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Pierre Batcheff

 
Actor: Pierre Batcheff
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  • Born: 1900
  • Died: 1932
  • Occupation: Actor, Writer
  • Active: '20s-'30s
  • Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
  • Career Highlights: Napoléon, Un Chien Andalou, Les Amours De Minuit
  • First Major Screen Credit: Princesse Lulu (1924)

Biography

Pierre Batcheff was one of the premiere actors of early French avant-garde cinema during the mid-to-late 1920s. His best-known films include Gance's Napoleon (1927) and Clair's Les Deux Timides (1928), but he is still most famous for playing the main character in Buñuel and Dali's classic art film Un Chien Andalou (1929). ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide
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Pierre Batcheff (1901 – 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 overdosed on Veronal per his entry at the Internet Movie Database.

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