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

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.

Kirk Douglas gives a superb performance as the humanistic lawyer Colonel Dax who's the only officer in the film who seems to truly care about his men, but all the performances are terrific right down to the smallest ones.

Paths of Glory (Stanley Kubrick, 1957) Director: Stanley Kubrick Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou Genre: Drama, War

When rewatching films like this, I often come across little details that might lift the movie out of the trenches, especially with a film that is so strong on social comments and anti-war themes.

Paths of Glory was Stanley Kubricks fourth (including Fear and Desire) full feature film, released in 1957 when he was only twenty-nine years old, yet watching this film feels like your watching a work of art produced during the peak of a highly successful career of an experienced director, a mo...