Paths of Glory - starring Kirk Douglass, directed by Stanley Kubrick - Kirk Douglas plays the role of a colonel who serves as a defense attorney for three men who are put on a show-trial accused of desertion. A command staff General issues orders to an entire division to assault a heavily defended German position, initially the orders are questioned as a suicide assault with a 100% casualty rate expected and cannot serve any logical purpose toward the overall winning of the war. The mission eventually takes place under the orders of the division commander after noting the potential for a promotion and almost the entire division is killed or wounded and the mission is a complete failure. 100 men are initially sought to be charged with desertion, however the command staff is talked into charging three men, one from each unit involved in the attack. The trial takes place with it clear that the court has already made up its mind as to the guilt of the three men despite the colonel's best efforts to argue their legitimate case. Eventually, the three men, (one of whom remains grievously wounded and bound to a stretcher) are found guilty of desertion and are executed by firing squad much to the disgust of Kirk Duglas's Character Col. Dax.
great movie
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