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 Humphrey Cobb. Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the … See more

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

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

Background
The title of Cobb's novel came from the ninth stanza of Thomas Gray's poem "Elegy Written in a … 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 a very select audience. Frank … See more

MGM released the VHS format on July 21, 1997, followed by the DVD version on June 29, 1999. The Criterion Collection's first release of the … See more