You can see why France didn't show this movie when it was released

@mrsupremegascon

2 жыл бұрын

Because it's fake and never happened? During the 1917 mutineries, 500 soldiers were condemned to be shot, but all except 49 were carried. Kubrick used French 1917 mutineries for his anti war movie so he could avoid USA and UK censorship. Which wasn't really courageous if you ask me. Even worst, all events told here are pure fiction and only increased French hatred in USA and UK. So yeah, no wonder it was censored.

@iamgermane

20 күн бұрын

I doubt the French would execute like this. More likely they would shoot them on a military base.

"I dont want to die" "I fought, i fought" "why am i the one to die?" Some men didn't have time to ask these questions, and to know witch fate is worse, is imposible to answer. Most of the leaders in this war, didn't deserve the men they were given to command. Great job Kubrick.

@Bruh-hq1hx

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackdoe8000 well there still is time

@kevinthaynes

3 жыл бұрын

Also Bertha don't you come around here anymore.

@FollowPrincess

3 жыл бұрын

@@jackdoe8000 lol

@criminallyautistic8372

2 жыл бұрын

Frick I just wanted to hug this man!

@pgroove163

2 жыл бұрын

most of the leaders in any war don't deserve the men they were given to command

"In a time of war, the law falls silent" Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 B.C - 46 B.C.) Roman philosopher, politician, lawyer, orator, political theorist, consul and constitutionalist.

@patttrick

4 жыл бұрын

War is the work of the antiChrist. Oswaldtwistle anyone ? great film

I believe this resembles very well how man (mankind) feels about dead. Some of them accept it with resignation, some of them don't, and some doesn't even notice it.

The soldier on the stretcher (Joe Turkel) is also Lloyd the Bartender in "The Shining."

@ossarider

7 жыл бұрын

Love me some Lloyd!

@lamonimita3422

6 жыл бұрын

victorbrunswick No way!

@andrews527

5 жыл бұрын

Also the tycoon Tyrell in Blade Runner.

@englishguy2010

4 жыл бұрын

He must've survived this, escaped from the casket later, fled to America, and become a bartender in the Overlook Hotel.

@jacobpeters5458

4 жыл бұрын

@@englishguy2010 Frozen his brain, and built the replicants in the future!

The Brits also executed many soldiers in WWI for the same 'crime'. They were given posthumous pardons a few years ago.

@thomasgrice8864

4 жыл бұрын

They also executed Irish soldiers for a "crime" far less extremely punished if English.

@diegobareno5820

3 жыл бұрын

Posthumous Pardon?!

@chrishall8705

3 жыл бұрын

@@thomasgrice8864 Do you have any evidence of this?

@Spookieham

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrishall8705 I think he is referring to the IRA men shot by Firing Squad after the Easter Rising in Dublin in 1916. Traitors one and all happy to shoot innocent people whilst their fellow Irishmen died in the Trenches in France.

@philnzena

2 жыл бұрын

@@Spookieham Traitors? Why should the Irish go and fight for a foreign power? They did it enough against Napoleon just to be able to feed themselves and their families. You should watch the film, "Fields of Barley" which gives a fairly accurate portrayal of the atrocities committed by the British. Read up on Ireland in 1847 for more reasons for the Irish to dislike the British and yet even after all we did they still welcome us with open arms into their country even though we are still occupying six of the nine counties of Ulster.

Bloody hell, poor guy in the stretcher, as is life ain't shitty enough.

@FredDude27

9 жыл бұрын

TheGodParticle Thats the same actor who plays Dr. Tyrell in "Blade Runner" by the by.

@jeremymarshall7319

8 жыл бұрын

+TheGodParticle Yes, of course, that's the great Joseph Turkel. A favorite of Kubrick, he played Lloyd the Bartender in The Shining, a thug in The Killing, and Tyrell in Blade Runner.

