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Line 2: [[File:PathsOfGloryPoster.jpg\|frame]] ~~One~~'''''Paths of Glory''''' is one of [[Stanley Kubrick]]'s earliest films, and also one of his most critically acclaimed. A French general during World War I, seeking a promotion, orders a hopeless attack by his depleted division against a strongly fortified German position. When the attack quickly fails with heavy losses, the enraged general tries to shift the blame for the loss to his soldiers and orders three men to be tried under penalty of death for cowardice, opposed only by his subordinate Colonel Dax, who seeks to save the lives of his men. {{tropelist}} Line 13: * {{spoiler\|[[Downer Ending]]}} * [[Evil Versus Evil]] : Related to the overall anti-war message of the movie. The French generals are portrayed as hypocrites with little (if any) regard for the lives of their soldiers, and one assumes the generals of the opposing side (the Germans) being similar. * [[A Father to His Men]]: General Mireau puts on an elaborate show about this in the beginning when asked to attack the Anthill, but quickly changes his tune when the possibility of promotion comes up. He's a hypocrite. Colonel Dax plays it completely straight, however. * [[Glamorous Wartime Singer]]: Subverted, in that the beautiful girl who sings the song is a terrified German captive, and she sings a sad folk song about love in war. * [[Glory Hound]] Line 31: * [[War Is Hell]] * [[We Have Reserves]]: In order to 'encourage' a company of men who aren't advancing, General Mireau [[Moral Event Horizon\|orders his artillery to bombard his own trenches.]] * [[World War ~~One~~I]] {{reflist}} Line 38: [[Category:Roger Ebert Great Movies List]] [[Category:National Film Registry]] [[Category:World War ~~One~~I]] [[Category:Films of the 1950s]] [[Category:~~Paths of Glory~~{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Films Based on Novels]] [[Category:Works by Stanley Kubrick]] [[Category:Military and Warfare Films]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Trial film]]