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Pierre Batcheff
Biography
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
Un Chien Andalou
as Man
Napoleon
as General Louis Lazare Hoche
Monte Cristo
as Albert de Morcerf
The Late Mathias Pascal
as Scipion
The Chess Player
as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Princesse Lulu
as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'
Siren of the Tropics
as André Berval
Sea Fever
Two Timid Souls
as Fremissin
Education of a Prince
as Sacha
