Robert Hossein is known to the Russian audience, first of all, for the role of the aristocrat Geoffrey de Peirac from a series of films about the beautiful Angelica. However, few people know that in fact the actor is descended from Russian emigrants and even speaks good Russian. How did Hossein's movie career begin, and who are his parents?
Robert Hossein: biography, photos, early years
Robert's real name is Abraham Huseynov. His father, Aminollah Huseynov, was originally from Samarkand. In 1922, he went to Berlin to receive a medical education, but his love of music triumphed, and Aminolla became a composer. Robert's father settled in France, changing his name to Andre Hossein. Actress Anna Minkovskaya gave birth to his son, who had lived in St. Petersburg for a long time before emigration.
Thus, Robert Hossein, whose biography is practically unknown to the Russian audience, is directly related to Russian culture. His mother always spoke with him in Russian. Therefore, when Russian journalists interview an French actor, he tries to speak Russian.
From the age of 15, the boy, following the example of his mother, attended classes in a theater studio. Then he graduated from the acting courses of Rene Simon and unexpectedly turned out to be in demand both in the cinema and in the theater.
The beginning of theatrical and acting career
Robert Hossein, whose biography and fate was very successful, has been performing at the Gran Guignol stage for a long time. That was the name of the unique Parisian horror theater . There, for the first time, Robert tried himself as a director.
In 1956, director Georges Lampin took Hossein to the main role in the French film version of the novel Crime and Punishment by Dostoevsky. Since then, Robert’s business has gone uphill: he played the main roles in a myriad of films - Watch Out, Girls, Freedom Under Supervision, You Are Poison, Spies Night, etc. His screen partner in For a long time, there was actress Marina Vlady, who was also the first wife of Hossein.
However, it was not enough for Robert to simply play his roles. Back in 1955, he began to write scripts and in the same year made his first film, “Scoundrels Go to Hell”. Hossein made ten films in total.
Filming in the film adaptations of Bernard Bordery
No matter how good Robert Hossein is, his biography is successful largely thanks to the director Bernard Bordery. Borderi is known worldwide for his on-screen masterpieces “Three Musketeers. Revenge of the Milady ”and“ Three Musketeers. Pendants of the Queen. " This person really knew how to make historical films and do it beautifully.
In the 60s, Borderi set to film adaptation of the novels of Anne and Serge Golon, dedicated to the adventures of the magnificent Angelica at the court of Louis XIV. In total, five colorful films were planned in which Robert Hossein was assigned the main male role.
Hoffain de Peyrac performed by Hossein fell in love with women all over the world. The actor was able to best fulfill the role of the hero-aristocrat who rebels against the hegemony of the capricious Louis. Louis sees the rich and wayward nobleman as a threat, so he burns him at the stake, putting forward a ridiculous accusation of witchcraft. Many years later, it turns out that Peyrac has survived and is now fighting with Louis’s fleet at sea, taking the pseudonym Resrator.
As you can see, the plot of the film is quite fascinating. A series of well-posed paintings about Angelica could not but bring the artist universal recognition and reverence.
Other movie work
However, not only "Angelica" is famous actor Robert Hossein. The biography of the artist is associated with many worthy projects.
In the 67th, Hossein directed the drama “I Killed Rasputin,” which takes place in Russia. In order for the script to reliably reflect historical events, in particular the death of Gregory, Hossein consulted with White Guard officers, who are numerous in France due to the mass emigration of this layer of the population from the Russian Empire. The director assigned one of the main roles to himself - Sergey Sukhotin.
In the 70s, together with Charles Aznavour, Robert starred in the crime film "Time of the Wolves." And, of course, one cannot fail to mention the role of the commissioner, which Hossein played in the action movie Professional. This tape was extremely popular in Russia in the early 90's. One of the main roles in it was played by Jean-Paul Belmondo.
Robert Hossein: biography, personal life
Apparently Robert always felt involved in Russian culture, since even in his personal life he was drawn to women of East Slavic origin.
Robert Hossein, whose biography is interesting no less than his personal life, was married three times. For the first time, his chosen one was actress Marina Vladi, whose real name is Polyakova. In this marriage, the actor had two sons, who were named Igor and Peter.
The second time, Robert again married a Russian woman - a certain Caroline Elyashev, whose father was also a native of the Russian Empire and in France found himself as a film producer. Carolyn also gave birth to a child actor.
The third darling - Candice Patu - gave Hossein a fourth son.