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  1. English. Budget. $900,000 [3] Box office. $1.2 million [4] Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film [5] co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb, [6] which was based on the Souain corporals affair during World War I.

  2. 4 days ago · Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by Humphrey Cobb.Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them against charges of cowardice in a court-martial.

  3. Feb 6, 2014 · The book was based on the real story of the execution of five French soldiers for cowardice in 1915. It was turned into a stylised stage play that ran very briefly on Broadway before being forgotten. Kubrick commissioned a script by Jim Thompson, who made one of the minor characters in the book, Colonel Dax, into the central figure of the film.

  4. Paths of Glory (1957) is an early Stanley Kubrick film and also one of his most critically acclaimed. It's an adaptation of a 1935 novel by Humphrey Cobb, with a screenplay by Kubrick, Jim Thompson and Calder Willingham. During World War I, French Army General Mireau (George Macready), seeking a promotion from his superior General Broulard ...

  5. Mar 11, 1999 · Paths Of Glory is possibly his most emotional film, and that's why I think it remains one of his very best. To comment on Derek Malcolm's choices, e-mail feedback@filmunlimited.co.uk .

  6. Paths of Glory: Directed by Stanley Kubrick. With Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready. After a failed attack on a German position, a general orders three soldiers, chosen at random, court-martialed for cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.

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  8. Oct 14, 2022 · Paths of Glory was based on a novel. Paths of Glory, 1957. (Photo Credit: MoviePics1001 / United Artists / MovieStillsDB) Stanley Kubrick ‘s film was inspired by Humphrey Cobb’s Paths of Glory, which was published in 1935. Cobb, who lived in Italy, England and the United States as a youth, enlisted in the Canadian Army at just 17 years old ...

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