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Paths of Glory (1957)

88 min  -  Drama | War  -   25 October 1957 (West Germany)
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When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

Writers:

Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Calder Willingham (screenplay), and 2 more credits »
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Kirk Douglas Kirk Douglas ...
Ralph Meeker Ralph Meeker ...
Adolphe Menjou Adolphe Menjou ...
George Macready George Macready ...
Wayne Morris Wayne Morris ...
Richard Anderson Richard Anderson ...
Joe Turkel Joe Turkel ...
Pvt. Pierre Arnaud (as Joseph Turkel)
Christiane Kubrick Christiane Kubrick ...
German Singer (as Susanne Christian)
Jerry Hausner Jerry Hausner ...
Peter Capell Peter Capell ...
Narrator of Opening Sequence / Chief Judge of Court-Martial
Emile Meyer Emile Meyer ...
Bert Freed Bert Freed ...
Kem Dibbs Kem Dibbs ...
Timothy Carey Timothy Carey ...
Fred Bell Fred Bell ...
Shell-Shocked Soldier
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Storyline

The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny of his men and a glory-seeking general after part of his force falls back under fire in an impossible attack. Written by Keith Loh <loh@sfu.ca>  

Plot Summary | Plot Synopsis

Plot Keywords:

General | Soldier | French Army | Cannon Fodder | Controversy  | See more »

Taglines:

Never has the screen thrust so deeply into the guts of war! See more »

Genres:

Drama | War

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | German | Latin

Release Date:

(West Germany) See more »

Also Known As:

Ärans väg See more »

Filming Locations:

Munich, Bavaria, Germany See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$935,000 (estimated)

Gross:

€899,327 (Spain) (31 December 2001)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Bryna Productions See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

For box office reasons, Stanley Kubrick intended to impose a happy ending. After several draft scripts he changed his mind and restored the novel's original ending. Producer James B. Harris then had to inform studio executive Max E. Youngstein and risk rejection of the change. Harris managed by simply having the entire final script delivered without a memo of the changes, on the assumption that nobody in the studio would actually read it. See more »

Goofs

Crew or equipment visible: Camera wire visible in few shots where the prisoners are being taken to their execution spot. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Narrator of opening sequence: War began between Germany and France on August 3rd 1914. Five weeks later the German army had smashed its way to within eighteen miles of Paris. There the battered French miraculously rallied their forces at the Marne River and in a series of unexpected counterattacks drove the Germans back...
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Connections

Referenced in Trapped Ashes (2006) See more »

Soundtracks

"La Marseillaise"
(1792) (uncredited)
Written by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
In the score during the opening credits See more »