Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory

1957 · 1 hr 28 min · Approved

Drama, War

Directors

Stanley Kubrick

Actors

  • Kirk Douglas
  • Ralph Meeker
  • Adolphe Menjou

Credits: 1

Summary

After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.

More about this movie

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.