Paths of Glory

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:film
gptkbp:authorOfSourceMaterial gptkb:Humphrey_Cobb
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Bodil_Award_for_Best_Non-European_Film
gptkbp:basedOn gptkb:Paths_of_Glory_(novel)
gptkbp:boxOfficeGross modest success
gptkbp:budget $900,000
gptkbp:censorship banned in France until 1975
banned in Spain until 1986
gptkbp:cinematography gptkb:Georg_Krause
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:criticalReception acclaimed
gptkbp:director gptkb:Stanley_Kubrick
gptkbp:distributedBy gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:editingBy gptkb:Eva_Kroll
gptkbp:featuresActor gptkb:Kirk_Douglas
gptkbp:filmingLocation gptkb:Bavaria,_Germany
gptkbp:filmingTechnique black-and-white cinematography
deep focus
tracking shots
gptkbp:format black-and-white
gptkbp:genre drama
war film
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Paths of Glory
gptkbp:influenced subsequent anti-war films
gptkbp:influencedBy real-life events in the French Army during World War I
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:mainCharacter gptkb:Colonel_Dax
gptkbp:musicBy gptkb:Gerald_Fried
gptkbp:notableFor anti-war themes
cinematic style
critique of military hierarchy
gptkbp:notableScene court-martial sequence
execution scene
gptkbp:plotSummary French soldiers refuse to continue a suicidal attack, leading to a court-martial.
gptkbp:preservedIn gptkb:United_States_National_Film_Registry
gptkbp:productionCompany gptkb:United_Artists
gptkbp:releaseYear 1957
gptkbp:runtime 88 minutes
gptkbp:screenplayBy gptkb:Stanley_Kubrick
gptkb:Calder_Willingham
gptkb:Jim_Thompson
gptkbp:setDuring gptkb:World_War_I
gptkbp:starring gptkb:Ralph_Meeker
gptkb:George_Macready
gptkb:Adolphe_Menjou
gptkb:Wayne_Morris
gptkb:Kirk_Douglas
gptkbp:theme futility of war
moral courage
military injustice
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Stanley_Kubrick
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4