@DrArchivist

3 жыл бұрын

I think I'd rather be him, barely aware of what's going on, than to be the other two guys who know full well what's about to happen and how senseless and wrong it all is. I can't imagine. I might have made a lunge at Mireau as I walked by him, the asshole general responsible. Because if I'm going to die anyways, I'd rather at least get in a few good shots on the asshole that killed me before I go than to be senselessly shot while tied to a pole.

5:26 that camera shot is gorgeous

@crweewrc1388

11 күн бұрын

I agree. Those rifles as leading lines with great symmetry in the shot.

That drumroll just kills me every time, Kubrick knew how to build tension.

@idontknowwhatiamdoinganymo1615

6 жыл бұрын

Poor choice of words

@waynebaker5666

6 жыл бұрын

William Forrest 7

@kenbiggs439

6 жыл бұрын

William Forrest i

@nixiety

Жыл бұрын

@@waynebaker5666 very controversial, but i agree

A great, great film. Kirk Douglas was superb, his face barely conceals the rage at the fate of the three condemned men who were made an example of, by the pompous high ranking officers. Ralph Meeker, another overlooked actor was equally compelling. His stoic walk into Eternity spoke volumes. Harrowing and brilliantly acted. He was the definitive Mike Hammer, in the 1955 film noir classic "Kiss Me Deadly"

@Gwaithmir

7 жыл бұрын

This was one of Kirk Douglas' finest films.

Executing somebody for "cowardice" is just about the shittiest, most insolent thing anyone can do. It's the kind of folks that doesn't understand that you cannot force anyone to be a hero and cannot accept that heroism is something only few people are capable of. Heroism can be encouraged, but the lack of it shouldn't be punished. Because heroism is not something every run-of-the-mill Joe is capable of, so it' shouldn't be treated like a required minimum that people can be punished for not meeting.

@shouryajitbhattacharya2900

3 жыл бұрын

The ppl who executed ppl for cowardice were cowards themselves

@gob9852

3 жыл бұрын

​@@shouryajitbhattacharya2900 I hate it when people say this as if this is the message of the movie. It isn't. The guy who called for their execution, General Mireau, served in the army his whole life. He has a scar on his cheek and he even walks through the trenches. It is plain to see that he is no coward. The message of this film isn't "hypocrisy is wrong," because if it is, then this doesn't apply to General Mireau because he is not a coward. No, the message is "war is wrong."

@shouryajitbhattacharya2900

3 жыл бұрын

@@gob9852 yeah... U r right... But not sure about the scar

@DrArchivist

3 жыл бұрын

They weren't really cowards. They were made to take the fall to cover up an incredibly stupid and idiotic assault that everyone knew would fail, including the general that ordered them court-martialed and shot, but carried out anyways to advance their own careers. When the attack turned into a fiasco with a bunch of the men refusing to even leave the trenches because the incoming fire was so intense (not these men who were shot, who actually did advance and were forced to retreat under heavy fire and heavy casualties), the general in charge saw his promotion going up in smoke, so he ordered a kangaroo court martial to shift the blame from him and had them executed for cowardice. The movie is basically an indictment of how young men are slaughtered for the greed and avarice of those in power. Even the symbolism of the grand chateau is meant to look like a chessboard, the firing soldiers intended to look like pawns carrying out the orders of the homicidal elite overlords behind them.

@ecgameplayer

3 жыл бұрын

Being forced to kill your own brothers for so called cowardice is a fate worse than death, no longer considered an execution, forever known as murder

One of my favorite sequences in all of cinema.

@mokenchi5883

4 жыл бұрын

Well said

@ChocolateManOfficial

4 жыл бұрын

Zakary Lewis scene*. A sequence is a series of scenes

The best and most heart-breaking anti-war movie ever made. This and the final scene are among the best in movies history. I can't figure out Kubrick made this more than 60 years ago... And died almost 20 years ago. Truly a great loss. His legacy remains. And this scene is legacy.

Poor, poor souls. How horrible to execute soldiers who were mentally scarred by battle. May the many who where rest peacefully alongside their comrades.

