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Robert Hossein
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.
Release Date | Title | Character Name | Rating | Your Lists |
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November 17th, 2025 | Picking Strawberries | TBD | TBD | |
November 3rd, 2022 | Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens | Self | TBD | |
September 5th, 2022 | Belmondo: The Incorrigible | TBD | 8.2 | |
January 19th, 2022 | Love Is Better Than Life | Robert Prat | 5.3 | |
January 15th, 2021 | Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables | Self (archive footage) | TBD | |
February 5th, 2020 | Noni : Le Fruit de l'espoir | Le grand-père d'Angeli | TBD | |
October 2nd, 2019 | Aznavour by Charles | Self - Actor (archive footage) | 6.9 | |
May 5th, 2016 | Belmondo by Belmondo | Self | 7.8 | |
August 1st, 2014 | Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence | Self | TBD | |
October 25th, 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Self | 6 | |
August 13th, 2011 | Une femme nommée Marie | Narrator (voice) | TBD | |
May 18th, 2011 | Belmondo, itinéraire... | Self | 7.7 | |
May 5th, 2009 | Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju | Self | 7 | |
January 14th, 2009 | A Man and His Dog | Un homme a la soupe populaire | 5.8 | |
September 21st, 2008 | Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie | Self | 8 | |
May 23rd, 2007 | Trivial | Antoine Bérangère | 4.2 | |
April 23rd, 2006 | Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen - Der Italowestern | Self | 6.5 | |
July 21st, 2004 | San Antonio | Le ministre de l'intérieur / The Minister | 3.5 | |
May 5th, 2003 | Antigone | Créon | 6.5 | |
February 26th, 1999 | Scandalous Crimes | Judge Bocchi | 4 | |
February 3rd, 1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | L'aviateur | 5.9 | |
April 4th, 1997 | The Wax Mask | Boris Volkoff | 5.6 | |
March 22nd, 1995 | Les Miserables | Le maître de cérémonie | 6.7 | |
January 1st, 1995 | Paradjanov, le dernier collage | Self | 7 | |
April 13th, 1994 | L'Affaire | Paul Haslans | 3.6 | |
October 3rd, 1992 | Stranger in the House | Narrator (voice) | 6.5 | |
November 22nd, 1989 | Children of Chaos | Robert | 5.4 | |
April 7th, 1988 | La croisade des enfants | Philippe-Auguste | 9 | |
January 27th, 1987 | Levy & Goliath | Goliath customer (uncredited) | 5.1 | |
May 13th, 1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | Robert Hossein | 5.9 | |
January 8th, 1986 | Le Caviar rouge | Alex | 7 | |
April 20th, 1983 | Surprise Party | André Auerbach | 5 | |
January 27th, 1982 | The Big Pardon | Manuel Carreras | 6.2 | |
October 21st, 1981 | The Professional | Commissaire Rosen | 7.2 | |
May 27th, 1981 | Bolero | Simon Meyer / Robert Prat | 6.9 | |
November 28th, 1979 | Démons de midi | Metteur en scène de théâtre | 9 | |
October 14th, 1975 | The Phoney | Kaminsky | 5 | |
June 5th, 1974 | The Protector | Arnaud | 4.3 | |
February 25th, 1974 | Le Tour d'Écrou | Peter Quint | 8 | |
November 22nd, 1973 | Prêtres interdits | Jean Rastaud | 6 | |
April 12th, 1973 | A Police Officer Without Importance | Pierre Fresse | 7 | |
February 22nd, 1973 | Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Louis Prévost | 4.6 | |
August 23rd, 1972 | A Murder Is a Murder | Jean Carouse | 5.4 | |
May 2nd, 1972 | Hellé | Kleber | 4.2 | |
October 27th, 1971 | The Burglars | Ralph | 6.9 | |
September 8th, 1971 | The Lion's Share | Maurice Ménard | 5.5 | |
March 3rd, 1971 | Judge Roy Bean | Black Bird | 6.5 | |
September 11th, 1970 | Falling Point | Le Caïd | 5.9 | |
May 6th, 1970 | Versatile Lovers | Serge Belaïeff | 3.6 | |
January 21st, 1970 | Time of the Wolves | Dillinger | 6 | |
October 24th, 1969 | The Conspirators | Leonida Montanari | 7.6 | |
July 30th, 1969 | Desert Assault | Capitaine Curd Heinz (Rudi en Français) | 6 | |
May 22nd, 1969 | Crime Thief | Tian | 5.3 | |
May 14th, 1969 | The Scarlet Lady | Julien | 6.5 | |
