Léon Poirier

Directing · 1884–1968 · Paris, France

Léon Poirier (25 August 1884 – 27 June 1968) was a French film director, screenwriter and film producer best known for his silent films from 1913 onwards. He directed some 25 films between 1913 and 1949. His most famous film today is Verdun: Visions of History, a drama-documentary depicting the World War I Battle of Verdun. His later films adopted a form of poetic realism influenced by pictorialist photography.

Known for

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The Yellow Cruise

1934 · Director

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Narayana

1920 · Director

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Sisters-in-Arms

1937 · Director

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Verdun: Visions of History

1928 · Director

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Jocelyn

1922 · Director

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The Call

1936 · Director

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Rama, the Cannibal Girl

1930 · Director

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La Brière

1924 · Director

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The Black Cruise

1926 · Director

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Jeannou

1943 · Director

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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo

1940 · Director

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The Jade Casket

1921 · Director

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The Unknown Road

1949 · Director

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Jeannou

1943 · Director

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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo

1940 · Director

5.2

Sisters-in-Arms

1937 · Director

8.0

The Call

1936 · Director

6.4

The Yellow Cruise

1934 · Director

Autopolis

1934 · Director

La voie sans disque

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La voie sans disque

1933 · Director

Dans la brousse annamite

1931 · Director

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Verdun, memories of history

1931 · Director

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Rama, the Cannibal Girl

1930 · Director

7.8

Verdun: Visions of History

1928 · Director

Amours exotiques

1927 · Director

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The Black Cruise

1926 · Director

10.0

La Brière

1924 · Director

Geneviève

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Geneviève

1923 · Director

L'affaire du courrier de Lyon

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L'affaire du courrier de Lyon

1923 · Director

8.0

Jocelyn

1922 · Director