Pierre Batcheff

Pierre Batcheff

1907-06-23 – 1932-04-13 (age 24) Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
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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

Napoleon
Napoleon

1927

as General Louis Lazare Hoche

Un Chien Andalou
Un Chien Andalou

1929

as Man

Two Timid Souls
Two Timid Souls

1928

as Fremissin

Monte Cristo
Monte Cristo

1929

as Albert de Morcerf

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Baroud

1933

as Si Hamed

Double Love
Double Love

1925

as Jacques Maresco

The Late Mathias Pascal
Sea Fever
The Lovers of Midnight
The Chess Player
The Chess Player

1927

as Prince Serge Oblomoff

Siren of the Tropics
Siren of the Tropics

1927

as André Berval

Bonaparte et la révolution
Bonaparte et la révolution

1972

as Hoche (archive footage)

Education of a Prince
The Rebel
Baroud
Baroud

1932

as Si Hamed

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Princesse Lulu

1925

as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'

The King of Paris
Destinée
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