Acting
Pierre Batcheff
EN, FR, XX cinema · 19 credits
Born
23 June 1907
Died
13 April 1932 (aged 24)
Birthplace
Harbin, Heilongjiang, China
Also known as Пьер Батчефф
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
Filmography
Baroud
1933
Baroud
as Si Hamed
Baroud
as Si Hamed
The Lovers of Midnight
as Marcel
Monte Cristo
as Albert de Morcerf
Two Timid Souls
as Fremissin
Siren of the Tropics
as André Berval
The Chess Player
as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Napoleon
as General Louis Lazare Hoche
Destinée
Actor
Double Love
as Jacques Maresco
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Scipion Papiano
Princesse Lulu
1925
Princesse Lulu
as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'