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Paths of Glory(1957)
Released
1957 · FILM

Paths of Glory

Brigadier General Paul Mireau must lead a desperate assault on the impregnable “Anthill” in WWI France, battling his own doubts and a chain of reckless officers whose deadly mistakes could cost him his men—and his chance at redemption.

“It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!”

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Written by
Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham
Rated
MPA · NR
Color
Black & White
Runtime
88 min
DramaWar

Synopsis

A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 27

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

Why a floor?

This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Eva KrollShot by Georg KrauseScored by Gerald Fried

Box Office

1957 · Box office

⚖️ Fell short of break-even — grossed 1.3× its budget

Why 2.5×?

Cinemas keep roughly half of every ticket sold, and a wide release’s marketing often costs about as much again as the film — so a movie needs to gross around 2.5× its production budget just to break even theatrically. It’s a rule of thumb, not the studio’s ledger (home video and streaming come later).

Worldwide gross

$1.2M

Budget$935K
Worldwide gross$1.2M
break-even (2.5×)

Full synopsis

Also known as

  • Wege zum Ruhmde
  • Senderos de gloriaes
  • Les Sentiers de la gloirefr
  • Orizzonti di gloriait

Production & Distribution

Production
Bryna Productions

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