Paths of Glory

Paths of Glory is a 1957 Stanley Kubrick film starring Kirk Douglas. The movie is inspired by events in the military career of French general Geraud Reveilhac

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The New York Times has a review. The Guardian calls it "arguably one of his finest films". Roger Ebert says, ""Paths of Glory" was the film by which Stanley Kubrick entered the ranks of great directors, never to leave them." FilmReference.com says it "is Kubrick's best motion picture."

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