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Paths
of Glory
Release date 25th December 1957
Country : USA
Running time : 87 mins
Genre : War
Starring Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
DVD
available from MGM/UA Home Video :Release date 25th December 1957
Country : USA
Running time : 87 mins
Genre : War
Starring Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
Screenplay by Stanley Kubrick
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
A general defends men wrongly
court-martialled for cowardice on the Western Front.
The greatest anti-war film ever made with a searing indictment of the complacency of the high command in the Great War. Kirk Douglas was never better than as the general defending the honour of the men who failed to take the ant hill and had to even contend with being fired on by the order of their commander. The battle scenes also add to this powerful piece of cinema. Adolphe Menjou is great too as a cynical leader in one of his last important performances.
The greatest anti-war film ever made with a searing indictment of the complacency of the high command in the Great War. Kirk Douglas was never better than as the general defending the honour of the men who failed to take the ant hill and had to even contend with being fired on by the order of their commander. The battle scenes also add to this powerful piece of cinema. Adolphe Menjou is great too as a cynical leader in one of his last important performances.
Banned in Spain
because of its anti-military message (it wasn't released there till
1986 11 years affter Franco's death) and in France because of itys
negative view of the French military.
Richard Burton and
James Mason were considered for Kirk Douglas' part.
Kubrick did 68 takes
for the scene of the convicted men's last meal.
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