Léon Poirier

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 story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara

The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France...

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 voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France...

The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

Geneviève is an orphan child and living with her little sister Josette. Because of her economic situation, she cancels marriage with an honest...

Directed by Léon Poirier.

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

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

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...

The story of Charles de Foucauld, a cavalry officer, who became an explorer, and then became a Catholic priest and hermit in the Sahara

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

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

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.

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

The voyages of Pierre Savorgnan de Brassa through Africa. This great explorer, the founder of Brazzaville (Congo), was born in Italy but chose France...

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...

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

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

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

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...

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

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

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...