Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1927-12-30
Deathday: 2020-12-31 (93 years old)

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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.


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Filmography

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Movies 112

self 20

TV Shows 15

Director 7

Voice 1

Producer 1

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens

Raymond Devos dans tous ses sens (2022)

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Love Is Better Than Life (2022)

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Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables

Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (2021)

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Le grand-père d'Angeli
Le Fruit de l'espoir

Le Fruit de l'espoir (2020)

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Self - Actor (archive footage)
Aznavour by Charles

Aznavour by Charles (2019)

Movie
Self
Belmondo by Belmondo

Belmondo by Belmondo (2016)

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Self
Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence

Marie-France Pisier, une femme sous influence (2014)

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Self
Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her...

Isabelle Adjani, 2 or 3 Things We Don't Know about Her... (2013)

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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)

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Director
Une femme nommée Marie

Une femme nommée Marie (2011)

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Self
Belmondo, itinéraire...

Belmondo, itinéraire... (2011)

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Self
Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju

Les fleurs maladives de Georges Franju (2009)

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Un homme a la soupe populaire
A Man and His Dog

A Man and His Dog (2009)

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Self
Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie

Annie Girardot, ainsi va la vie (2008)

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Antoine Bérangère
Trivial

Trivial (2007)

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Simon
Petits Meurtres en famille

Petits Meurtres en famille (2006)

TV
Self
Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern

Denn sie kennen kein Erbarmen: Der Italowestern (2006)

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Roger Marino
Le Juge

Le Juge (2005)

TV
Le ministre de l'intérieur / The Minister
San Antonio

San Antonio (2004)

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Créon
Antigone

Antigone (2003)

Movie
Judge Bocchi
Gialloparma

Gialloparma (1999)

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L'aviateur
Venus Beauty Institute

Venus Beauty Institute (1999)

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Self
Vivement dimanche

Vivement dimanche (1998)

TV
Boris Volkoff
The Wax Mask

The Wax Mask (1997)

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Le maître de cérémonie
Les Miserables

Les Miserables (1995)

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Paul Haslans
L'Affaire

L'Affaire (1994)

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Narrator (voice)
Stranger in the House

Stranger in the House (1992)

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self
Stars 90

Stars 90 (1990)

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Joseph Beaucis
Le Gorille

Le Gorille (1990)

TV
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Cyrano de Bergerac

Cyrano de Bergerac (1990)

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6
Robert
Children of Chaos

Children of Chaos (1989)

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Kean

Kean (1988)

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Philippe-Auguste
La croisade des enfants

La croisade des enfants (1988)

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self
Sacrée soirée

Sacrée soirée (1987)

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Self
Nulle part ailleurs

Nulle part ailleurs (1987)

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Client de Goliath
Levy & Goliath

Levy & Goliath (1987)

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Robert Hossein
A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later

A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later (1986)

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Alex
Le Caviar rouge

Le Caviar rouge (1986)

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André Auerbach
Surprise Party

Surprise Party (1983)

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Director
Les Misérables

Les Misérables (1982)

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Manuel Carreras
The Big Pardon

The Big Pardon (1982)

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Self
Champs-Elysées

Champs-Elysées (1982)

TV
Commissaire Rosen
The Professional

The Professional (1981)

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Simon Meyer / Robert Prat
Bolero: Dance of Life

Bolero: Dance of Life (1981)

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Metteur en scène de théâtre
Démons de midi

Démons de midi (1979)

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Peter Quint
Nouvelles d'Henry James

Nouvelles d'Henry James (1976)

TV
Action Director
Hernani

Hernani (1975)

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Kaminsky
The Phoney

The Phoney (1975)

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Self
Apostrophes

Apostrophes (1975)

TV
Self
Spécial cinéma

Spécial cinéma (1974)

TV
Arnaud
The Protector

The Protector (1974)

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Peter Quint
Le tour d'écrou

Le tour d'écrou (1974)

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L'abbé Jean Rastaud
Prêtres interdits

Prêtres interdits (1973)

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Pierre Fresse
A Police Officer Without Importance

A Police Officer Without Importance (1973)

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Louis Prévost
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman

Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973)

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Jean Carouse
A Murder Is a Murder

A Murder Is a Murder (1972)

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Self
Midi trente

Midi trente (1972)

TV
Self / Self - Main Guest
Le Grand Échiquier

Le Grand Échiquier (1972)

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Ralph
The Burglars

The Burglars (1971)

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Maurice Ménard
La Part des lions

La Part des lions (1971)

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Black Bird
Judge Roy Bean

Judge Roy Bean (1971)

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Self
Samedi soir

Samedi soir (1971)

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Le Caïd
Falling Point

Falling Point (1970)