@pix046

5 жыл бұрын

5:09 The caskets on the cart. At least they were reassured they would receive a burial.

@sgtmalik311

5 жыл бұрын

I saw Many things lije this happened in my army through the war against isis In 2015 i was about to execute

@vg_grover4828

5 жыл бұрын

Least we know more about PTSD today then we did then.

@SStupendous

2 жыл бұрын

@Wilton Bobble By "violent psychotics" you mean shell-shock, PTSD.

Stanley was an outrageous director

@superyid2010

2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant director but also a bastard of a director too, ask Shelley Duvall.

Makes me proud of my own countries actions in the war. Australia refused to execute their own soldiers for any reason.

@goeatapizza2572

Жыл бұрын

My grandmothers brother was one of the 100000 k.i.a. in bitche france

one movie scene I actually cried on, this is so inhumane I can't help it

@biglove1941

3 жыл бұрын

I believe that was Kubrick's intention..THIS IS AN ANTI-WAR film

Timothy Carey is tremendous here; he nearly busts the seams of the screenplay with his sobbing, pleading, and praying for a miracle. And I love how after he's shot his body genuflects as if he's meeting his god in the afterlife. But Carey was his own worst enemy; producer James B. Harris fired him and Kubrick never hired him again after Carey pulled a stupid publicity stunt. Just before shooting wrapped (and after Carey's major scenes were shot) Carey convinced someone to tie him up and gag him and dump him alongside a local highway. The police found him and Carey concocted a wild story about how he'd been kidnapped--he'd done it to churn up publicity for the production. But Kirk Douglas, Harris, and Kubrick were not amused, and that was it for Carey. He still had a career for years afterward, but never again in a major film like 'Paths of Glory' (though Francis Coppola DID want to cast him in 'Godfather III', but Carey died before production began.)

The drums during the entire scene..then suddenly stopping during the execution = MASTERFUL

This scene is terrifying.

Actually the better scene is the one right before this when the sergeant and the guards come to take the men from jail to the firing range. The sergeant and the condemned man talking, trying to make small talk, knowing what is about to happen. It is a very well done scene.

Hard to watch. Stanley Kubrick was way ahead of his time.

saw this movie for the first time yesterday, honestly its got a real atmosphere to it, its also very modern, it could have been made this year, i highly recommend.

@chazhinkley6602

8 жыл бұрын

That's the genius of kubrick

It's almost the "full" scene. To me, the most offensive image comes right after this video cuts off. Broulard and Mireau stuffing their faces with croissants saying, "the men died wonderfully." It's a great film made by the greatest filmmaker ever.

@Gwaithmir

7 жыл бұрын

Broulard and Mireau should have been executed.

@scrainbow1234

7 жыл бұрын

I agree. This film made me sick to my stomach if just for the complete lack of humanity.

@mikidymike359

7 жыл бұрын

Greatest filmmaker? Don't forget Orson Wells

@davidleigh5211

7 жыл бұрын

Jeff Freeman I

@TheStockwell

6 жыл бұрын

No offense, but Welles's legacy is largely based on a few genuine masterpieces followed by decades of inept or unfinished attempts to make more masterpieces. Once you get past the cult of Orson, his is probably one of the most disappointing careers in film history.

Very well shot, edited and acted. Kubrick really came into his own here.

@alexandrarainmendoza6101

10 ай бұрын

yeah very well shot great accuracy

The guy crying in this scene kinda reminds me of John Turturro in Miller's Crossing

@lgerback34

8 жыл бұрын

+DreDaDon__ I've always thought the Coens drew from this.

@missdee4927

8 жыл бұрын

+DreDaDon__ I came here to write the same thing. Turturro in Miller's Crossing is the scene that reminds me most of Tim Carey during this part in Paths of Glory.

@SenorZorrozzz

6 жыл бұрын

DreDaDon__ he should of gotten an Oscar!

