Paths of Glory

Following the failed assault on the German position, Gen. Mireau (George MacReady) seems to have lost perspective, Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas) both defiant and hoping to preserve their relationship, Gen. Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) officiating, discussing military justice, in Stanley Kubrick’s Paths Of Glory, 1958.

Gen. Mireau (George MacReady), who was reluctant until tempted with a promotion, visits Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas) in his bunker promoting the assault on the German position known as the “Ant Hill,” Richard Anderson the cynical aide, in Stanley Kubrick’s WWI drama Paths Of Glory, 1958.

With Ben Mankiewicz, Senator John McCain's appearance on TCM's Party Politics and The Movies, summer 2004, introducing and commenting after the movie he chose, Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory, 1958.

Narration by Peter Capell, director Stanley Kubrick working on location at the historic Schleissheim Palace in Bavaria, as ranking French Gen. Broulard (Adolphe Menjou, a Pittsburgh, Pa. native and WWI veteran) visits Gen. Mireau (George MacReady), opening Paths Of Glory, 1958.

Boulanger (Bert Freed) briefs the firing squad, then Ferol, Arnaud and Paris (Timothy Carey, Joseph Turkel, Ralph Meeker), scheduled for execution as examples for comrades who failed to launch a suicidal attack, receive a meal, in Stanley Kubrick’s First World War drama Paths Of Glory, 1958.

In the trenches the night before the assault, Lt. Roget (Wayne Morris) is briefing unimpressed Paris (Ralph Meeker) and LeJeune (Kem Dibbs) on their recon mission, checking in with Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas), in Stanley Kubrick’s acclaimed First World War drama Paths Of Glory, 1958.

Gen. Mireau (George MacReady) with his officers before director Stanley Kubrick begins sequences featuring memorable tracking shots, first Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas) in the trenches, then taking his soldiers over the top for the assault, in the First World War drama Paths Of Glory, 1958.

During World War I, a military lawyer (Kirk Douglas) must participate in a show trial against his own troops in Stanley Kubrick's Paths Of Glory (1957).