Paths of Glory Movie Review 1957

Classic anti-war drama set in WWI France. A vain, ambitious officer imposes unlikely battle strategy on his hapless troops, and when it fails, he demands that three soldiers be selected for execution as cowards. Menjou is excellent as the bloodless French officer, with Douglas properly heroic as the French officer who knows about the whole disgraceful enterprise. Fabulous, wrenching fare from filmmaking great Kubrick, who co-wrote. Based on a true story from Humphrey Cobb's novel of the same name.

Distribution

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Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 86 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

World War I, Anti-War War Movies, True Stories, Military Crimes & Trials, France, Rebel With a Cause, 4 Bones

Screenplay

Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Ralph Meeker, Richard Anderson, Wayne Morris, Timothy Carey, Susanne Christian, Bert Freed, Joe Turkel, Peter Capell

Cinematography

Georg Krause

Director

Stanley Kubrick

Music

Gerald Fried

Producer

United Artists, James B. Harris

Awards

Natl. Film Reg. 1992.