 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".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.