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Léonce-Henri Burel

Born November 24, 1892 · Indre, Loire-Atlantique, France

Died March 21, 1977 · aged 84

Léonce-Henri Burel (23 November 1892 – 21 March 1977) was a French cinematographer whose career extended from the silent era until the early 1970s. He was the director of photography on more than 120 films, working almost exclusively in black-and-white. After studying at the University of Nantes, he initially worked as a photoengraver before becoming a camera operator. At the Film d'Art company i…

Known For

Sacred FireSacred Fire · 1942
Sacred Fire
★ 7.01942
MovieDramaComedy
A young woman from the countryside travels to Paris to become an actress. Despite all kinds of difficulties, affronts and emotional adventures, she succeeded in gaining a place in the world of entertainment and becomes a great movie star.
PickpocketPickpocket · 1959
Pickpocket
★ 7.31959
MovieCrimeDrama
Michel takes up pickpocketing on a lark and is arrested soon after. His mother dies shortly after his release, and despite the objections of his only friend, Jacques, and his mother's neighbor Jeanne, Michel teams up with a couple of petty thieves in order to improve his craft. With a police inspector keeping an eye on him, Michel also tries to get a straight job, but the temptation to steal is hard to resist.
FrivolitiesFrivolities · 1929
Frivolities
★ 6.01929
MovieDocumentary
An ironic look at what it is like to be beautiful for a woman (and handsome for a few men) in the Paris of the late twenties.
A Man EscapedA Man Escaped · 1956
A Man Escaped
★ 7.91956
MovieDramaThriller
A captured French Resistance fighter during World War II engineers a daunting escape from prison.
NapoleonNapoleon · 1927
Napoleon
★ 7.81927
MovieDramaHistory
A biopic of Napoleon Bonaparte, tracing the Corsican's career from his schooldays (where a snowball fight is staged like a military campaign) to his flight from Corsica, through the French Revolution (where a real storm is intercut with a political storm) and the Terror, culminating in his triumphant invasion of Italy in 1797.
La TerreLa Terre · 1921
La Terre
★ 6.41921
MovieDrama
As Jean is walking across the countryside in search of work, he helps and befriends a young woman, Françoise, who is having trouble controlling the cow that she is leading. Jean finds work at a local farm, but he soon finds himself caught in the middle of the conflicts in Françoise's family.
A Bomb for a DictatorA Bomb for a Dictator · 1957
A Bomb for a Dictator
★ 5.71957
MovieDrama
RY A revolution breaks out in a South American country while its cruel dictator is on a trip to France. The rebels have made careful plans to blow up the dictator's private plane as he returns, but at the last second he changes plans and travels on a commercial flight. The rebels then must make a difficult decision: they must either blow up a flight filled with innocent passengers, or else allow the dictator to return home and take brutal reprisals against the leaders of the uprising.
Diary of a Country PriestDiary of a Country Priest · 1951
Diary of a Country Priest
★ 7.51951
MovieDrama
An inexperienced, sickly priest shows up in the rural French community of Ambricourt, where he joins the community's clergy. But the locals don't take kindly to the priest, and his ascetic ways and unsociable demeanor make him an outcast. During Bible studies at the nearby girls school, he is continually mocked by his students. Then his attempt to intervene in a family feud backfires into a scandal. His failures, compounded with his declining health, begin to erode his faith.

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