Paths Of Glory
The most remarkable aspect of this pioneer anti war film is the complete absence of any persons depicting the real enemy.
Paths of glory. Paths of glory was stanley kubrick s first large budget feature film with major actors and it s a good one. This film made in 1957 portrays a french army colonel kirk douglas given an impossible combat assignment in 1916 at the height of ww i in france. Set during world war i the film stars kirk douglas as colonel dax the commanding officer of french soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack after which dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court martial. Everest because it s there on his third attempt in 1924 at age thirty seven he was last seen six hundred feet from the top.
Paths of glory was stanley kubrick s first large budget feature film with major actors and it s a good one. This film made in 1957 portrays a french army colonel kirk douglas given an impossible combat assignment in 1916 at the height of ww i in france. I consider paths of glory as one of the most memorable of kubrick s entire output. Paths of glory is a 1957 american anti war film co written and directed by stanley kubrick based on the novel of the same name by humphrey cobb.