Paths of Glory
1957 film directed by Stanley Kubrick
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Summary
Paths of Glory is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,207 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- Director: Stanley Kubrick[3]
- Screenwriter: Jim Thompson[4], Calder Willingham[5], Stanley Kubrick[6], Humphrey Cobb[7]
- Composer: Gerald Fried[8]
- Genre: war film[9], trial film[10], anti-war film[11]
- Based on: Paths of Glory[12]
- Cast member: Kirk Douglas[13], George Macready[14], Adolphe Menjou[15], Ralph Meeker[16], Wayne Morris[17], Richard Anderson[18], Joe Turkel[19], Timothy Carey[20], Christiane Kubrick[21], Peter Capell[22], Jock Stein[23], Bert Freed[24], Emile Meyer[25], Jerry Hausner[26]
- Producer: James B. Harris[27]
- Depicts: court-martial[28], no man's land[29]
- Production company: Bryna Productions[30], Harris-Kubrick Pictures Corporation[31]
- Director of photography: Georg Krause[32]
- Part of: National Film Registry[33]
- Original language of film or TV show: English[34], German[35]
- Commons category: Paths of Glory[36]
- Distribution format: video on demand[37]
- Review score: 9/10[38], 96%[39], 90/100[40], 8.4/10[41], 4.4/5[42]
- Color: black-and-white[43]
- Country of origin: United States[44]
- Publication date: October 25, 1957[45], December 20, 1957[46], December 25, 1957[47], January 22, 1958[48], February 14, 1958[49], February 19, 1958[50], March 7, 1958[51], May 8, 1958[52], May 22, 1958[53], June 12, 1958[54], November 19, 1958[55], April 10, 1959[56], 1957[57]
- Distributed by: United Artists[58]
- Narrative location: France[59]
- Filming location: Schleißheim palace complex[60]
- Main subject: capital punishment[61], military discipline[62], scapegoating[63]
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Cultural Impact
Things named for Paths of Glory include it[64], a television series episode[65], directed by Steven Dean Moore[66].
Why It Matters
Paths of Glory has Wikipedia articles in 24 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[67] It is known by 41 alternative names across languages and contexts.[68]
Entities named for it include it[64], a television series episode[65], directed by Steven Dean Moore[66].