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| Kirk Douglas | ... | Col. Dax | |
| Ralph Meeker | ... | Cpl. Philippe Paris | |
| Adolphe Menjou | ... | Gen. George Broulard | |
| George Macready | ... | Gen. Paul Mireau | |
| Wayne Morris | ... | Lt. Roget | |
| Richard Anderson | ... | Maj. Saint-Auban | |
| Joe Turkel | ... | Pvt. Pierre Arnaud (as Joseph Turkel) | |
| Christiane Kubrick | ... | German Singer (as Susanne Christian) | |
| Jerry Hausner | ... | Proprietor of Cafe | |
| Peter Capell | ... | Narrator of Opening Sequence / Chief Judge of Court-Martial | |
| Emile Meyer | ... | Father Dupree | |
| Bert Freed | ... | Sgt. Boulanger | |
| Kem Dibbs | ... | Pvt. Lejeune | |
| Timothy Carey | ... | Pvt. Maurice Ferol | |
| Fred Bell | ... | Shell-Shocked Soldier | |
| John Stein | ... | Capt. Rousseau - Battery Commander | |
| Harold Benedict | ... | Capt. Nichols - Artillery Spotter | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Leon Briggs | ... | Capt. Sancy (uncredited) | |
| Paul Bös | ... | Maj. Gouderc (uncredited) | |
| Herbert Ellis | ... | Small Role (unconfirmed) (uncredited) | |
| Wally Friedrichs | ... | Col. De Guerville (uncredited) | |
| Halder Hanson | ... | Doctor (uncredited) | |
| James B. Harris | ... | Private in the Attack (uncredited) | |
| Rolf Kralovitz | ... | K.P. (uncredited) | |
| Ira Moore | ... | Capt. Renouart (uncredited) | |
| Marshall Rainer | ... | Pvt. Duval (uncredited) | |
| Roger Vagnoid | ... | Cafe Owner (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| Stanley Kubrick | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Stanley Kubrick | (screenplay) & | |
| Calder Willingham | (screenplay) and | |
| Jim Thompson | (screenplay) | |
| Humphrey Cobb | (based on the novel "Paths of Glory" by) | |
Produced by | |||
| James B. Harris | .... | producer | |
| Kirk Douglas | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
| Stanley Kubrick | .... | executive producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Gerald Fried | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Georg Krause | (photographed by) (as George Krause) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Eva Kroll | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Ludwig Reiber | |||
Costume Design by | |||
| Ilse Dubois | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Arthur Schramm | .... | makeup artist | |
Production Management | |||
| John Pommer | .... | production manager: American | |
| Helmut Ringelmann | .... | unit manager | |
| George von Block | .... | production manager: German | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Dixie Sensburg | .... | assistant director (as D. Sensburg) | |
| Franz-Josef Spieker | .... | assistant director (as F. Spieker) | |
| Hans Stumpf | .... | assistant director (as H. Stumpf) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Martin Müller | .... | sound | |
| Al Gramaglia | .... | sound re-recording mixer (uncredited) | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Erwin Lange | .... | special effects | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Hans Elsinger | .... | camera grip | |
| Hannes Staudinger | .... | camera operator | |
| Stanley Kubrick | .... | additional cinematographer (uncredited) | |
| Lars Looschen | .... | still photographer (uncredited) | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Helene Fischer | .... | assistant editor | |
Other crew | |||
| Trudy von Trotha | .... | script clerk | |
| Baron von Waldenfels | .... | military adviser (as Baron v. Waldenfels) | |
| Sid Stogel | .... | publicity director (uncredited) | |
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I think that Stanley Kubrick is the greatest of all film directors, and in my opinion "Paths of Glory" is Kubrick's best film because:
1. It is FAR AND AWAY the most realistic, most emotionally draining, and most beautifully photographed movie ever made about trench warfare in WW I, which has to be considered to be one of the significant episodes in all of human history. The story is fiction, but the events are patterned after some actual mutinies in the French army that took place in 1917.
2. I first saw this film 46 years ago, and it not only made me an avid Kubrick fan for the rest of my life, it made me want to watch it over and over again -- more than 250 times over the years, and every time I see it, I cry at the end (when Kubrick's future wife, and the only woman in the film, sings "The Faithful Hussar", causing the audience of French soldiers to change from a jeering crowd to a hushed, teary-eyed group of lonely men).
3. Everything about the movie is PERFECT!! There are no flaws in the acting, the pace of the movie, the photography, the dialogue, etc. Scene after scene is more powerful and ironic than the preceding one, building to a shattering climax. It is simply a gem.
4. Try as I might to think of actors that could have been substituted in their places, I think the casting for each and every part in the movie really could not have been any better. No one could have been better in their respective roles than George Macready, Adolphe Menjou, Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, and all of the others. Many of these actors appear in Kubrick's other films.
5. Has there ever been a better scene than the one in which one of the condemned soldiers (Ralph Meeker) stares at this cockroach and cries that tomorrow that bug will still be alive and he will be dead. Whereupon one of the other condemned men (the fatalistic Timothy Carey) squashes the cockroach and says "Now you got the edge on him".
6. You could probably change a few things in most of Kubrick's other masterpieces to slightly improve them, but I DEFY anyone to single out anything in "Paths of Glory" that could be improved upon. I could go on and on raving about the beauty and pathos of this film, but I think I will stop here.