Paths of Glory

Director:

Stanley Kubrick

In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified ""Ant Hill"" from the Germans. General Mireau knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will sacrfice his men to enhance his own reputation. Against his better judgment, Colonel Dax leads the charge, and the results are appalling...