Léon Poirier

Léon Poirier

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Léon Poirier

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The Unknown Road
Director
The Moroccan adventure of Charles de Foucauld, explorer in Morocco, in 1883-1884. The ex-officer's contact with the wisdom of the Koran, the mores of the natives, the solitude on the edge of the oases made him rediscover his faith and already we guessed in him the future Father de Foucauld.
Jeannou
Director
Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions. She meets Peter, a young engineer, she joined in Paris, decided to marry her. A few months later, pregnant, she returned to the area where the wedding will be celebrated.
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Producer
The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Screenplay
The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Dialogue
The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
Director
The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France as his motherland.
Sisters-in-Arms
Producer
During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an organization to provide information to the English
Sisters-in-Arms
Screenplay
During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an organization to provide information to the English
Sisters-in-Arms
Director
During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an organization to provide information to the English
The Call
Producer
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara
The Call
Dialogue
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara
The Call
Screenplay
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara
The Call
Director
The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara
The Yellow Cruise
Director
The film tells the expedition leaving Beirut in Lebanon to rally China through the ancient Silk Road with half-tracks vehicles, between 1931 and 1932.
La voie sans disque
Writer
Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigenous warriors, while one of the white employees falls for a mysterious woman tied to the rebels.
La voie sans disque
Director
Toward the close of World War I, European railroads in Djibouti are under siege by bands of indigenous warriors, while one of the white employees falls for a mysterious woman tied to the rebels.
Verdun, memories of history
Director
A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Writer
A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.
Rama, the Cannibal Girl
Director
A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl. Eventually he is picked up by a passing steamer.
Verdun: Visions of History
Writer
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
Verdun: Visions of History
Director
A dramatized re-enactment and documentary of the Battle of Verdun as seen by both French and German soldiers, shot on site of the actual battle.
Amours exotiques
Director
La croisière noire
Director
This non-fiction feature produced by the Citroen automobile company features a car which makes a trip across the African continent.
La Brière
Director
L'affaire du courrier de Lyon
Director
Geneviève
Director
Geneviève is an orphan child and living with her little sister Josette. Because of her economic situation, she cancels marriage with an honest and respectful man. Josette, after a short and tremendous love affair, dies leaving a little baby boy. Due to this incident, Geneviève is convicted and imprisoned. Wandering from town to town, village to village, she finally manages to get to her ancient fiance's house.
Jocelyn
Writer
Jocelyn
Director
The Jade Casket
Writer
The Jade Casket
Director
Narayana
Director
Loosely based on Balzac's novel "La peau de chagrin", the story revolves around a man who steals a small, magical figurine named Narayana.
Le penseur
Director
Directed by Léon Poirier.