United Artists at 90 Short Film Competition
Paths of Glory
Directed by Stanley Kubrick
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Paths of Glory (1957). 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.
Director
Stanley Kubrick
Writers
Humphrey Cobb (novel)
Stanley Kubrick (screenplay)
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Cast
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. SaintAuban
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 courtmartial
Emile Meyer... Father Dupree
Bert Freed... Sgt. Boulanger
Kem Dibbs... Pvt. Lejeune
Timothy Carey... Pvt. Maurice Ferol
Fred Bell... Shellshock victim
John Stein... Capt. Rousseau (Battery Commander)
Harold Benedict... Capt. Nichols (artillery spotter)
Paul Bös... Maj. Gouderc (unaccredited)
Leon Briggs... Capt. Sancy (unaccredited)
Wally Friedrichs... Col. De Guerville (unaccredited)
Halder Hanson... Doctor (unaccredited)
James B. Harris... Private in the attack (unaccredited)
Rolf Kralovitz... K.P. (unaccredited)
Ira Moore... Capt. Renouart (unaccredited)
Marshall Rainer... Pvt. Duval (unaccredited)
Roger Vagnoid... Cafe owner (unaccredited)
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