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Pierre Batcheff

Acting Born Jun 23, 1907 Harbin, Heilongjiang, China 20 credits

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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Known for

Film

Un Chien Andalou

as Man

Full filmography

  • Un Chien Andalou (1929) as Man
  • Napoleon (1927) as General Louis Lazare Hoche
  • Monte Cristo (1929) as Albert de Morcerf
  • Two Timid Souls (1928) as Fremissin
  • Siren of the Tropics (1927) as André Berval
  • The Late Mathias Pascal (1925) as Scipion
  • The Lovers of Midnight (1931) as Marcel
  • Princesse Lulu (1925) as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'
  • Baroud (1932) as Si Hamed
  • Baroud (1933) as Si Hamed
  • Island of Love (1928)
  • Sea Fever (1927)
  • The Chess Player (1927) as Prince Serge Oblomoff
  • Double Love (1925) as Jacques Maresco
  • Destinée (1926)
  • Education of a Prince (1927) as Sacha
  • The King of Paris (1930)
  • Illusions (1930)
  • The Rebel (1931)
  • Bonaparte et la révolution (1972) as Hoche (archive footage)