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Anabel 2021-10-22 14:33:37

... But there are five hundred of them who showed extreme cowardice in the battle and fled before the battle. So Krasu divided them into 50 teams of ten, and selected one person from each team to be executed by drawing lots. This restored the ancient method of punishing deserters many years ago. This method of death is very shameful: under the observation of the whole army, many terrifying and disgusting scenes have appeared along with this punishment.

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  • Leonel 2022-03-25 09:01:06

    @新hengshan; Kirk Douglas is so handsome to play such a great image, and Kubrick can make such "correct" films with ease; "I have been ashamed of being a human being many times." Will the quasi-idealist hear the hymn of final victory and see the tears of purity?

  • Celestine 2022-03-21 09:01:23

    In fact, the entire movie was filmed in Germany, even though it takes place along the Western Front in France. The soldiers' trial and execution were filmed in and around the Schleissheim Palace, just beyond the Dachau Concentration Camp memorial.

Paths of Glory quotes

  • Colonel Dax: Let me get this straight, sir. You're offering me General Mireau's command?

    General Broulard: Come, come, Colonel Dax. Don't overdo the surprise.You've been after the job from the start. We all know that, my boy.

    Colonel Dax: I may be many things, sir, but I am not your boy.

    General Broulard: Well, I certainly didn't mean to imply any biological relationship.

  • General Broulard: Colonel Dax, I'm going to have ten men from each company in your regiment tried under penalty of death for cowardice.

    Colonel Dax: Penalty of death? - For cowardice!

    General Broulard: They've skim milk in their veins instead of blood.

    Colonel Dax: It's the reddest milk I've ever seen. My trenches are soaked with it!