@pvtrichter88

5 жыл бұрын

@DreDaDon_ I know it's meant to be serious Yet he seems to be almost comically overacting in this scene ! don't get me wrong it is a very powerful scene at the end we notice one steadfast soldier one [still overacting!] CRYING and one too drunk to stand! still very potent somehow !

@luked4043

4 жыл бұрын

Very good eye man

One of the greatest scenes ever from one of the very best war movies of all time!

One of the better movies on the insanity of war. Kirk Douglas had a tremendous performance! He will be missed

One of the best films about war, I got goosebumps watching this scene

I remember watching this when I was a kid....powerful...Kubrick is a genius....

Ironically, many men who were executed for cowardice were actually been suffering from PTS. Sadly, ancient Greeks recognized PTS and there was an ancient story about a soldier who's PTS scared his crew so badly they left him on an Island. Ancient scholars could write about a soldiers behavior and the eerie 1000 yard stare (being in a zoned out state staring out). Apparently one ancient officer was voted by his men as their leader because he would watch out for them and help those suffering from PTS. Heck Greek communities were apparently very supportive and tolerant of those with PTS. Read an article about how the Pentagon is sponsoring research into these legends and stores. They are trying (the saner) treatments for PTS that the Ancient Greeks did...like group meetings, activities ext..

@theo9952

8 жыл бұрын

+equarg What does PTS mean, please ? I just googled it but I found nothing in connection to this.

@Eltanin25

8 жыл бұрын

+theo9952 I think he ment PTSD: Posttraumatic stress disorder.

@theo9952

8 жыл бұрын

Eltanin25 thanks !

@kindaawkwardbro

8 жыл бұрын

but the whole point of these death is that they were pointless one was chosen because his superior office want to keep him quiet about something he did another was chosen coz he was weird and the other was chosen by lot

@bibniebt

7 жыл бұрын

The ancient Greeks were actually bizarrely modern in their customs. Women had more of a social standing, and even homosexuality was tolerated and practiced freely for the most part. Both of those are extreme rarities in world history, along with the recognition of PTSD. Not to mention the mathematical and philosophical concepts centuries ahead of their time. The ancient Greeks were really something

For those who never saw the film, the men executed were picked to die by a lottery drawing demanded by those in charge to make an example.

@Bobbon306

9 жыл бұрын

Only the guy guy on the stretcher was picked by chance

@nunyabiznez6381

8 жыл бұрын

+drakeequation521 That answers some questions and begs so many more. I never seen the film and was unaware of it's existence until fairly recently and I'm a Kubrick fan. Now I need to find a copy to watch. I am very interested in WWI as my grandfather was a vet of that war and spent a lot of time in France. He was in the 96th Aero Squadron.

@drakeequation521

8 жыл бұрын

+nunya biznez I would think that you can still pick up the film. I used to view it back when Blockbuster was still in business. As for Kubrick, I like to think of his films as experiencing a dream state, something you cannot interact with and change that much but has some very very subtle continuity errors that leave you leaving the theater scratching your head, attempting to place meaning to it. Kubrick was like a modern artist who will grab a bucket of paint and throw it down on a waiting canvass, splattering in all directions, being aware that the human eye and brain will rearrange those dots into images just as it does while you are watching this screen.

kubrick was a genuine genius.

@pix046

6 жыл бұрын

Neil McCormick A brilliant director. On so many levels.

I love the contrast of having such a savage act accompanied by extraordinary ostentation, and in the presence of buildings and men who represent the epitome of civility.

@brouzouf4146

9 жыл бұрын

or should I say, who are SUPPOSED to represent the epitome of civility.

@uncle7215

4 жыл бұрын

great analysis

I just noticed the carriage next to the execution poles with three caskets waiting for them. Terrifying detail.

