Paths of Glory (1957)

8.5	Listal rating
8.6	IMDB rating

War (15), 1950s (8), World War I (7), WWI (7), 1957 (6), Drama (6), Usa (5), Classic (4), (4), French (3), France (3), 50s (3), History (3), Kirk Douglas (3), French Army (3), Stanley Kubrick (2), Mutiny (2), General (2), Glory-seeking (2), Under Fire (2)

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The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack.

Directed by

Stanley Kubrick

Starring (View all) :

Col. Dax

Cpl. Philippe Paris

Gen. George Broulard

Gen. Paul Mireau

Lt. Roget / Singing man

Maj. Saint-Auban

Pvt. Pierre Arnaud

German singer

Proprietor of cafe

Narrator of opening sequence / Judge

Written by (View all) :

Stanley Kubrick

(screenplay)

Calder Willingham

(screenplay) and

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Realistic, emotionally-draining depiction of WWI

Posted : 1 year ago at Nov 6 1:33

General Broulard: "Colonel Dax, you're a disappointment to me. You've spoiled the keenness of your mind by wallowing in sentimentality. You really did want to save those men, and you were not angling for Mireau's command. You are an idealist - and I pity you as I would the village idiot. We're fighting a war, Dax, a war that we've got to win. Those men didn't fight, so they were shot. You bring charges against General Mireau, so I insist that he answer them. Wherein have I done wrong?" Colonel Dax: "Because you don't know the answer to that question, I pity you." The bitter, numbing inanity of war and the exploitation of military ranks is made brazenly obvious in Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory. Vehemently an anti-war feature, this compelling masterpiece is a piercing attack on the mi...Read more

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