Pierre Batcheff
Known for ActingBorn 1907-06-23 — died 1932-04-13Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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Pierre Batcheff (23 June 1907 – 13 April 1932) was a French actor, whose original name was Piotr Bacev (from Russia), born in Harbin, Manchuria. His best-known film was Un chien andalou (1929) by Luis Buñuel and Salvador Dali. He was married to French film editor Denise Piazza.
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Both Batcheff and the leading actress in Un chien andalou, Simone Mareuil, committed suicide, Mareuil by setting herself on fire in 1954, Batcheff reportedly by overdosing on Veronal.
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Known for
Un Chien Andalou
1929 · as Man
Napoleon
1927 · as General Louis Lazare Hoche
Monte Cristo
1929 · as Albert de Morcerf
Siren of the Tropics
1927 · as André Berval
Education of a Prince
1927 · as Sacha
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925 · as Scipion
The Chess Player
1927 · as Prince Serge Oblomoff
The King of Paris
1930
Two Timid Souls
1928 · as Fremissin
Princesse Lulu
1925 · as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'
Double Love
1925 · as Jacques Maresco
Destinée
1926
Baroud
1933 · as Si Hamed
Island of Love
1928
The Lovers of Midnight
1931 · as Marcel
Baroud
1932 · as Si Hamed
Bonaparte et la révolution
1972 · as Hoche (archive footage)
Illusions
1930