In 1916, during World War I in Northern France, French Major General Georges Broulard orders his subordinate, Brigadier General Paul Mireau, to take the Anthill, a well-defended German position. Mireau refuses, citi… See more

• Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, commanding officer, 701st Infantry Regiment
• Ralph Meeker as Corporal Philippe Paris, 701st Infantry Regiment
• Adolphe Menjou as Major General Georges Broulard, corps commander… See more

The title of Cobb's novel came from the ninth stanza of Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" (1751).
The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await… See more

The film had its "world premiere" in Munich, Germany, on November 1, 1957. A month and a half before that event, on September 18, a special screening of Kubrick's production was also presented in Munich, but then to … See more