Pierre Batcheff

from Harbin, Manchuria

Artwork for NapoleonImage of 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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Timeline

1972Aged 65

  • Poster for Bonaparte et la révolution

    Hoche (archive footage)

1933Aged 26

1932Aged 25

  • Poster for Baroud

    Si Hamed

1931Aged 24

  • Poster for The Lovers of Midnight

    Marcel

  • Poster for The Rebel

    (Unknown)

1930Aged 23

1929Aged 22

  • Poster for Monte Cristo

    Albert de Morcerf

  • Poster for Un Chien Andalou

    Man

1928Aged 21

1927Aged 20

  • Poster for Napoleon

    General Louis Lazare Hoche

  • Poster for The Chess Player

    Prince Serge Oblomoff

  • Poster for Education of a Prince

    Sacha

  • Poster for Sea Fever

    (Unknown)

  • Poster for Siren of the Tropics

    André Berval

1926Aged 19

  • Poster for Destinée

    (Unknown)

1925Aged 18

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