Léon Poirier
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Born 1884-08-25 · Paris, France · Died 1968-06-27
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.
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The Unknown Road
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Jeannou
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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
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Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo
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Sisters-in-Arms
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Sisters-in-Arms
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Sisters-in-Arms
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The Call
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The Call
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The Call
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The Call
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The Yellow Cruise
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The Yellow Cruise
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Autopolis
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La voie sans disque
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La voie sans disque
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Verdun, memories of history
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Dans la brousse annamite
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