on his death summarised his contemporary appeal as an actor: "As an artist, he brought an extremely personal tone of refinement, of sensitivity and of melancholy, which was not devoid of strength, and this earned him a very wide popularity". It also noted that on the day after his death he had been due to sign a contract with a producer to direct his first film. Filmography Bibliography Powrie, Phil & Rebillard, Éric. Pierre Batcheff and stardom in 1920s French cinema. Edinburgh University Press, 2009 Tual, Denise. Au cœur du temps. Paris: Carrère, 1987. References External links 1900s births 1932 deaths Year of birth uncertain 20th-century French male actors Male actors from Paris Male actors from Saint Petersburg French male silent film actors French male stage actors Emigrants from the Russian Empire to France Actors from Geneva Emigrants from the Russian Empire to Switzerland Burials at Montparnasse Cemetery Burials at Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois Russian Cemetery Drug-related suicides in France Barbiturates-related deaths 1932 suicides