Robert Hossein
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Robert Hossein | |
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Born | Paris, France | 30 December 1927
Died | 31 December 2020 Essey-lès-Nancy, France | (aged 93)
Occupation(s) | Actor, film director |
Years active | 1948–2019 |
Spouses | Caroline Eliacheff
(m. 1962; div. 1964)Candice Patou
(m. 1976) |
Children | 4 |
Robert Hossein (30 December 1927 – 31 December 2020) was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed
Cinematic career
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Hossein started directing films in 1955 with Les Salauds vont en enfer,
In 1967, he was a member of the jury of the 5th Moscow International Film Festival.[2] His 1982 film Les Misérables was entered into the 13th Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Special Prize.[3]
Although Hossein had some modest international successes with films like Toi, le venin and The Vampire of Düsseldorf, 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.[citation needed] He was not averse to trying his hand at widely different genres and was never defeated, making the strikingly different Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses and the low-budgeted but daringly subversive period drama I Killed Rasputin.[citation needed] 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.[citation needed]
Personal life
Robert Hossein's grandfather was born in
Religion
In 1971, Hossein was baptized in the
In 2007, he presented a play entitled Do Not be Afraid (N'ayez pas peur) of the life of
Death
Hossein died of COVID-19 on 31 December 2020, one day after his 93rd birthday, during the COVID-19 pandemic in France.[16]
Selected filmography
Year | Title | Role | Director |
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1948 | The Lame Devil | a guest | Sacha Guitry |
To the Eyes of Memory | uncredited | Jean Delannoy | |
1954 | Quay of Blondes | Chemise rose | Paul Cadéac |
1955 | The Infiltrator | Jo | Pierre Foucaud |
Rififi | Rémy Grutter | Jules Dassin | |
The Wicked Go to Hell | Fred | Robert Hossein | |
1956 | Crime and Punishment | René Brunel | Georges Lampin |
1957 | No Sun in Venice (Sait-on jamais...) | Sforzi | Roger Vadim |
Méfiez-vous fillettes | Raven | Yves Allégret | |
1959 | Toi, le venin | Pierre Menda | Robert Hossein |
The Road to Shame | Pierre Rossi | Édouard Molinaro | |
Du rififi chez les femmes | Marcel Point-Bleu | Alex Joffé | |
The Verdict | Georges Lagrange | Jean Valère | |
Double Agents | Lui | Robert Hossein | |
1960 | Riff-Raff | Ed Dawson | Maurice Labro |
Les Scélérats | Jess Rooland | Robert Hossein | |
1961 | La Menace | Savary | Gérard Oury |
Madame Sans-Gêne | François-Joseph Lefebvre
|
Christian-Jaque | |
1962 | Girl on the Road | Edouard | Jacqueline Audry |
Le Repos du guerrier
|
Renaud Sarti | Roger Vadim | |
1963 | Le Meurtrier
|
Inspecteur Corby | Claude Autant-Lara |
Vice and Virtue | Schorndorf | Roger Vadim | |
Chair de poule
|
Daniel Boisset | Julien Duvivier | |
1964 | Banco à Bangkok pour OSS 117
|
Dr Sinn | André Hunebelle |
Les Yeux cernés | Franz | Robert Hossein himself | |
Angélique, Marquise des Anges | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | Bernard Borderie | |
1965 | The Vampire of Düsseldorf | Peter Kürten | Robert Hossein himself |
The Dirty Game | Dupont | Christian-Jaque and others | |
Marco the Magnificent | Prince Nayam | Denys de La Patellière and Noël Howard | |
God's Thunder | Marcel | Denys de La Patellière | |
1966 | Madamigella di Maupin | Capitain Alcibiade | Mauro Bolognini |
Angelique and the King | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | Bernard Borderie | |
The Other Truth | Pierre Montaud, the Advocate | Christian-Jaque | |
Brigade antigangs | Inspector Le Goff | Bernard Borderie | |
La Longue Marche
|
Carnot | Alexandre Astruc | |
1967 | I Killed Rasputin | Serge Hukhotin | Robert Hossein himself |
