WW1 Film Festival... Reviewing the best historical war films of WW1: Paths of Glory (1957) directed by Stanley Kubrick at his absolute best. This is one of my all time favourite films, not just for the cinematography but the story line and moral tale that runs through it. One of the all time classic greats, war films just don't come any better or more real than this! The futility and irony of the war in the trenches in WWI is shown as a unit commander in the French army must deal with the mutiny

The Story Behind Kubrick’s ‘Paths of Glory’ Few realise that Stanley Kubrick’s 1957 war masterpiece Paths of Glory, starring Kirk Douglas, was inspired by the real ‘Souain Corporals Affair’ of 1915. During fierce fighting near Souain on the Western Front, repeated French assaults on German positions led to appalling losses. When the shattered survivors refused to leave their trenches for another suicidal attack, General Géraud Réveilhac demanded that his officers name those who had disobeyed. Tw