
Directing · Born Aug 25, 1884 · Died Jun 27, 1968 (83) · 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.

The Unknown Road
19498.0

Jeannou
19439.0

Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
194010.0

Sisters-in-Arms
19375.2

The Call
19368.0

The Yellow Cruise
19346.3

Autopolis
1934

Verdun, memories of history
19317.0

Rama, the Cannibal Girl
19308.0

Verdun: Visions of History
19287.8

The Black Cruise
192610.0

La Brière
192410.0

Jocelyn
19228.0

The Jade Casket
19219.0

Narayana
19205.8