Congratulations Kirk Douglas 102 years old today

@garfd

4 жыл бұрын

Update: He is dead. RIP

60 years on...still a heart wrenching scene ...shocking

Elitist French officers cavalierly sent brave patriotic working class Frenchmen head on into German machine guns & certain bloody death. The brave Frenchmen were told that they were invincable because they had a mystical quality called, ELAN. When the surviving Frenchmen got wise & mutinied, more than 200 of their leaders were summarily shot by firing squads composed of other "patriotic" Frenchmen.

@Fcutdlady

5 жыл бұрын

You could say that for any war. During World War one Irish soldiers were used, one of them being my great uncle, he survived the battle of gallipoli only to be sent back here to Dublin where the he lived the rest of his life in poverty. My grandmother and another brother of hers tried to help but they little money to spare. They both gave him what they could. My mother can remember him calling to the house when she was a young girl. He always went to the back door never the front do as not to embarrass my grandmother. on the English side of my family the powers that be conscripted my great grandfather to fight even though he was too old. He was into his 50s. He died at the battle of cambrai.

The best anti-war film ever produced,in my opinion...

@jeffsmith2022

8 жыл бұрын

+shaqpopcorn34 Thats precisely what it is and is meant to be...

@mountainmanws

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Smith I fully agree with you Jeff Smith. Futility could be the sub-title. Die in battle as the result of orders from detached officers or die by firing squad. That is the only choice the soldiers had in that four-year meat grinder. Be safe and a Happy New Year.

@jeffsmith2022

8 жыл бұрын

+mountainmanws Those fool generals of the French and British just threw their mens lives away,all they knew was frontal assault...

@mountainmanws

8 жыл бұрын

+Jeff Smith Jeff, there is an old saying: "Generals fight the next war with the last war's tactics." I am surprised that there were no blanket mutinies and the United States did not offer more aid to the Germans. Their unrestricted submarine warfare sort of messed that up a bit. Be safe and have a Happy New Year.

@alicekliewer

8 жыл бұрын

+shaqpopcorn34 How could you blatantly deny what it truly is in such a repulsive way?

What a depressing damn movie this is.

@ChupeTTe

3 жыл бұрын

Its a movie about WWI what do you think this was. Epic heroism like in Star Wars or Dune, you bet wrong my friend.

A very powerful piece of cinema.

France would not show this film until 1977. 20 years later!

@kinkaku8

8 жыл бұрын

+David Frigault Actually, that comment was correct, just the date was wrong. The French government placed enormous pressure on the European distributor for "Paths of Glory", through diplomatic channels, to refrain from releasing the film. As a result, the film was not submitted to French censors, and was not shown in France until 1975.

@MsDboyy

8 жыл бұрын

Wow

@pix046

8 жыл бұрын

+David Frigault They could have made it the British Army. Or even the American. All of them did this kind of thing.

@jeffsmith2022

8 жыл бұрын

+lee sherman They should have been ashamed to show it as well they were...

@jeffsmith2022

8 жыл бұрын

+pix046 Never happened in the US Army or Marines.Know something of military history pal...

And to just be picked at seemingly random just because the attack didn't succeed. This scene always haunted me

One of the best War Movies ever made

Brilliant film making. Kubrick was a master at creating extremely memorable images and sequences.

George Macready was great in the character he portrayed... really ,really good...

The suspense in this scene is incredible.

The power of cinema, with out doubt Kubricks most powerful piece of camera work.

This scene felt so long like an hour and the injustice is tragic

Ralph Meeker was splendid in this part -- best thing he ever did.

@robertvysther1138

4 жыл бұрын

He was a fine actor and this film was one of his better performances.

The most underrated war movie ever, I saw it in the 80s, I raved on about it and my numbskull college peers were like - "duh, whats dat got to do with RockyIII and Clubber Lang" wtf!

20 - 30 plus years since ive seen this... still so powerful , gonna be some searching and lots of thinking going on in my mind the next few weeks... if not a lifetime

It seem this scene was shot during the morning and afternoon hours as well as on a cloudy day...

i love the contrast between the three of them on their posts. such a striking visual.