Lamiel | Valber | Jean Aurel | |
Untamable Angelique | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | Bernard Borderie | |
1968 | Angelique and the Sultan | Jeoffrey de Peyrac | Bernard Borderie |
The Private Lesson | Enrico Fontana | Michel Boisrond | |
A Little Virtuous | Louis Brady | Serge Korber | |
1969 | The Battle of El Alamein | Erwin Rommel | Giorgio Ferroni |
Cemetery Without Crosses | Manuel | Robert Hossein himself | |
Life Love Death | as himself | Claude Lelouch | |
The Scarlet Lady | Julien Auchard | Jean Valère | |
Nell'anno del Signore
|
Leonida Montanari | Luigi Magni | |
1970 | Le Temps des loups
|
"Dillinger" | Sergio Gobbi |
Point de chute | the boss | Robert Hossein himself | |
1971 | The Lion's Share | Maurice Ménard | Jean Larriaga |
The Burglars
|
Ralph | Henri Verneuil | |
1972 | Un meurtre est un meurtre | Jean Carouse | Étienne Périer |
1973 | Don Juan, or If Don Juan Were a Woman | Louis Prévost | Roger Vadim |
Forbidden Priests | Jean Rastaud | Denys de La Patellière | |
1981 | Les Uns et les Autres | Simon Meyer / Robert Prat | Claude Lelouch |
Le Professionnel
|
Inspector Rosen | Georges Lautner | |
1982 | Le Grand Pardon | Manuel Carreras | Alexandre Arcady |
Les Misérables | not credited as actor | Robert Hossein himself | |
1986 | A Man and a Woman: 20 Years Later | as himself | Claude Lelouch |
1995 | Les Misérables | the master of ceremonies | Claude Lelouch |
1997 | Wax Mask | Boris Volkoff | Sergio Stivaletti |
1999 | Venus Beauty Institute | the pilot | Tonie Marshall |
2006 | Trivial | Antoine Bérangère | Sophie Marceau |
2009 | A Man and His Dog | cameo appearance | Francis Huster |
Honours
- Légion d'honneur, 2005
Foreign honours
- Monaco : Commander of the Order of Cultural Merit (2006)[17]
Member of Eurasian Academy (2016).[18][19]
References
- IMDb
- ^ "5th Moscow International Film Festival (1967)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 9 December 2012.
- ^ "13th Moscow International Film Festival (1983)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 31 January 2013.
- ^ Ilham Aliyev and President of the French Republic Francois Hollande had dinner together
- ^ Робер Оссейн: «Нашу с Мариной Влади семью погубил русский быт» Russian: "Мой отец Андре Оссейн родился в Самарканде, хотя по национальности он азербайджанец, был очень талантливым человеком." Shigareva, Yulia (28 August 2013). Argumenty i Fakty.
- ^ Robert HosseinEurasian Academy official website Archived 2019-10-01 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Ilham Aliyev and President of the French Republic Francois Hollande had dinner together". president.az. 12 May 2014. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
- ^ a b "Robert Hossein et son fils le rabbin Aaron Eliacheff" (10 February 2011) Harissa
- ^ According to the program Le Plus Grand Cabaret du Monde, presented by Patrick Sébastien on 22 September 2007
- ^ Genealogy of the Hossein-Mincovschi Family
- ^ The International Who's Who 2004
- ^ "Robert Hossein, un artiste à la recherche de l'amour de Dieu". www.archivioradiovaticana.va. Retrieved 2020-12-31.
- ^ Peze, Emmanuel. (1985) Published in the Marian Collection (1985) by Brother Albert Pfleger, Marist. As reported by the Mary of Nazareth project, at [1]
- ^ James Mackenzie "French Showman Brings Pope John Paul II to Stage" (20 September 2007) Reuters.
- ^ Pyotr Rozvarin (19 March 2002) "A Pessimist Full of Optimism: An interview with Robert Hossein", Vremya novostei, No. 47 Retrieved 22 December 2007 (in Russian)
- ^ Robert Hossein, le géant du théâtre populaire, est mort (in French)
- ^ Sovereign Ordonnance n°800 of 18 Nov. 2006 by Prince Albert II
- ^ Eurasian Academy Official Site
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 21 November 2016. Retrieved 21 November 2016.
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External links
- Robert Hossein at IMDb