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The Taste of Violence AKA Le goût de la violence (1961) Robert Hossein, Giovanna Ralli, Mario Adorf
This European “western” by Robert Hossein (scripter, director, and lead) is set in an unnamed Latin American country suffering under a dictator. Read More »
Toi… le venin AKA Blonde in a White Car (1958) Robert Hossein, Marina Vlady, Odile Versois
One dark night, in the deserted streets of Nice, an American car slowly drives past Victor Menda, then slowly pulls up. Read More »
Don Juan or If Don Juan Were a Woman (1973) Roger Vadim, Brigitte Bardot, Robert Hossein, Mathieu Carrière
Jeanne lives in Paris and believes she is the reincarnation of Don Juan. She visits a priest and tells him she has killed a man. Read More »
Highway Pick-Up (1963) Julien Duvivier, Robert Hossein, Jean Sorel, Catherine Rouvel
In this French crime drama, two safe-crackers are breaking into a safe when they are caught in the act by a guard. Read More »
Les misérables (1982) Robert Hossein, Lino Ventura, Jean Carmet, Michel Bouquet
The story of Jean Valjean, a Frenchman convicted of minor crimes, who is hounded for years by an unforgiving and unrelenting police inspector, Javert. Read More »
Panic in Bangkok (1964) André Hunebelle, Kerwin Mathews, Robert Hossein, Pier Angeli
A secret agent sets out to stop an evil scientist who is about to unleash on the world a virulent biological strain he has developed during experiments on rats. Read More »
I Killed Rasputin (1967) Robert Hossein, Gert Fröbe, Peter McEnery, Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Grigori Rasputin becomes a fixture of Russia’s Imperial Court after saving the life of Alexei Nikolaevich, Tsarevich of Russia, the haemophiliac heir to the throne. Read More »
Des femmes disparaissent / Girls Disappear (1959) Édouard Molinaro, Robert Hossein, Magali Noël, Estella Blain, Thriller
Pierre Rossi and Béatrice live in the same block of flats in Marseille and love each other. One night, Béatrice leaves her apartment. Read More »
Les scélérats / The Wretches (1960) Robert Hossein, Michèle Morgan, Olivier Hussenot, Drama
This slow-paced, murky melodrama stars Michele Morgan and Robert Hossein (the director) as Thelma and Jess, two Americans who move into a down-at-the-heels Paris neighborhood. Read More »
Un meurtre est un meurtre / Murder Is a Murder (1972) Etienne Périer, Jean-Claude Brialy, Stéphane Audran, Robert Hossein, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Paul Kastner’s wife dies in tragic circumstances. Although Paul is, or seems, blameless, a stranger soon appears in town who maintains he has evidence to show Paul in fact murdered the woman. Read More »
Sait-on jamais… (1957) Roger Vadim, Françoise Arnoul, Christian Marquand, Robert Hossein, Drama
Cute Sophie is an amoral French girl living in a sumptuous Venetian palazzo. She is the kept woman of a very rich but undesirable fellow named Eric von Bergen, an ex-nazi turned forger. Read More »
Le voleur de crimes / Crime Thief (1969) Nadine Trintignant, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Robert Hossein, Giorgia Moll, Crime, Drama
Jean (Trintignant), a psychopath, casually witnesses a young woman’s suicide. Read More »
Le tonnerre de Dieu / The Thunder of God (1965) Denys de La Patellière, Jean Gabin, Michèle Mercier, Robert Hossein, Comedy, Drama
Brassac (Jean Gabin) is a drunken veterinarian who can’t resist bringing home stray animals and humans. Read More »
Madame Sans Gêne / Madame (1961) Christian-Jaque, Sophia Loren, Robert Hossein, Renaud Mary, Comedy, Drama, Romance, War
Catherine, an out-spoken Parisian laundress follows Napoleon’s army to the battlefront to be near her Sergeant Lefevre. The couple perform a deed of heroism which abets Napoleon’s victory, so that after the war the grateful Emperor bestows on the now married couple the title of Duke and Duchess. Catherine squabbles with Napoleon’s haughty sisters, scandalizes the nobility with her lack of courtly manners, flirts with the men – and consistently creates havoc as she remains true to her earthy background.
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