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Paths of Glory

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Paths of Glory
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NR,1hr 26min
Genres:
War,Drama
Released:
December 25, 1957
Director:
Stanley Kubrick
Distributor:
United Artists
Starring:
Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou  ...more
Synopsis: Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will ... Full Synopsis
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Dan Jardine, AMG Review
Paths of Glory is a remarkable anti-war film that retains its impact decades after its release. The story's horrifying, tragic inevitability combines with Stanley Kubrick's forthright documentary style to create a film of rare power, a stinging, pre-Vietnam indictment of the inflexibility of war-time decision-making. Kirk Douglas, who produced the film, seems an odd choice to play a French colonel ... Full Review
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Kirk Douglas
Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker
Corp. Paris
Adolphe Menjou
Gen. Broulard
George Macready
Gen. Mireau
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