Léon Poirier

Most Popular Léon Poirier Trailers

Total trailers found: 21

Verdun: Visions of History Trailer (1928)

08 November 1928

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, memories of history Trailer (1931)

06 November 1931

A visitor from the western front tells young children, in a sober commentary, about the battle of Verdun.

The Jade Casket Trailer (1921)

18 November 1921

Jeannou Trailer (1943)

10 November 1943

Jeannou lives in a castle in Périgord with his father, the last man of aristocratic lineage landowners, very attached to traditions.

Le penseur Trailer (1920)

02 January 1920

Directed by Léon Poirier.

La voie sans disque Trailer (1933)

31 May 1933

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.

The Call Trailer (1936)

01 May 1936

The story of Charles de Foucauld, born September 15, 1858 in Strasbourg (France) and died December 1, 1916 in Tamanrasset in Algeria during the French colonial period, was a cavalry officer of the French army who became an explorer and geographer, then Catholic religious, priest, linguist and hermit in the Hoggar desert in Algeria.

Rama, the Cannibal Girl Trailer (1930)

28 November 1930

A stoker, dissatisfied with his job, escapes from his ship to an island where he lives with a native girl.

Dans la brousse annamite Trailer (1931)

01 January 1931

Produced as part of the "Yellow Cruise", the film documents the daily life of the sedentary Moïs people in Buôn Ma Thuôt, in the Darlac region.

Amours exotiques Trailer (1927)

22 November 1927

L'affaire du courrier de Lyon Trailer (1923)

09 March 1923

Jocelyn Trailer (1922)

03 November 1922

Adaptation of a romantic Lamartine poem. A youth leaves a monastery where he has stayed, after the anti-religious terror of the Revolution.

Narayana Trailer (1920)

22 October 1920

Loosely based on Balzac's novel "La peau de chagrin", the story revolves around a man who steals a small, magical figurine named Narayana.

Geneviève Trailer (1923)

01 January 1923

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.

La Brière Trailer (1924)

02 January 1924

In the lands of Brière a bitter dispute broke out over the draining of marshes for brick making. An old man, Aoustin, leads the resistance and refuses to give the hand of his daughter Théotiste to a young peasant, Jeannin, who supports it.

The Black Cruise Trailer (1926)

02 March 1926

This non-fiction feature produced by the Citroen automobile company features a car which makes a trip across the African continent.

Brazza, or The Epic of the Congo Trailer (1940)

01 February 1940

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.

The Unknown Road Trailer (1949)

02 December 1949

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.

Sisters-in-Arms Trailer (1937)

02 December 1937

During the war from '14-'18, two women travel by foot in the North of France and Belgium to aid an oh

The Yellow Cruise Trailer (1934)

18 March 1934

The Yellow Cruise is a French documentary film initially directed by André Sauvage and taken over by Léon Poirier following the intervention of André Citroën.

Autopolis Trailer (1934)

01 January 1934

The stages of car manufacturing in the immense Citroën factories on the Quai de Javel in Paris, from the foundry to the assembly lines, right through to the finishing touches.