The Burglars

The Burglars‌
star7.0
calendar 1971

Venus Beauty Institute

Venus Beauty Institute‌
star5.8
calendar 1999

The Wax Mask

The Wax Mask‌
star5.7
calendar 1997

Bolero: Dance of Life

Bolero: Dance of Life‌
star6.9
calendar 1981

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment‌
star7.0
calendar 1956

Angelique and the Sultan

Angelique and the Sultan‌
star6.4
calendar 1968

Untamable Angelique

Untamable Angelique‌
star6.6
calendar 1967

Angelique

Angelique‌
star6.8
calendar 1964

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde‌
star6.0
calendar 2011

The Vampire of Dusseldorf

The Vampire of Dusseldorf‌
star5.6
calendar 1965

Love on a Pillow

Love on a Pillow‌
star5.9
calendar 1962

Children of Chaos

Children of Chaos‌
star5.1
calendar 1989

Long March

Long March‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables‌
star0.0
calendar 2021

Forgive Our Trespasses

Forgive Our Trespasses‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens‌
star0.0
calendar 2022

San Antonio

San Antonio‌
star3.6
calendar 2004

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman‌
star4.3
calendar 1973

God's Thunder

God's Thunder‌
star6.3
calendar 1965

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later‌
star5.6
calendar 1986

Blonde in a White Car

Blonde in a White Car‌
star6.6
calendar 1959

Sextette

Sextette‌
star0.0
calendar 1948

The Devil Who Limped

The Devil Who Limped‌
star6.4
calendar 1948

In the Eyes of Memory

In the Eyes of Memory‌
star6.6
calendar 1948

Les Miserables

Les Miserables‌
star6.7
calendar 1995

Maya

Maya‌
star5.6
calendar 1949

Paris Pick-Up

Paris Pick-Up‌
star6.0
calendar 1962

Hitch-Hike

Hitch-Hike‌
star5.5
calendar 1962

The Game of Truth

The Game of Truth‌
star5.9
calendar 1961

Death of a Killer

Death of a Killer‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

Marked Eyes

Marked Eyes‌
star5.8
calendar 1964

The Battle of El Alamein

The Battle of El Alamein‌
star5.4
calendar 1969

Scandalous Crimes

Scandalous Crimes‌
star3.3
calendar 1999

A Little Virtuous

A Little Virtuous‌
star6.1
calendar 1968

The Phoney

The Phoney‌
star4.2
calendar 1975

Stranger in the House

Stranger in the House‌
star6.4
calendar 1992

The Protector

The Protector‌
star3.5
calendar 1974

Marco the Magnificent

Marco the Magnificent‌
star5.4
calendar 1965

Highway Pick-Up

Highway Pick-Up‌
star6.8
calendar 1963

Belmondo, itinéraire...

