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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1907-06-23 (117 years old)

Place of Birth

Harbin, Heilongjiang, China

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.

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Known For

Acting

1972

1932

Baroud as Si Hamed
Baroud as Si Hamed

1931

1930

1929

Monte Cristo as Albert de Morcerf

1928

Two Timid Souls as Fremissin

1927

Siren of the Tropics as André Berval
The Chess Player as Prince Serge Oblomoff
Napoleon as General Louis Lazare Hoche

1925

Double Love as Jacques Maresco
Princesse Lulu as Raoul Brounet - le 'prince'