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Serge Belaïeff
Versatile Lovers

Versatile Lovers (1970)

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Dillinger
Time of the Wolves

Time of the Wolves (1970)

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Leonida Montanari
The Conspirators

The Conspirators (1969)

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Captain Curd Heinz
Desert Assault

Desert Assault (1969)

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Tian
Crime Thief

Crime Thief (1969)

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Julien
The Scarlet Lady

The Scarlet Lady (1969)

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Martin von Klaus
Misdeal

Misdeal (1969)

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Manuel
Cemetery Without Crosses

Cemetery Without Crosses (1969)

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Erwin Rommel
The Battle of El Alamein

The Battle of El Alamein (1969)

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Enrico Fontana
Tender Moment

Tender Moment (1968)

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Dr. Saadi
OSS 117 Murder for Sale

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Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Angelique and the Sultan

Angelique and the Sultan (1968)

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7
Louis Brady
A Little Virtuous

A Little Virtuous (1968)

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Roger Valber
Lamiel

Lamiel (1967)

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Maître Bianchini
The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia

The Man Who Betrayed the Mafia (1967)

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Serge Sukhotin
I Killed Rasputin

I Killed Rasputin (1967)

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Lui
La Musica

La Musica (1967)

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Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Untamable Angelique

Untamable Angelique (1967)

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Le commissaire principal Le Goff
Brigade Anti Gangs

Brigade Anti Gangs (1966)

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Carnot
Long March

Long March (1966)

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Pierre Montaud, the Advocate
The Other Truth

The Other Truth (1966)

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Jeoffrey de Peyrac
Angelique and the King

Angelique and the King (1966)

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Mademoiselle de Maupin

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The Thunder of God

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Marco the Magnificent

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The Dirty Game

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The Vampire of Dusseldorf

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Angelique

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Marked Eyes

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OSS 117: Panic in Bangkok

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Death of a Killer

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Highway Pick-Up

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In the Midst of Life

In the Midst of Life (1963)

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Samuel
Of Flesh and Blood

Of Flesh and Blood (1963)

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SS Colonel Erik Schörndorf
Vice and Virtue

Vice and Virtue (1963)

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Corby
Enough Rope

Enough Rope (1963)

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Renaud Sarti
Love on a Pillow

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Robert Herbin
Paris Pick-Up

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Edouard, le fou
Hitch-Hike

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Le sergent François-Joseph Lefebvre
Madame

Madame (1961)

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L'inspecteur de police
The Game of Truth

The Game of Truth (1961)

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Perez
The Taste of Violence

The Taste of Violence (1961)

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Savary
The Menace

The Menace (1961)

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Jess Rooland
The Wretches

The Wretches (1960)

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Ed Dawson
Take Me As I Am

Take Me As I Am (1960)

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Georges Lagrange
The Verdict

The Verdict (1959)

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Lui
Double Agents

Double Agents (1959)

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Marcel Point-Bleu
Riff Raff Girls

Riff Raff Girls (1959)

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Pierre Rossi
The Road to Shame

The Road to Shame (1959)

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Pierre Menda
Blonde in a White Car

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Jean-Paul Viberty / Jean Rungis
Provisional Liberty

Provisional Liberty (1958)

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Raven
Young Girls Beware

Young Girls Beware (1957)

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Sforzi
No Sun in Venice

No Sun in Venice (1957)

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René Brunel
Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment (1956)

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Director
Forgive Our Trespasses

Forgive Our Trespasses (1956)

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Self
Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama (1956)

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Director
The Wicked Go to Hell

The Wicked Go to Hell (1955)

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Rémi Grutter
Rififi

Rififi (1955)

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6
Jo
Série noire

Série noire (1955)

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Chemise Rose
Quai des blondes

Quai des blondes (1954)

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

Maya (1949)

Movie
A student from the Simon course
In the Eyes of Memory

In the Eyes of Memory (1948)

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Sextette

Sextette (1948)

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Un invité en blanc (non crédité)
The Devil Who Limped

The Devil Who Limped (1948)

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Robert HosseinRobert Hossein

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1927-12-30

Deathday
2020-12-31 (93 years old)

Birth Name
Abraham Hosseinoff

Birth Place
12th arrondissement of Paris, France

Religion
Catholic Church

Height
1.75-meter

Relationships
Marina Vlady (1955-12-23 - 1960-02-19), Candice Patou (1976-06-25 - 2020-12-31), Caroline Eliacheff (1962-06-07 - 1964-12-16)

Father
André Hossein

Citizenships
France

Residences
Vittel, France

Also Known As
Abraham Hosseinoff, Робер Оссейн

Awards
Commander of the National Order of Merit, Commander of the Legion of Honour


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