Pierre Batcheff
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Pierre Batcheff was a French
actor
. His best-known film was Un chien andalou
(1929) by Luis Buñuel
and Salvador Dali
. He was married to French film editor Denise Batcheff
.
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
on 13 April 1932.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
actor
Actor
An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
. His best-known film was Un chien andalou
Un chien andalou
Un Chien Andalou is a 1929 silent surrealist short film by the Spanish director Luis Buñuel and artist Salvador Dalí. It was Buñuel's first film and was initially released in 1929 to a limited showing in Paris, but became popular and ran for eight months....
(1929) by Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel
Luis Buñuel Portolés was a Spanish-born filmmaker — later a naturalized citizen of Mexico — who worked in Spain, Mexico, France and the US..-Early years:...
and Salvador Dali
Salvador Dalí
Salvador Domènec Felip Jacint Dalí i Domènech, Marquis de Púbol , commonly known as Salvador Dalí , was a prominent Spanish Catalan surrealist painter born in Figueres,Spain....
. He was married to French film editor Denise Batcheff
Denise Batcheff
Denise Batcheff was a French film editor and sound technician in the early 1930s.According to Internet Movie Database, she worked on eight films:*Amour à l'américaine also known as American Love...
.
Both Batcheff and the leading actress in Un chien andalou, Simone Mareuil
Simone Mareuil
Simone Mareuil was a French actress best known for appearing in the surrealist film Un chien andalou.-Biography:Born Marie Louise Simone Vacher in Périgueux, Dordogne, she appeared in a number of films, most notably director Luis Buñuel's Un chien andalou...
, committed suicide, Mareuil by setting herself on fire in 1954, Batcheff reportedly by overdosing on Veronal
Barbital
Barbital , also called barbitone, was the first commercially marketed barbiturate. It was used as a sleeping aid from 1903 until the mid-1950s. The chemical names for barbital are diethylmalonyl urea or diethylbarbituric acid...
on 13 April 1932.