Pierre Batcheff

Acting

Born June 23, 1907, Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Pierre Batcheff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

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