April 30th, 1969 | Misdeal | Martin von Klaus | 3.8 | |
January 29th, 1969 | Life Love Death | Man in the movie | 5.5 | |
January 25th, 1969 | Cemetery Without Crosses | Manuel | 6.3 | |
January 18th, 1969 | The Battle of El Alamein | Erwin Rommel | 5.3 | |
December 20th, 1968 | Tender Moment | Enrico Fontana | 6.3 | |
July 27th, 1968 | OSS 117 Murder for Sale | Dr. Saadi | 5.8 | |
March 13th, 1968 | Angelique and the Sultan | Joffrey de Peyrac "Le Rescator" | 6.4 | |
February 21st, 1968 | A Little Virtuous | Louis Brady | 6.4 | |
October 21st, 1967 | Untamable Angelique | Joffrey de Peyrac, 'Le Rescator' | 6.5 | |
August 30th, 1967 | Lamiel | Roger Valber | 5.2 | |
May 20th, 1967 | The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia | Maître Bianchini | 4.8 | |
May 3rd, 1967 | I Killed Rasputin | Serge Sukhotin | 4.4 | |
March 3rd, 1967 | La Musica | Him | 5 | |
August 18th, 1966 | Brigade Anti Gangs | Chief Commissioner Le Goff | 6.5 | |
May 31st, 1966 | Long March | Carnot | 8 | |
April 19th, 1966 | The Other Truth | Pierre Montaud, the Advocate | 6.2 | |
January 31st, 1966 | Angelique and the King | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | 6.5 | |
January 13th, 1966 | Mademoiselle de Maupin | Captain Alcibiade | 6.1 | |
September 8th, 1965 | God's Thunder | Marcel | 6.3 | |
August 6th, 1965 | Marco the Magnificent | Prince Nayam | 4.8 | |
July 28th, 1965 | Le commissaire mène l’enquête | The lover (segment "Pour qui sonne le ...") | 8 | |
June 23rd, 1965 | The Dirty Game | Dupont | 6 | |
April 7th, 1965 | The Vampire of Dusseldorf | Peter Kuerten | 5.6 | |
December 8th, 1964 | Angelique | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | 6.7 | |
September 2nd, 1964 | Marked Eyes | Franz | 6.3 | |
June 24th, 1964 | Why Paris? | TBD | 9 | |
June 12th, 1964 | OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok | Dr. Sinn | 7.8 | |
April 1st, 1964 | Death of a Killer | Pierre Massa | 6.2 | |
November 13th, 1963 | Highway Pick-Up | Daniel Boisset | 6.8 | |
July 8th, 1963 | Of Flesh and Blood | Samuel | 10 | |
March 1st, 1963 | Vice and Virtue | SS Oberst Erik Schörndorf | 5.6 | |
January 11th, 1963 | Enough Rope | Inspektor Corby | 5.9 | |
September 5th, 1962 | Love on a Pillow | Renaud Sarti | 5.8 | |
May 4th, 1962 | Paris Pick-Up | Robert Herbin | 6.5 | |
March 16th, 1962 | Hitch-Hike | Edouard, le fou | 6.1 | |
December 21st, 1961 | Madame | Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre | 5.8 | |
November 26th, 1961 | The Game of Truth | L'inspecteur de police | 6 | |
August 10th, 1961 | The Taste of Violence | Perez | 6.6 | |
March 1st, 1961 | The Menace | Savary | 5.9 | |
May 8th, 1960 | The Wretches | Jess Rooland | 6.4 | |
January 29th, 1960 | Take Me As I Am | Ed Dawson | 7.3 | |
October 2nd, 1959 | The Verdict | Georges Lagrange | 7 | |
September 9th, 1959 | Double Agents | Lui | 5.6 | |
August 30th, 1959 | Stars Meet in Moscow | Self | TBD | |
May 20th, 1959 | Riff Raff Girls | Marcel Point-Bleu | 5.3 | |
April 30th, 1959 | The Road to Shame | Pierre Rossi | 6.1 | |
March 27th, 1959 | Blonde in a White Car | Pierre Menda | 6.8 | |
May 16th, 1958 | Provisional Liberty | Jean-Paul Viberty / Jean Rungis | 5 | |
July 4th, 1957 | Young Girls Beware | Raven | 5.3 | |
May 31st, 1957 | No Sun in Venice | Sforzi | 5.5 | |
December 4th, 1956 | Crime and Punishment | René Brunel | 7 | |
August 1st, 1956 | Forgive Our Trespasses | (uncredited) | 6 | |
December 7th, 1955 | The Wicked Go to Hell | Fred | 6.4 | |
April 13th, 1955 | Rififi | Rémi Grutter | 7.8 | |
March 4th, 1955 | Série noire | Jo | 6.3 | |
April 7th, 1954 | Quai des blondes | Chemise Rose | 5.8 | |
December 9th, 1949 | Maya | Un témoin du meurtre qui n'a rien vu (uncredited) | 5.6 | |
November 24th, 1948 | In the Eyes of Memory | A student from the Simon course | 7 | |
September 17th, 1948 | Sextette | TBD | 8 | |
July 11th, 1948 | The Devil Who Limped | Guest in white (uncredited) | 6.5 |