Paths of Glory (1957)

After refusing to attack an enemy position, a general accuses the soldiers of cowardice and their commanding officer must defend them.

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Writers: Stanley Kubrick (screenplay), Calder Willingham (screenplay) | 2 more credits »
Stars: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou | See full cast & crew »

An insane general triggers a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically try to stop.
 


Storyline 
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.

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