Sunday Cinematheque at the Chazen: Kirk Douglas and Olivia De Havilland at 100!
Paths of Glory | USA | 1957 | 35mm | 86 min. Director: Stanley Kubrick
Event Details
Date
Sunday, December 11, 2016
Time
2 p.m.
Location
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Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
In perhaps the greatest of all anti-war films, Douglas plays Col. Dax, the benevolent leader of a platoon of WWI French soldiers who attempts to stop a maniacal general (Macready) willing to sacrifice the lives of his men for the sake of praise and promotion. Kubrick’s poetic compositions add immeasurably to this study of men who maintain true honor and dignity amidst the futility of war. A
In perhaps the greatest of all anti-war films, Douglas plays Col. Dax, the benevolent leader of a platoon of WWI French soldiers who attempts to stop a maniacal general (Macready) willing to sacrifice the lives of his men for the sake of praise and promotion. Kubrick’s poetic compositions add immeasurably to this study of men who maintain true honor and dignity amidst the futility of war. A
Cost
Free
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