Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein

Robert Hossein was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier’s husband in the Angélique series.

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Summary Robert HosseinRobert Hossein was a French film actor, director, and writer. He directed the 1982 adaptation of Les Misérables, and appeared in Vice and Virtue, Le Casse, Les Uns et les Autres and Venus Beauty Institute. His other roles include Michèle Mercier’s husband in the Angélique series, a gunfighter in the Spaghetti Western Cemetery Without Crosses, and a Catholic priest who falls in love with Claude Jade and becomes a communist in Forbidden Priests.

Hossein started directing films in 1955 with Les Salauds vont en enfer, from a story by Frédéric Dard. 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.