
Pierre Batcheff
Acting
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.
Known for
1972Bonaparte et la révolution
Hoche (archive footage)
1932Baroud
Si Hamed
1931The Rebel
1931The Lovers of Midnight
Marcel
1930The King of Paris
1929Un Chien Andalou
Man
1929Monte Cristo
Albert de Morcerf
1928Two Timid Souls
Fremissin
1927Sea Fever
1927Siren of the Tropics
André Berval
1927The Chess Player
Prince Serge Oblomoff
1927Napoleon
General Louis Lazare Hoche
1927Education of a Prince
Sacha
1926Destinée
1925Double Love
Jacques Maresco
1925The Late Mathias Pascal
Scipion