Overview:
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.| Status: | Released (1957-10-25) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 1 BAFTA Award5 wins & 3 nominations total |
| Screen: | Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson |
| Productions: | Bryna Productions, United Artists, Harris Kubrick Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America, United Kingdom |
| Spoken Languages: | Deutsch, Latin, English |
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Casts
- 2090: Kirk Douglas - Col. Dax
- 14562: Ralph Meeker - Cpl. Philippe Paris
- 14563: Adolphe Menjou - Gen. George Broulard
- 14564: George Macready - Gen. Paul Mireau
- 14565: Wayne Morris - Lt. Roget/Singing man
- 12312: Richard Anderson - Maj. Saint-Auban
- 592: Joe Turkel - Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
Crews
- 14555: Georg Krause - Director of Photography - Camera
- 240: Stanley Kubrick - Director - Directing
- 14559: Arthur Schramm - Makeup Artist - Costume & Make-Up
- 14554: Humphrey Cobb - Novel - Writing
- 3350: Gerald Fried - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 240: Stanley Kubrick - Screenplay - Writing
- 14556: Eva Kroll - Editor - Editing
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Reviews
John Chard
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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 ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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"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 ....
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**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 i ....
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