Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein ( born December 30, 1927 in Paris as Robert Hossein Hoff ) is a French actor and film director.

Life

Hossein became famous as Peyrac on the side of Michèle Mercier in Angélique the movies. Other roles he played as Raskolnikov on the side of his former partner Marina Vlady in the film adaptation of Dostoevsky 's Crime and Punishment. This was followed by roles as a gangster or mostly shady characters, a role profile that he Abbé and the love for the first time set out as a priest Jean Rastaud beside the young Claude Jade in moving Résistance and celibacy drama. In addition to artistic films like this in 1981 he was the opponent of Jean -Paul Belmondo in the action film The Professional. As a director, he was influenced by film noir.

His father was Iranian composer Aminollah Hossein, who was known as a composer both in Iran and in France. Robert Hossein was married three times, his first marriage in late 1955 with co-star Marina Vlady ended up in divorce court; from this union come the sons Igor and Pierre. From his second wife, today's psychoanalyst and author Caroline Eliacheff, with whom he has son Nicolas, he divorced in 1964. The then 14 -year-old Caroline he can marry only with special permission of the President Charles de Gaulle on June 7, 1962. Today, the actor and director with the actress Candice Patou, his third wife lives together; with her he has son Julien; the couple had married on 28 June 1976.

Filmography (selection)

As a performer,

As a director,

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