During WWI many, many soldiers were executed for spying or cowardice on flimsy grounds. The conditions on the war front were so desperate that even slightest hesitation on the part of a soldier was interpreted as cowardice.

I had to pause the film after this scene because I couldn’t stop crying. Man’s inhumanity to man is disgraceful.

"The film doesn´t shows any message. In any case is a film in favour or against the army. It´s a film against the war, which can lead men to such conflicts of conscience" Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) American fim director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and photographer. Greetings from Venezuela.

This is an excellent movie.

Anybody that enjoyed this marvellous film, should watch Breaker Morant with Edward Woodward as the lead part tremendous stuff!!! you will not be disappointed.

@artbrownsr

7 жыл бұрын

The book was even better than the movie!

@geraldswain3259

7 жыл бұрын

Art Brown Sr. Have read the book and still have it, superb read! always remember they can never quite capture the full content and feeling a good book contains even in a first rate film. Regards.

As you can see there are 3 types of men when facing death, Those who are already dead but have to face the dishonor of dying twice. Those who cant accept thirer faith and cry out for help until the end, and those who just accept they will die. All there of them are NO way to go, they should be home with thier family.

R.I.P. Stanley Kubrick

This is pretty mild and humane compared to what the French did to their fellow revolutionaries during the French Revolution. Guillotines, hangings, hacking them to death with farming implements. Total gore. And this was their "comrades" I'm talking about.

madness of wars

Kirk Douglas desperately wanted to play Colonel Dax in "Paths of Glory", Stanley Kubrick's second film. To do so, Douglas had to agree to film "The Vikings ", a shallow piece of comic-book history. Douglas regarded "Paths of Glory" and "Lonely Are the Brave" as his best performances and I would not argue with his wisdom. The cowardly lieutenant was played by Wayne Morris who was anything but a coward in real life. He was Hollywood's only ace in World War Two, shooting down seven Japanese planes. He died of a massive heart attack soon after the filming of "Paths of Glory" at the age of 45. Tim Carey, who played the crying misfit soldier shot at film's end, was fired during the filming of "Paths of Glory" for being a general nuisance. The young German girl with the voice of gold would become Kubrick's wife and widow, Christiane Harlan. For whatever reason, she is titled Susanne Christian in the credits.

@janmichaelcjamisola

8 жыл бұрын

Maybe it was because she was related to a Nazi era director, Veith Harlan (unsure of the spelling and of their exact relation).

@alanleslie7751

7 жыл бұрын

Steve L

@gnalkhere

3 жыл бұрын

Carey deadass kidnapped himself during filming

One of the best WW1 movies.The other being the "Blue Max."Also one of Kirk Douglas' best efforts.

Even though the film shows this in possibly the most extreme way. It highlights the disconnect between enlisted and officers. I served in the Navy for 3 years and it didn't take long for me to see how corrupt it was and how officers were always favored over enlisted.

Gut-wrenching scene. A masterpiece of cinema. Notice how the "biting" at 1:25 was improvised by Carey. You can read that in Emile Meyer (the priest) "WTF" face. :D

@SFVnative

7 жыл бұрын

What was the reason supposed to be for that?

Black and White film can have such brutal, gritty, pure power. I don't think this scene would have anywhere near the power in color.

“Kubrick’s films are cold and emotionless”

Dude..the film was called"Paths of Glory" and it's Tragedy and Geniously.Use your spell checker........!

Bloody madness

Douglas was great in this film.

saw this film years ago the old bastart general who hides behind his rank sending good men to their death

filmed at the Schleißheim Palace, just about six kilometers away from the concentration camp of Dachau. according to Kubrick, just a coincidence....

That was literally the long walk to execution

So brutal. Sheer human folly in exhibition.

this is called scapegoating. If you work in an organizing that is led by narcist, it is a common occurrence.

