Les Sentiers de la gloire
NR

Les Sentiers de la gloire

Un cri de révolte contre l'absurdité des combats.

1957 • 88 min • War · Drama

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Best from age 14
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Pendant la Première Guerre mondiale, un général français ordonne une attaque suicide, puis fait de trois soldats des boucs émissaires pour son échec. Leur officier supérieur, le colonel Dax, se bat pour les défendre d'une cour martiale et d'une exécution, exposant les dures réalités de la guerre et de la justice militaire.

Violence & peril
6/10
Language
3/10
Drinking, drugs & smoking
2/10
Romance & sensuality
1/10
Scary moments
5/10

Heads up

  • Violence de guerre et mort
  • Cour martiale injuste
  • Quelques propos adultes
  • Consommation d'alcool

What it models well

  • Dire la vérité au pouvoir
  • Courage face à l'injustice
  • Empathie envers les soldats

Talk about it after

  • L'absurdité de la guerre
  • Justice vs opportunisme
  • Responsabilité morale

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Top billed cast

Director: Stanley Kubrick • Crew: Jim Thompson, Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham

Trailers & clips

We'll Take the Ant Hill

Shellshocked Soldier

Indictment

Martin Scorsese on Paths of Glory

The Soldiers Are Tried For Cowardice

The Soldiers Enter No Man's Land

We'll Take The Ant Hill

Official Trailer

Reviewer notes

Recommended

**A short and objective film, with a clear and still relevant message, as well as a huge performance by Kirk Douglas.** There are several films about World War I, but it is far from being seen by the public as one of the best. In fact, it seems to me a little forgotten today.…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

"Col. Dax" (Kirk Dougas) is cajoled by "Gen. Broulard" (Adolphe Menjou) into taking his Great War weary regiment on one last mission in occupied France. Frankly, it's little better than a suicide one, but his operational commander "Gen. Mireau" (George Macready) is determined at all costs that they succeed. Let battle commence!…

RecommendedTrusted family reviewers

Madness and Patsies Crash Together In Kubrick's Explosive Thunderbolt. Stanley Kubrick's Paths of Glory is holding up rather well these days, in fact it's as pertinent and relevant as ever.…

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