Paths of Glory

Movie

1957

1h 28m

English

Drama, War, History

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8.3

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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Paths of Glory

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1957

1h 28m

English

Drama, War, History

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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Cast

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

Father Dupree

Sgt. Boulanger

Pvt. Lejeune

Pvt. Maurice Ferol

Shell-Shocked Soldier

Capt. Rousseau

Capt. Nichols

Maj. Gouderc

Private in the Attack

Pvt. Duval

Capt. Renouart

Col. De Guerville

Doctor

Cafe Owner

Directed By: Stanley Kubrick

Written By: Stanley Kubrick (Screenplay), Jim Thompson (Screenplay), + 2 more

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saundrew says...

8 years ago

This is flat out one of my favorite films. Everything in this is so good that I was blown away the first time I saw it in college. I immediately went to amazon and ordered the blu ray for my own collection. If you've never seen it, do it now. The plot in this is great because we jump from sequence to sequence in a very logical, perfectly timed way. No, the whole movie does not take place on the front line. Instead we go through the whole process for what happens early on to see how it fully effects the soldiers. I get so furious every time I watch this at the dickhole characters. Seriously, go watch this.

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nmahoney416 says...

6 years ago

I went in thinking this would be a war movie and got a war movie and a court drama and an analysis of human behavior all in the same movie. Kirk Douglas gives a terrific performance. The war scenes are great and the effects hold up pretty well. The court room stuff is interesting and made me mad. The whole story is messy and there is no clear answer. War is hell.

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LordNPrior says...

6 years ago

Paths Of Glory This film is a product of it's time, especially when it comes to the acting, but it still works well today. Great camera work. Where this film gets me, is the display of WWI and the incompetence and disregard of life by high command. 8.5/10 #NicksMiniReview https://t.co/GMDXL5HeCX

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JoeyvanAwesome says...

7 months ago

I wasn’t expecting the second half of this movie to be a courtroom drama, but honestly that made the film so much more interesting than just another war movie. The most gripping thing is the way that the higher ups are talking about the lives of their soldiers. It’s haunting how little they care.

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CinemaSerf

3 months ago

"Col. Dax" (Kirk Dougas) is cajoled by "Gen. Broulard" (Adolphe Menjou) into taking his Great War weary regiment on one last mission in occupied France. Frankly, it's little better than a suicide one, but his operational commander "Gen. Mireau" (George Macready) is determined at all costs that they More

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Filipe Manuel Neto

3 months ago

**A short and objective film, with a clear and still relevant message, as well as a huge performance by Kirk Douglas.**

There are several films about World War I, but it is far from being seen by the public as one of the best. In fact, it seems to me a little forgotten today. It is, however, time More

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John Chard

6 years ago

Madness and Patsies Crash Together In Kubrick's Explosive Thunderbolt.

Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory is holding up rather well these days, in fact it's as pertinent and relevant as ever.

It's 1916 and the French and German armies are in opposing mud trenches, when the French are ordered to More

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