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Paths of Glory

It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!

8.2(3,411)19571h 28m12

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Status
Released
Budget
$935K
Box office
$1.2M
Language
English
  • army
  • france
  • based on novel or book
  • general
  • germany
  • world war i
  • patriotism
  • cowardice
  • idealism
  • idealist
  • black and white
  • soldier

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)NRLos Angeles, California20 Dec 1957
    • TheatricalNR25 Dec 1957
  • United KingdomGB

    • TheatricalPG12 Nov 1957
    • PhysicalPGBlu-ray19 Sept 2016
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalPG26 Apr 1958
  • CanadaCA

    • PremierePG25 Oct 1957
  • BelgiumBE

    • Theatrical1621 Feb 1958
  • BrazilBR

    • Theatrical25 Dec 1957
    • Physical14DVD/VHS19 Apr 2005
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical(Ban removal)26 Mar 1975
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical25 Oct 1957
    • Theatrical121 Nov 1957
  • GreeceGR

    • TheatricalRe-Issue23 Jul 2026
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical127 Mar 1958
  • ItalyIT

    • TheatricalNR22 Jan 1958
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical12DVD5 Mar 2008
    • TV12Nederland 214 Jul 2012

Frequently asked questions

Paths of Glory was released on 25 October 1957.

Audience reviews

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  • J

    John Chard

    5/3/2015

    10/10

    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. It's 1916 and the French and German armies are in opposing mud trenches, when the French are ordered to undertake a suicidal assault on a German held hill, many of the soldiers are quick to realise it's an impossible order t…

  • C

    CinemaSerf

    11/23/2023

    7/10

    "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! Only the French soldiers quickly realise that they are facing a well armed, immovable, Ger…

  • F

    Filipe Manuel Neto

    12/12/2023

    9/10

    **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. It is, however, timely and current in its pacifist message in which the greatest absurdity of war is emphasized in a partially true story, i…

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