Paths of Glory

Plot

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. Written by Keith Loh {loh@sfu.ca}

In Stanley Kubrick's "Paths of Glory" war is viewed in terms of power. This mesmerizing, urgent film about a true episode in World War I combines the idea that class differences are more important than national differences with the cannon-fodder theory of war, the theory that soldiers are merely pawns in the hands of generals who play at war is if it were a game of chess. The result of this amazing film has been the emergence of one of the great talents in contemporary cinema, the master whose greatest work was yet to come. Written by alfiehitchie

Cast of Paths of Glory

	Kirk Douglas	...	Col. Dax
	Ralph Meeker	...	Cpl. Philippe Paris
	Adolphe Menjou	...	Gen. George Broulard
	George Macready	...	Gen. Paul Mireau
	Wayne Morris	...	Lt. Roget/Singing man
	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/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