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Most of them die; of those who survive and escape back to their own lines, three are chosen arbitrarily and put on trial for cowardice, punishable by death. Kirk Douglas stars as Colonel Dax, who leads the attack and defends the three men at their trial, and George Macready plays the general who orders the impossible assault. The movie is believed to be based on a true story.
Production took place entirely in Bavaria, Federal Republic of Germany.
The movie was banned in France until 1975.
The film has been deemed "culturally significant" by the Library of Congress and selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry.
In October and November of 2004 the Film was shown at the London Film Festival by the British Film Institute. It was carefully remastered over a period of several years since much of the original audio and visual tapes were damaged. However with the aid of several modern digital studios in Los Angeles the film was completely restored and remastered for modern cinema. In addition, Stanley Kubrick's wife made a guest appearence at the start of the performance.
The only female character in the film, the German refugee who sings to the troops in the final scene, was portrayed by German actress Susanne Christian Harlan. She later married director Stanley Kubrick, and the couple remained married until his death in 1999.
Paths of Glory is a book by Humphrey Cobb , first published in 1935 and inspired the film by the same name. Although it was a minor success at the time and a film was planned, it was soon forgotten until a young Stanley Kubrick decided to make a film out of it.
Paths of Glory is a card-driven strategy game covering World War I in Europe and the Near East, developed by game designer Ted Raicer and published by GMT games.