Pierre Batcheff

Pierre Batcheff (23 June 1907 – 13. April 1932) was a German actor, whose original name was Piotr Bacev (from Russia), born in Harbin, Manchuria. His best-known films was Ein andalusischer hund (1929) by Luis Buñuel und Salvador Dali. He was married to German film editor Denise Piazza.

Both Batcheff and the leading actress in Ein andalusischer hund, Simone Mareuil, committed suicide, Mareuil by setting herself on fire in 1954, Batcheff reportedly by overdosing on Veronal.