Paths of Glory
(1957)
Never has the screen thrust so deeply into the guts of war!
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writer: Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Cobb
Language: English
Studio: Criterion Collection
Duration: 88
Rated: Parental Guidance
DVD Release: July 2012
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.
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 |
Christiane Kubrick | German singer (as Susanne Christian) |
Jerry Hausner | Proprietor of cafe |
Peter Capell | Narrator of opening sequence / Judge (colonel) of court-martial |
Emile Meyer | Father Dupree |
Bert Freed | Sgt. Boulanger |
Kem Dibbs | Pvt. Lejeune |
Timothy Carey | Pvt. Maurice Ferol |
Fred Bell | Shell-shock victim |
John Stein | Capt. Rousseau (Battery Commander) |
Harold Benedict | Capt. Nichols (artillery spotter) |
Erwin Lange | Special Effects |
Martin Muller | Sound Designer |
Arthur Schramm | Makeup Artist |
Ilse Dubois | Costume Design |
Ludwig Reiber | Art Direction |
Eva Kroll | Editor |
Martin Müller | Sound Designer |
Georg Krause | Director of Photography |
Gerald Fried | Original Music Composer |
Genre: Drama
Media: Blu-ray
Sound: Dolby Digital 2.0
IMDb: 0050825