Fresh
More than 20 years after Mr. Cobb's novel was first published, Mr. Kubrick reminded us that human folly is rarely checked for long. A half-century on, he is still right.
David Mermelstein, Wall Street Journal
Paths of Glory
It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!
1957 · 1h 28m · Approved
Drama, War
Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
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Paths of Glory
Overview
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
Director and cast
- Stanley Kubrick Director
- Kirk Douglas as Col. Dax
- Ralph Meeker as Cpl. Philippe Paris
- Adolphe Menjou as Gen. George Broulard
- George Macready as Gen. Paul Mireau
- Wayne Morris as Lt. Roget/Singing man
- Richard Anderson as Maj. Saint-Auban
- Joe Turkel as Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
- Christiane Kubrick as German Singer
- Jerry Hausner as Proprietor of Cafe
- Peter Capell as Narrator of Opening Sequence
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
96%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Kirk Douglas gives one of his finest performances as the intelligent and courageous Col. Dax.
Crosby Day, Orlando Sentinel
Fresh
The sardonic rhetoric may be laid on a little heavily at times, but the movie is blunt and scornfully brilliant.
David Denby, New Yorker
Rotten
While the subject is well handled and enacted in a series of outstanding characterizations, it seems dated and makes for grim screen fare.
Variety Staff, Variety
Fresh
This masterpiece still packs a wallop, though nothing in it is as simple as it may first appear; audiences are still arguing about the final sequence, which has been characterized as everything from a sentimental cop-out to the ultimate cynical twist.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
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