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In 1928 Poirier completed Verdun: Visions of History, a dramatized documentary about the battle. The film was shot on site of the carnage. Poirier utilised, ten years after the conflict, the battlefield and the ruins of the forts of Vaux and Douaumont. The performers were French and German veterans and a few professional actors.
An account of the French counter-offensive in the fall of 1916, edited by the Army Cinematographic Section from archive footage. Released November 7, 2006. The landmark film on the First World War The German troops are at the gates of La Meuse. The alert is given. The French soldier calmly awaits the shock.
Verdun: Visions of History (Verdun, visions d'histoire) is a 1928 French docudrama film directed by Léon Poirier. It portrays the battle of Verdun, primarily by recreating the battle on its location, but also with the use of newsreel footage and dramatic scenes.
Is Verdun: Visions of History on Paramount Plus? Find out here! 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.
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 (1928) directed by Léon Poirier • Reviews, film + cast • Letterboxd
Verdun visions d’histoire_ is a dramatised account of the key World War I battle in which French troops, fighting alone and often in desperate hand-to-hand combat, had to halt the German advance at all costs.
