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Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film [5] co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, [6] which was based on the Souain corporals affair during World War I.
Paths of Glory: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready. After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.
Feb 25, 2005 · Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" (1957) closes with a scene that doesn't seem organic to the movie. We've seen harrowing battlefield carnage, a morally rotten court-martial, French army generals corrupt and cynical beyond all imagining, and now what do we see?
Paths of Glory is a transcendentally humane war movie from Stanley Kubrick, with impressive, protracted battle sequences and a knock-out ending. Read Critics Reviews
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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.
A fiery Kirk Douglas stars as a World War I French colonel who goes head-to-head with the army’s ruthless top brass when his men are accused of cowardice after being unable to carry out an impossible mission.
Aug 27, 2010 · Learn more: http://www.criterion.com/films/27522 Stanley Kubrick's PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. This is a haunting, exquisitely photographed dissection...
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Jul 19, 2024 · Paths of Glory, American war film, released in 1957, that elevated its young director, Stanley Kubrick, to international prominence. Its controversial portrayal of the French military prevented it from being shown in several European countries for years.
In this riveting courtroom drama, a commanding officer must defend three scapegoat soldiers on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916. 1,893 IMDb 8.4 1 h 27 min 1957. X-Ray 13+. Drama · Military and War · Bleak · Bold. Available to rent or buy.