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 Merciers 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 directors 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 Hosseins 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 Jai 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.

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Rififi

Rémi Grutter

Película 1955

The Professional

Commissaire Rosen

Película 1981

Trivial

Antoine Bérangère

Película 2007

Prêtres interdits

Jean Rastaud

Película 1973

Love Is Better Than Life

Robert Prat

Película 2022

Versatile Lovers

Serge Belaïeff

Película 1970

The Burglars

Ralph

Película 1971

The Wax Mask

Boris Volkoff

Película 1997

Crime and Punishment

René Brunel

Película 1956

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Self

Película 2011

The Vampire of Dusseldorf

Peter Kuerten

Película 1965

Love on a Pillow

Renaud Sarti

Película 1962

Children of Chaos

Robert

Película 1989

Long March

Carnot

Película 1966

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables

Lui-même

Película 2021

Forgive Our Trespasses

(uncredited)

Película 1956

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

Película 2022

San Antonio

Le ministre de l'intérieur / The Minister

Película 2004

God's Thunder

Marcel

Película 1965

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

Robert Hossein

Película 1986

Blonde in a White Car

Pierre Menda

Película 1959

Sextette

Película 1948

The Devil Who Limped

Guest in white (uncredited)

Película 1948

In the Eyes of Memory

A student from the Simon course

Película 1948

Maya

Un témoin du meurtre qui n'a rien vu (uncredited)

Película 1949

Paris Pick-Up

Robert Herbin

Película 1962

Hitch-Hike

Edouard, le fou

Película 1962

The Game of Truth

L'inspecteur de police

Película 1961

Death of a Killer

Pierre Massa

Película 1964

Marked Eyes

Franz

Película 1964

The Battle of El Alamein

Erwin Rommel

Película 1969

A Little Virtuous

Louis Brady

Película 1968

Scandalous Crimes

Judge Bocchi

Película 1999

The Phoney

Kaminsky

Película 1975

Stranger in the House

Narrator (voice)

Película 1992

The Protector

Arnaud

Película 1974

Marco the Magnificent

Prince Nayam

Película 1965

Highway Pick-Up

Daniel Boisset

Película 1963

Belmondo, itinéraire...

Self

Película 2011

Tender Moment

Enrico Fontana

Película 1968

Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence

Self

Película 2014

Time of the Wolves

Dillinger

Película 1970

Riff Raff Girls

Marcel Point-Bleu

Película 1959

The Taste of Violence

Perez

Película 1961

OSS 117 Murder for Sale

Dr. Saadi

Película 1968

The Wicked Go to Hell

Fred

Película 1955

The Verdict

Georges Lagrange

Película 1959

Enough Rope

Inspektor Corby

Película 1963

Mademoiselle de Maupin

Captain Alcibiade

Película 1966

Madame

Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre

Película 1961

A Murder Is a Murder

Jean Carouse

Película 1972

A Police Officer Without Importance

Pierre Fresse

Película 1973

The Dirty Game

Dupont

Película 1965

The Road to Shame

Pierre Rossi

Película 1959

The Conspirators

Leonida Montanari

Película 1969

Desert Assault

Capitaine Curd Heinz (Rudi en Français)

Película 1969

Falling Point

Le Caïd

Película 1970

Double Agents

Lui

Película 1959

La Musica

Him

Película 1967

The Scarlet Lady

Julien

Película 1969

The Wretches

Jess Rooland

Película 1960

The Other Truth

Pierre Montaud, the Advocate

Película 1966

Vice and Virtue

SS Oberst Erik Schörndorf

Película 1963

I Killed Rasputin

Serge Sukhotin

Película 1967

A Man and His Dog

Un homme a la soupe populaire

Película 2009

Misdeal

Martin von Klaus

Película 1969

Young Girls Beware

Raven

Película 1957

Levy & Goliath

Goliath customer (uncredited)

Película 1987

Le Caviar rouge

Alex

Película 1986

Brigade Anti Gangs

Le commissaire principal Le Goff

Película 1966

Life Love Death

Man in the movie

Película 1969

Why Paris?

Película 1964

Le commissaire mène l’enquête

Película 1965

Hellé

Película 1972

Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie

Self

Película 2008

Crime Thief

Tian

Película 1969

OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok

Dr. Sinn

Película 1964

Lamiel

Roger Valber

Película 1967

Une femme nommée Marie

Voce narrante

Película 2011

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern

Self

Película 2006

The Menace

Savary

Película 1961

Of Flesh and Blood

Samuel

Película 1963

Judge Roy Bean

Black Bird

Película 1971

L'Affaire

Paul Haslans

Película 1994

Le tour d'écrou

Peter Quint

Película 1974

Stars Meet in Moscow

Película 1959

Crime Thief

Christian

Película 1969

Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju

Self

Película 2009

Take Me As I Am

Ed Dawson

Película 1960

Antigone

Créon

Película 2003

Démons de midi

Metteur en scène de théâtre

Película 1979

The Lion's Share

Maurice Ménard

Película 1971

Provisional Liberty

Película 1958

La croisade des enfants

Philippe-Auguste

Película 1988

Belmondo by Belmondo

Self

Película 2016

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

Maître Bianchini

Película 1967

Le Fruit de l'espoir

Le grand-père d'Angeli

Película 2020

No Sun in Venice

Sforzi

Película 1957

Aznavour by Charles

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Película 2019

The Big Pardon

Manuel Carreras

Película 1982

Quai des blondes

Chemise Rose

Película 1954

Série noire

Jo

Película 1955

Series de TV no disponible desde Robert Hossein

Nulle part ailleurs

Self

Tv 1987

Le Grand Échiquier

Self

Tv 1972

Le Gorille

Joseph Beaucis

Tv 1990

Petits Meurtres en famille

Simon

Tv 2006

Spécial cinéma

Self

Tv 1974

Le Grand Échiquier

Self - Main Guest

Tv 1972

Champs-Elysées

Self

Tv 1982

Apostrophes

Self

Tv 1975

Cinépanorama

Self

Tv 1956

Téléthon

Self

Tv 1987

Vivement dimanche

Self

Tv 1998

Stars 90

self

Tv 1990

Samedi soir

Self

Tv 1971

Midi trente

Self

Tv 1972

Sacrée soirée

self

Tv 1987

Reflets de Cannes

Self

Tv 1954