Paths of Glory (1957) is a powerful anti-war film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Set in the trenches of World War I, it follows Colonel Dax, who is forced to defend his soldiers against charges of ...

In “Paths of Glory”, Stanley Kubrick’s powerful depiction of the absolute absurdity and banality of World War I, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is between an immovable rock and the densest of hard places.

During World War I, commanding officer General Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his subordinate, General Mireau (George Macready), to attack a German trench position, offering a promotion as an ...

Actor Kirk Douglas, shown above at 39, was born Issur Danielovitch in New York to Russian-Jewish parents. He would later tell his own children that they didn't have his "advantage of being born into ...

I watched Stanley Kubrick’s masterpiece “Paths of Glory” last weekend, prompted by all the World War I centenary tributes. Set in the trenches near the end of the war, it’s a movie about a man who ...

"If the little sweethearts won't face German bullets, they'll face French ones!" Paths of Glory (1957) includes only a single battle sequence which may seem strange for an "anti-war film." 28-year old ...