Our Rating: 9.5

IMDb Ratings : 8.5

Genre: Drama | History | War

Cast: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou

Country: USA

Language: English | German | Latin

Runtime: 88 min

Color: Black and White







Summary: When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.

P aths of Glory,

an

adaptation of a 1935 novel of the same name by

is a 1957 anti-war motion-picture directed by legendary American auteur

Paths of Glory was Kubrick’s ticket to greatness that paved the way for his unprecedented success in the world of Cinema that he would continue to enjoy for the next four decades. Victor Hugo once said: “Nothing can stop an idea whose time has come.” However, in my personal opinion, an idea, however potent or grandiose, is futile if it lacks an effective embodiment. If Stanley Kubrick was the idea then, I daresay, Paths of Glory was the embodiment that catapulted him to greatness. The anti-war themes that Paths of Glory touches upon are reiterated in Kubrick’s holocaust satire, the masterful

Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

and in his epic Vietnam war satire,

Full Metal Jacket (1987)

. Paths of Glory stars American movie icon Kirk Douglas in the unforgettable role of Colonel Dax.



