Léon Poirier

L'affaire du courrier de Lyon

Léon Poirier

Verdun, souvenirs d'histoire

Léon Poirier

Paul Amiot, Antonin Artaud

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

Verdun, visions d'histoire

Léon Poirier

Albert Préjean, Jeanne Marie-Laurent

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.

La croisière jaune

André Sauvage, Léon Poirier

Georges-Marie Haardt, André Sauvage

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.

Caïn, aventures des mers exotiques

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Rama-Tahé, Thomy Bourdelle

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.

Geneviève

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Laurence Myrga, Dolly Davis

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

Léon Poirier

Armand Tallier, Laurence Myrga

Sœurs d'armes

Léon Poirier

Jeanne Sully, Josette Day

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

La Brière

Léon Poirier

José Davert, Laurence Myrga

Amours exotiques

Léon Poirier

La voie sans disque

Léon Poirier

Gina Manès, Daniel Mendaille

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 Croisière noire

Léon Poirier

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

Le coffret de jade

Léon Poirier

Roger Karl, Laurence Myrga

Narayana

Léon Poirier

Edmond van Daële, Laurence Myrga

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

Brazza ou l'épopée du Congo

Léon Poirier

Robert Darène, Thomy Bourdelle

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.

L'appel du silence

Léon Poirier

Jean Yonnel, Pierre de Guingand

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