Entertainment & Sports
Sep. 16, 2022
Stream it Tonight! Paths of Glory (1957)
More than six decades after it was made, Paths of Glory reflects contemporary concerns about command influence in military justice.
Michael Asimow
Professor
UCLA School of Law
Email: asimow@law.ucla.edu
Michael is Dean's Executive professor of law at Santa Clara Law School, teaching contracts as well as law and popular culture.
Paul Bergman
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Law
Email: bergman@law.ucla.edu
Paul continues teaching evidence.
Why Watch? Stanley Kubrick's classic war movie exemplifies the corrosive impact of corruption both on the generals who wield power and the soldiers who are subjected to it.
During World War 1, French Gen. Mireau (Adolphe Menjou) orders Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas) to send the soldiers in his regiment on a suicidal attack on an impregnable German position called "the Anthill." The assault is a disaster even by French military standards. M...
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