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Paths of Glory DVD 1957 A dicsőség ösvényei / Directed by Stanley Kubrick / Starring: Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready
UPC 5999546336337
MADE IN EU
REGION 2 PAL DVD (Black & White)
Audio: English mono
Subtitles: Hungarian
Runtime: 84 minutes
English Summary:
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.[3] Set during World War I, the film stars Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer of French soldiers who refuse to continue a suicidal attack, after which Dax attempts to defend them against a charge of cowardice in a court-martial.
The film begins with a voiceover describing the trench warfare situation of World War I up to 1916. In a château, General Georges Broulard, a member of the French General Staff, asks his subordinate, the ambitious General Mireau, to send his division on a suicide mission to take a well-defended German position called the "Anthill". Mireau initially refuses, citing the impossibility of success, but when Broulard mentions a potential promotion, Mireau quickly convinces himself the attack will succeed.
Mireau proceeds to walk through the trenches, asking several soldiers, "Ready to kill more Germans?" He throws a private out of the regiment for showing signs of shell shock. Mireau leaves the detailed planning of the attack to Colonel Dax of the 701st regiment, despite Dax's protests that the only result of the attack will be to weaken the French Army with heavy losses for no benefit.
Hungarian Summary:
Franciaország az I. világháborúban, 1916-ban: a törtető Mireau tábornok egyik alakulatának parancsot ad egy erős német állás megtámadására. Az akció esélytelen ugyan, de kedvezően befolyásolhatja az ő előléptetését. Dax ezredes, amint az előre látható volt, egyenesen német ágyútűzbe vezeti embereit. Amikor ezután katonáival visszavonul, Mireau 100 katonáját gyávaság vádjával halálra ítéli. Dax védelmébe veszi ugyan az embereit, de nem tudja megvédeni őket a brutális eljárással szemben. A tábornok végül enyhít ugyan a büntetés mértékén, de három katonát mégis kivégeztet. A veszélyesen sokat tudó Daxtól úgy szabadul meg, hogy visszaküldi az első frontvonalakba.
Cast / Szereplők:
- Kirk Douglas as Colonel Dax, commanding officer, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Ralph Meeker as Corporal Philippe Paris, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Adolphe Menjou as Major General Georges Broulard, corps commander
- George Macready as Brigadier General Paul Mireau, divisional commander
- Wayne Morris as Lieutenant Roget, company commander, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Richard Anderson as Major Saint-Auban, Mireau's aide de camp
- Joe Turkel as Private Pierre Arnaud, 701st Infantry Regiment (credited as Joseph Turkel)
- Christiane Kubrick as German singer (credited as Susanne Christian)
- Jerry Hausner as café proprietor
- Peter Capell as president of the court martial (and narrator)
- Emile Meyer as Father Duprée
- Bert Freed as Staff Sergeant Boulanger, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Kem Dibbs as Private Lejeune, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Timothy Carey as Private Maurice Ferol, 701st Infantry Regiment
- Fred Bell as shell-shocked soldier
- John Stein as Captain Rousseau, artillery battery commander
- Harold Benedict as Captain Nichols, artillery liaison officer
- James B. Harris as soldier in attack (uncredited)
| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
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| Produced by | James B. Harris |
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| Based on | Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb |
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| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Cinematography | Georg Krause |
| Edited by | Eva Kroll |
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| Distributed by | United Artists |
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84 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
