Paths of Glory
Turkish title: Zafer Yolları
“It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!”
1957 · 1 h 28 min
Directed by 
Stanley Kubrick
Stanley KubrickCast
Kirk Douglas 
Ralph Meeker 
Adolphe Menjou
Plot
In the First World War a French colonel tries to defend three soldiers court-martialled for cowardice after a failed attack.
Sinekatalog’s take
Kubrick's World War I film about three soldiers court-martialled for cowardice. Brief, bitter and angry, it uses trench tracking shots and a closing scene of surprising tenderness.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 8.4 / 10 (243,322 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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