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Mood:
- BleakCleverGloomyRoughThought ProvokingCynicalDisturbingSuspenseful more...
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Plot:
- Fighting the SystemAnti WarMilitary LifeBattlesHeroesMilitaryMind and SoulRebellion more...
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Genres:
- DramaWar
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Time/Period:
- 1910s20th CenturyWorld War 1
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Place:
- France
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- Award WinnerClassicControversialCritically Acclaimed
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Based on:
- Based on Book
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- SeriousRealistic
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Look:
- B&W
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- Violent Content
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Paths of Glory, 1957
English, German
USA
Profile of Paths of Glory
Paths of Glory can be described as cynical, thought provoking, and bleak. The plot revolves around anti-war themes, rebellion, and military life. The main genres are drama and war. In approach, Paths of Glory is serious and realistic. It is located in France. It takes place during World War 1. Visually, Paths of Glory is black and white. It is based on a book. The movie has received attention for being controversial, a classic, and an award winner. Note that Paths of Glory involves violent content.
Summary of Paths of Glory
PATHS OF GLORY is among the most powerful antiwar films ever made. The story takes place in 1916 France, as the French command orders an exhausted unit to wrest control of an anthill from the Germans--expecting a casualty rate of 60 percent. The battle--during which the Germans are never seen, indicating that the French are their own worst enemy--turns into a bloody massacre. Looking for a scapegoat, General Mireau (George Macready) orders Colonel Dax (a never-more-intense Kirk Douglas) to select three of his men to face a court-martial and possible firing squad for the troops' cowardice. Directed by Stanley Kubrick, PATHS OF GLORY, based on the novel by Humphrey Cobbs, is a gut-wrenching, unforgettable drama. Every scene is awash in grays, covered in doom. Kubrick marvelously contrasts the ornate palace where the generals sip their cognac with the ramshackle trenches where injured men stumble about, demoralized and shellshocked. Douglas gives a tough, gritty performance; his tense sparring with the high command features sharp, biting dialogue. The entire cast is outstanding; watching so many men die for no reason is maddening. Kubrick captured the Vietnam War in FULL METAL JACKET, the cold war in DR. STRANGELOVE, the Seven Years' War in BARRY LYNDON, and a slave uprising in SPARTACUS, but PATHS OF GLORY is his crowning achievement when it comes to depicting the devastation, both physical and psychological, that war wreaks on the individual--as well as the state.
Details
| Language: | English, German |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 25 October 1957 |
| Runtime: | 87 min |
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as Col. Dax
as Gen. George Broulard
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Users Reviews
There are moments of absolute brilliance. The tracking shot of Kirk Douglas. The entire anthill sequence, in fact, is extraordinary. I think it is absolutely true that, like all Kubrick films, every shot has fascinating composition. (My favorite...
- 23.July.2010
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- by: Alex
- Alex rated this movie
0/10
This movie is one of the best movies of all time. I generally do not like war movies, so I was assigned it randomly during a school project. Paths of Glory is a masterpiece no matter what genres you prefer. This is, besides Full Metal Jacket, the...
- 04.April.2010
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- by: mccell
- mccell rated this movie
10/10Must See
