Paths of Glory is a 1957 American anti-war film co-written and directed by Stanley Kubrick, based on the novel of the same name by See more

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 … See more

Background
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, … See more

In 1992, the film was deemed "culturally, historically or aesthetically significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry. … See more

• Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, commanding officer, 701st Infantry Regiment
• Ralph Meeker as Corporal Philippe Paris, 701st Infantry … 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 … See more

Although the film did not receive a single nomination for the Academy Awards of 1958, it was nominated for and collected several … See more