Pierre Batcheff
Biography
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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.
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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Filmography
Bonaparte et la révolution
1972
as Hoche (archive footage)
- No poster
Baroud
1933
as Si Hamed
Baroud
1932
as Si Hamed
The Rebel
1931
The Lovers of Midnight
1931
as Marcel
The King of Paris
1930
- No poster
Illusions
1930
Un Chien Andalou
1929
as Man
Monte Cristo
1929
as Albert de Morcerf
Two Timid Souls
1928
as Fremissin
- No poster
Island of Love
1928
Siren of the Tropics
1927
as André Berval
Sea Fever
1927
Education of a Prince
1927
as Sacha
The Chess Player
1927
as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Napoleon
1927
as General Louis Lazare Hoche
Destinée
1926
Double Love
1925
as Jacques Maresco
- No poster
Princesse Lulu
1925
as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'
The Late Mathias Pascal
1925
as Scipion