Belmondo, itinéraire...‌
star7.5
calendar 2011

Tender Moment

Tender Moment‌
star5.7
calendar 1968

Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence

Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence‌
star0.0
calendar 2014

Time of the Wolves

Time of the Wolves‌
star5.4
calendar 1970

Riff Raff Girls

Riff Raff Girls‌
star5.8
calendar 1959

The Taste of Violence

The Taste of Violence‌
star7.1
calendar 1961

OSS 117 Murder for Sale

OSS 117 Murder for Sale‌
star5.6
calendar 1968

The Wicked Go to Hell

The Wicked Go to Hell‌
star6.2
calendar 1955

The Verdict

The Verdict‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Enough Rope

Enough Rope‌
star5.3
calendar 1963

Mademoiselle de Maupin

Mademoiselle de Maupin‌
star6.0
calendar 1966

Madame

Madame‌
star5.6
calendar 1961

A Murder Is a Murder

A Murder Is a Murder‌
star5.2
calendar 1972

A Police Officer Without Importance

A Police Officer Without Importance‌
star0.0
calendar 1973

The Dirty Game

The Dirty Game‌
star5.8
calendar 1965

The Road to Shame

The Road to Shame‌
star6.0
calendar 1959

The Conspirators

The Conspirators‌
star7.5
calendar 1969

Desert Assault

Desert Assault‌
star5.0
calendar 1969

Falling Point

Falling Point‌
star5.8
calendar 1970

Double Agents

Double Agents‌
star5.4
calendar 1959

La Musica

La Musica‌
star4.5
calendar 1967

The Scarlet Lady

The Scarlet Lady‌
star5.7
calendar 1969

The Wretches

The Wretches‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

The Other Truth

The Other Truth‌
star5.0
calendar 1966

Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue‌
star5.5
calendar 1963

I Killed Rasputin

I Killed Rasputin‌
star4.4
calendar 1967

A Man and His Dog

A Man and His Dog‌
star5.9
calendar 2009

Misdeal

Misdeal‌
star3.0
calendar 1969

Young Girls Beware

Young Girls Beware‌
star5.3
calendar 1957

Levy & Goliath

Levy & Goliath‌
star5.1
calendar 1987

Le Caviar rouge

Le Caviar rouge‌
star0.0
calendar 1986

Surprise Party

Surprise Party‌
star3.5
calendar 1983

Brigade Anti Gangs

Brigade Anti Gangs‌
star6.2
calendar 1966

Life Love Death

Life Love Death‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Why Paris?

Why Paris?‌
star0.0
calendar 1964

Le commissaire mène l’enquête

Le commissaire mène l’enquête‌
star0.0
calendar 1965

Hellé

Hellé‌
star4.6
calendar 1972

Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie

Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie‌
star8.0
calendar 2008

Crime Thief

Crime Thief‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok‌
star7.8
calendar 1964

Lamiel

Lamiel‌
star4.8
calendar 1967

Une femme nommée Marie

Une femme nommée Marie‌
star0.0
calendar 2011

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern‌
star6.6
calendar 2006

The Menace

The Menace‌
star5.5
calendar 1961

Of Flesh and Blood

Of Flesh and Blood‌
star0.0
calendar 1963

Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

L'Affaire

L'Affaire‌
star3.0
calendar 1994

Le tour d'écrou

Le tour d'écrou‌
star6.0
calendar 1974

Stars Meet in Moscow

Stars Meet in Moscow‌
star0.0
calendar 1959

Crime Thief

Crime Thief‌
star5.1
calendar 1969

Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju

Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju‌
star7.0
calendar 2009

Take Me As I Am

Take Me As I Am‌
star6.0
calendar 1960

Antigone

Antigone‌
star6.7
calendar 2003

Démons de midi

Démons de midi‌
star0.0
calendar 1979

The Lion's Share

The Lion's Share‌
star4.0
calendar 1971

Provisional Liberty

Provisional Liberty‌
star4.0
calendar 1958

La croisade des enfants

La croisade des enfants‌
star0.0
calendar 1988

Belmondo by Belmondo

Belmondo by Belmondo‌
star7.8
calendar 2016

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia‌
star3.2
calendar 1967

Le Fruit de l'espoir

Le Fruit de l'espoir‌
star0.0
calendar 2020

No Sun in Venice

No Sun in Venice‌
star5.1
calendar 1957

Aznavour by Charles

Aznavour by Charles‌
star6.9
calendar 2019

The Big Pardon

The Big Pardon‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Quai des blondes

Quai des blondes‌
star5.3
calendar 1954

Série noire

Série noire‌
star2.0
calendar 1955

Tv Credits

Nulle part ailleurs

Nulle part ailleurs‌
star5.6
calendar 1987

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Le Gorille

Le Gorille‌
star7.0
calendar 1990

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie

The Little Murders of Agatha Christie‌
star7.4
calendar 2009

Petits Meurtres en famille

Petits Meurtres en famille‌
star8.0
calendar 2006

Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma‌
star0.0
calendar 1974

Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier‌
star8.0
calendar 1972

Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées‌
star6.2
calendar 1982

Apostrophes

Apostrophes‌
star8.5
calendar 1975

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

Le Juge

Le Juge‌
star9.0
calendar 2005

Téléthon

Téléthon‌
star5.0
calendar 1987

Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche‌
star3.2
calendar 1998

Stars 90

Stars 90‌
star6.2
calendar 1990

Samedi soir

Samedi soir‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

Midi trente

Midi trente‌
star6.0
calendar 1972

Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée‌
star6.2
calendar 1987

Reflets de Cannes

Reflets de Cannes‌
star0.0
calendar 1954