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Pierre Batcheff
Deceased

How Did Pierre Batcheff Die?

Life & Death

Died aged 24
Also known asПьер БатчеффGenderMaleNationalityRussian EmpireBorn23/06/1907Born inHarbin, Heilongjiang, ChinaDied13/04/1932 (aged 24)Died inParisCausedrug overdoseWikidataQ1027034 ↗Buried atSainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, Montparnasse CemeteryTMDb#8992 ↗

Pierre Batcheff was a French actor of Russian origin. He became a popular film actor from the mid-1920s until the early 1930s, and among his best-known work was the surrealist short film Un chien andalou (1929), made by Luis Buñuel in collaboration with Salvador Dalí. After appearing in about twenty-five films, he died at an early age from a drug overdose.

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Filmography20 titles

YearTitleCharacterAge at
release
1972Bonaparte et la révolutionMovieHoche (archive footage)65
1933BaroudMovieSi Hamed26
1932BaroudMovieSi Hamed25
1931The Lovers of MidnightMovieMarcel24
1931The RebelMovie—24
1930IllusionsMovie—23
1930The King of ParisMovie—23
1929Monte CristoMovieAlbert de Morcerf22
1929Un Chien AndalouMovieMan22
1928Two Timid SoulsMovieFremissin21
1928Island of LoveMovie—21
1927NapoleonMovieGeneral Louis Lazare Hoche20
1927Sea FeverMovie—20
1927Siren of the TropicsMovieAndré Berval20
1927Education of a PrinceMovieSacha20
1927The Chess PlayerMoviePrince Serge Oblomoff20
1926DestinéeMovie—19
1925The Late Mathias PascalMovieScipion18
1925Double LoveMovieJacques Maresco18
1925Princesse LuluMovieRaoul Brounet - le 'prince'18