Paths of Glory (1957) United States
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Director:Stanley Kubrick
Studio:Criterion Collection
Producer:Kirk Douglas, Stanley Kubrick, James B. Harris
Writer:Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Cobb
Rating:6
Rated:NR
Date Added:2014-09-09
UPC:715515064019
Price:$39.95
Awards:Nominated for BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations
Genre:Drama
Release:2010-10-01
IMDb:0050825
Duration:88
Picture Format:1080p 24fps AVC MPEG-4
Aspect Ratio:1.66:1
Sound:Dolby Digital 2.0
Languages:English
Subtitles:English
Features:• New audio commentary featuring critic Gary Giddins
• Interviews:
- director Stanley Kubrick, excerpt from a 1966 audio interview (HD - 2:17 min)
- actor Kirk Douglas, television interview from 1979 (HD - 29:27 min)
- executive producer Jan Harlan, new video interviews with Kubrick’s longtime executive producer (HD - 9:08 min)
- James B. Harris, Paths of Glory producer (HD - 21:09 min)
- actress Christiane Kubrick (HD - 6:58 min)
• Theophile Maupas, a French television piece about a real-life World War I execution that partly inspired the film (HD - 3:10 min)
• Theatrical trailer (HD - 3:00 min)

a 20-page illustrated booklet containing James Naremore's essay "We Have Met the Enemy..." (Mr. Naremore is the author of On Kubrick [2007]. Among his other books are Acting in the Cinema [1988], More Than Night: Film Noir in its Contexts [2008], and the BFI monograph Sweet Smell of Success [2010])
Stanley Kubrick  ...  (Director)
Stanley Kubrick, Humphrey Cobb  ...  (Writer)
 
Kirk Douglas  ...  Col. Dax
Ralph Meeker  ...  Cpl. Philippe Paris
Adolphe Menjou  ...  Gen. George Broulard
George Macready  ...  Gen. Paul Mireau
Wayne Morris  ...  Lt. Roget
Richard Anderson  ...  Maj. Saint-Auban
Joe Turkel  ...  Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
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
John Stein  ...  Capt. Rousseau (Battery Commander)
Harold Benedict  ...  Capt. Nichols (artillery spotter)
Erwin Lange  ...  Special Effects
Martin Muller  ...  Sound Designer
Arthur Schramm  ...  Makeup Artist
Ilse Dubois  ...  Costume Design
Ludwig Reiber  ...  Art Direction
Eva Kroll  ...  Editor
Martin Müller  ...  Sound Designer
Georg Krause  ...  Director of Photography
Gerald Fried  ...  Original Music Composer
Summary: 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.