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Pierre Batcheff

Actor

Pierre Batcheff

Born June 23, 1907 in Harbin, Heilongjiang, ChinaDied April 13, 193219 films

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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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Napoleon posterFirst watchNapoleon19277.8as General Louis Lazare HocheA biopic of former Emperor of France, Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from…View film

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Un Chien Andalou poster7.4Un Chien Andalou1929

Filmography

19 films as actor
  1. 1933BaroudSi Hamed
  2. 1932BaroudSi Hamed
  3. 1931The Rebel
  4. 1931The Lovers of MidnightMarcel
  5. 1930The King of Paris
  6. 1930Illusions
  7. 1929Un Chien AndalouMan
  8. 1929Monte CristoAlbert de Morcerf
  9. 1928Two Timid SoulsFremissin
  10. 1928Island of Love
  11. 1927Siren of the TropicsAndré Berval
  12. 1927Sea Fever
  13. 1927Education of a PrinceSacha
  14. 1927The Chess PlayerPrince Serge Oblomoff
  15. 1927NapoleonGeneral Louis Lazare Hoche
  16. 1926Destinée
  17. 1925Double LoveJacques Maresco
  18. 1925The Late Mathias PascalScipion Papiano
  19. 1925Princesse LuluRaoul Brounet - le 'prince'