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Paths of Glory

Cast

Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready View All

Crew

Stanley Kubrick (Screenplay), Stanley Kubrick (Director), Jim Thompson (Screenplay), Calder Willingham (Screenplay) View All

Release: Sep. 18th, 1957

Runtime: 1 hour, 28 minutes

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

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Thief
Paths of Glory is a neatly directed, finely acted war film with a powerful message.

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Takoma11
While the sympathy of the film lies largely with the soldiers for most of the film in a dichotomy of powerful/powerless, this sequence is a good reminder that anyone can fall prey to a mindset in which other people are worth less and do not deserve mercy.

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