Biography

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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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Un Chien Andalou

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Un Chien Andalou is an European avant-garde surrealist film, a collaboration between direc...

Relase Date : 5 Jun, 1929

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Siren of the Tropics

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Marquis Sévéro, a rich, lazy Parisian, wants to divorce his wife so that he can marry hi...

Relase Date : 30 Dec, 1927

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Napoleon

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A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a...

Relase Date : 10 Jan, 1927

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Monte Cristo

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Young sailor Edmond Dantès is wrongfully imprisoned, escapes, finds treasure, and reinven...

Relase Date : 30 Apr, 1929

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The Late Mathias Pascal

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Mathias Pascal, only son of a once-rich family, marries beautiful Romalinda, who has a ter...

Relase Date : 2 Jul, 1925

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The Chess Player

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In 1776, an inventor conceals a Polish nobleman in his chess-playing automaton, a machine ...

Relase Date : 17 May, 1927

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