American movie actor and war hero Wayne Morris at 3:00 plays the cowardly Lieutenant Roget was a fighter ace in WW2, he took japanese planes and ships out of action. He had an actng career in the 30's, left hollywood and served our nation when the war broke out.

The French butchered their own soldiers, so much contempt did the Politicians and Generals have for the common soldier. Slaughtered like cattle

@amath-dr7uk

7 жыл бұрын

This was the result of the 1917 mutinies in the French army...in the same wave they executed a stupid and vain Dutch women called Margareta Zelle alias Mata Hari for concocted crimes of spying for Germany..

@XJarhead360

7 жыл бұрын

Don't forget British general Haig at Pashendaele (don't know the correct spelling). Or the French premiere Clemenceau who wanted retribution for Germany's part in WW1 and his intransigence was one of the factors in Hitler's rise to power.

@amath-dr7uk

7 жыл бұрын

2027850 Haig was an insane cannibal..waste ten of thousend s of lives on useless frontal attacks..and then did n t want to meet the French Generals, the allies of the British because he thought of them being "bloody foreigners"

@amath-dr7uk

7 жыл бұрын

Declan Hegarty The French Catholic was separated from the French state 1905..it had nothing to do with this grotesque war?

@amath-dr7uk

7 жыл бұрын

Declan Hegarty I fully understand what you mean but France in 1917, the Catholic Church due to the Revolution and the 1905 debacle didn t feel itself to represent the French state.

This film, this scene, and the scene after that reminds me so much of the toxic leadership that I experienced after returning from Iraq.

@mikeevans5810

6 жыл бұрын

present or past leadership?

@kbholla

6 жыл бұрын

Reginald Pippin I hear you, it is a disgrace how little most people and leaders still care about veterans. It is beyond disgusting. Obama is the biggest piece of shit to ever step foot into D.C. Thank you for your service, best wishes.

@NathanIVV

6 жыл бұрын

@kbholla with that stupid jab at Obama’s, I just lost any respect for you and your service

@kens97sto171

6 жыл бұрын

NathanIVV I'm so sure he cares if you respect him or not... Considering your response. Guy didnt like the former president.. so he immediately is the bad guy. His service earns him a more educated and informed decision about Obama than you.

@billysmith5721

6 жыл бұрын

he is a stupid pos

You'd think that poor guy in the middle would run for the trees.

@thecuber9117

4 жыл бұрын

SFV Native what was the actor

Anybody see the American silent film from the twenties: THE BIG PARADE? FINAL SCENE: One legged American Doughboy embraces heroine who has been hitched up to a plow: horses ground up at the Front!

@Lava1964

7 жыл бұрын

I've only seen clips of The Big Parade. Is it available online somewhere?

@soniaherlas

6 жыл бұрын

John Clarke hkoo

This scene always gave me the creeps .

All armies have always executed deserters. During WWII, the Soviet Red Army would have a special detachment in the rear whose job it was to shoot any retreating soldier.

@enthalpiaentropia7804

7 жыл бұрын

german army also with waffen SS special detachment in eastern front

@borisrothe2228

7 жыл бұрын

Erik Swanson habe you see this film?

@user-ok8yq6nc6x

6 жыл бұрын

Not an excuse. And if you actually watch the movie these were not deserters they fought as hard as could be expected

@DrArchivist

6 жыл бұрын

Perhaps you should actually do this thing called watch the movie and know what you're talking about before commenting.

@royperkins3851

6 жыл бұрын

Erik Swanson yep it's documented that one of Stalin's generals took a pistol to a formation after the red army failed to over run the Finnish army in it's first assault, he loaded it walked down the Line shooting every tenth man he killed 135men and destroyed his Pistol, Stalin brought him back to Moscow his sentence was a life of torture by the nkvd he lived long enough to die of a heart attack in Siberia in 1949 no fingernails or toenails and they castrated him, Soviet efficiency!

One of the greatest of anti-war movies, brought together by the great Stanley Kubrick and the great Kirk Douglas, soon to celebrate his 100th birthday.

