"Road to Glory" for everyone

Monica 2022-04-21 09:01:27

"Dear Judges, I have been ashamed of being a human being several times, and this will be once. It is impossible for me to make a concluding statement for the defense, the court has not given me the opportunity to do so...I protest my Blocked from giving evidence, which is crucial. The prosecution did not present any witnesses, there was no written indictment at all! Last protest, there was no shorthand record of this trial. Yesterday morning's attack was not a stain on French glory, Of course it's not a disgrace to the nation, but this military court is a stain and disgrace! A mockery of human justice in the trial of these people!

Honourable judges, convicting these people will be your sin and will haunt you for the rest of your life until you die. I don't believe that humanity's most sublime, compassion for others, is completely dead here. Therefore I beseech you, have mercy on these people. "

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Extended Reading
  • Jovani 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    Kubrick was not yet 30 years old when he made this film, but the pungent satire of war has already been drawn into it, and the old ghost temperament is unmistakable.

  • Amber 2021-10-22 14:41:47

    The state apparatus is wantonly fiddling with the individual, and the individual can only accept that it cannot resist, and is powerless against injustice. A powerful accusation, but at the same time full of affection. At the age of 29, Kubrick's analysis of war and military domination reached an astonishing height.

Paths of Glory quotes

  • General Broulard: Colonel Dax, are you trying to blackmail me?

    Colonel Dax: It's an ugly word, but you are in a difficult situation.

  • General Mireau: If those little sweethearts won't face German bullets, they'll face French ones!