Léon Poirier
Known for Directing
Born August 24, 1884
Died June 27, 1968
Place of Birth 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.
Filmography
The Call
1936
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Narayana
1920
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Verdun: Visions of History
1928
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La Brière
1924
Director
Sisters-in-Arms
1937
Director
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
1940
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Geneviève
1923
Director
The Unknown Road
1949
Director
The Jade Casket
1921
Director
Jeannou
1943
Director
Jocelyn
1922
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L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
1923
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Rama, the Cannibal Girl
1930
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La voie sans disque
1933
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Le penseur
1920
Director
The Black Cruise
1926
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The Yellow Cruise
1934
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Verdun, memories of history
1931
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Dans la brousse annamite
1931
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Amours exotiques
1927
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