What's the pałace in the background?

"La película no transmite mensaje alguno. En ningún caso es una película que vaya en contra ni a favor del ejército. Como máximo, es una película contra la guerra, que puede llevar a los hombres a semejantes conflictos de conciencia" Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) Director de cine, guionista, productor y fotógrafo estadounidense.

Rest in Peace, Kirk Douglas.

No tears from the actor.

2:37 i wonder why Kubrick chose a slightly asymetric shot. The whole palace would have fitted the frame. He just placed the camera a bit off from the central axis of the building.

Shooting a wounded soldier. .. my God thats justice? sick human beings😦

@chessgeak

7 жыл бұрын

he wasnt wounded in battle him and one of the prisoners got into a fight and he got knocked out cold and they said to peach his cheeks to see if he was alive before the execution

@janer8406

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that. Its clear now. I haven't seen the movie. Execution for desertion is a very grey area I think.

@chessgeak

7 жыл бұрын

they didnt desert they failed to breakthrough enemy lines and general wanted to blame someone and he told the regiment commander to choose 3 men court martial and so they ended up here

@janer8406

7 жыл бұрын

alex fickey . Thats worse😢Again thank you. I must see films before I comment 😐

@petergross673

7 жыл бұрын

alex fickey

Great look of disgust by Kirk on the 2 generals.God Willing Happy 100th Bday Kirk this Dec.

I'm assuming they're using the German gewehr 98 because that's the weapon they were supposed to be killed by on the front?

How social disliking of superior officer and sergeant sent innocent men to death. Never made before or ever; such an excellent movie, show the abuse of power. *****

Ralph Meeker, observing a cockroach 🪳 “Tomorrow morning we’ll be dead and that bug’ll still be alive”. Tim Carey (smashing the roach): “ now you got the edge!💀

Fire squad is more human than gas, poison, hanging, beheading and electrocution. One quick shot, that's all. That said, I condemn death sentences.

Looks like the scene was shot at the château de Versailles.

The verbal exchange at 4:39 of "I'm sorry" is the primary exchange between two human beings in this murder of soldiers by a Nation-State.

@victorbrunswick

4 жыл бұрын

The lieutenant and the corporal were schoolmates before the war. It was because of the lieutenant's cowardice that the corporal was condemned to die and everybody knew it. That's why Dax made the lieutenant lead the firing squad.

The 3 executed: the body, the soul and the spirit

@fattymcfatso1083

Жыл бұрын

Wounded man is the body and crying man the spirit?

@ivanb8126

Жыл бұрын

@@fattymcfatso1083 Wounded man is the body (the wound makes it more explicit, he is asleep so he is pure body), the crying man is the soul (the feelings, he is terrified and searches for compassion and help), the silent man is the spirit (he is thinking, relfecting, trying to acept and making peace with life and death)

@fattymcfatso1083

Жыл бұрын

@@ivanb8126 thanks . . it's beena while since i saw this classic . . is this an original observation ? . . . it is very profund

@ivanb8126

Жыл бұрын

@@fattymcfatso1083 Thanks to you :) it's always nice to discuss Kubrick's films, they are very deep and meaningful. It is a personal observation, yes. But the idea that the human being is a compound of 3 entities (body, soul and spirit) is and idea that is rooted in religions and mystic traditions. And I belive that idea is true and very powerful to understand the human condition.

@fattymcfatso1083

Жыл бұрын

@@ivanb8126 I am a fan of Kubrick as well. Favorites are Barry Lyndon, Full Metal Jacket and Eyes Wide Shut.Although at this time I'd have to say that my favorite director is Paul Thomas Anderson. Have you seen The Master? It's ny favorite film of his and perhaps my favorite of all time. There is a body/mind/soul concept going on there as well with the three main characters now that I think about it. Originally I was seeing it in terms of ego, super-ego, and id (in The Master).

Did they really have to tie up the one on the stretcher. Don't think he was going to run.