Paths of glory – 9 Summer Island Movie Festival

• Event description

On Saturday, July 25, 2020 at 21:00 o clock, within the framework of the 9th Summer Island Movie Festival (SIMF), the Samos Cinema Club will screen the film “Paths of Glory” , in the courtyard of the “Mavrogenios School” in Malagari Samos, Free entrance

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.

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.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick
Based on Paths of Glory by Humphrey Cobb
Starring Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, Adolphe Menjou, George Macready, Wayne Morris, Richard Anderson
Music by Gerald Fried

Release date December 25, 1957
Running time 88 minutes
Country United States
Language English