Paths of Glory

Posted by Elliot

One of the two most powerful antiwar films ever made (the other being Renoir’s Grand Illusion—interesting that both deal with WW I). Kirk Douglas is understated and most effective as the officer assigned to determine whether three soldiers named by a general as cowards for failing to fulfill his idiotic battle orders should be court-martialed and executed. The hypocrisy of the scapegoating general is shown to mirror the insanity of the war in general.