Path of Glory is a masterpiece

[Quasar44]

Just saw it and wow

I was glued to it from beg to end . I was sad of the harsh and cruel injustice on the 3 brave men
It’s a rare movie that is hard to forget

The execution is as ridiculous and insane as the entire pointless war

 

[Quasar44]

I don’t understand the ending of the men at the bar and the German woman
This is a legendary movie of anti war

 

[toobfreak]

Speaking of glory and glue, now that you've sold your LV business and are moving to Phoenix, whatever happened with your telling us the type of franchise it was?

 

[Quasar44]

Speaking of glory and glue, now that you've sold your LV business and are moving to Phoenix, whatever happened with your telling us the type of franchise it was?

I am still in LV
I told 2 last week

 

[luiza]

I don’t understand the ending of the men at the bar and the German woman
This is a legendary movie of anti war

From one of the great film masters -- Stanley Kubrick .
Review below is not mine and btw the singer was SK's future wife .
And the film is not in the BFI top 100 which I find surprising .

In the final memorable sequence of the film, Dax wanders in the streets of the town towards his quarters. He hears lecherous, cat-call whistling and shouting in a nearby tavern, where men from his troops are getting drunk for "a little diversion" (according to the master of ceremonies tavern keeper) following the execution. He stands outside in the doorway, witnessing the coaxing of a frightened, fragile, teary-eyed and innocent German blonde girl (Susanne Christian in the credits, actually Christiane Harlan, director Kubrick's future third and last wife). She may be a prisoner, or a refugee who is forced to sing a song in front of rowdy soldiers who are cat-calling, hooting, and laughing at her.

The girl is introduced by the tavern keeper as "our latest acquisition from the enemy...from Germany, the land of the Hun!" She is "a little pearl washed ashore by the tide of war" who has "a little natural talent" (he gestures over her physical curves) and "she can sing like a bird - she has a throat of gold." Dax recognizes companions of the executed men and is disappointed by their apparent lustful callousness shortly following the death of their own comrades. In front of the raucous troops, the timid and fragile young girl - with tears on her cheeks - begins to sing a ballad - in German. [it is a universally-known folk song of love in war, called "The Faithful Soldier" - (La Treue Hussar (Fr.) or Der treue Hussar (Ger.)).] It is a simple, sweet song that is inaudible until the audience quiets down and listens intently and respectfully to her plaintive voice. Soon, hers is the only voice in the tavern:

The soldiers - for once affected and showing some regard for human life - join her and hum along with their faces drawn to her. The human feelings in the song transcend the language barriers - some of the French soldiers may know the tune of their enemy's song, and some may even know the words. One of the youngest recruits in the audience has tears flowing down his cheeks. The song evokes memories of their youth, their homes, and their loves in a world they may never see again. There is still a hint of their common humanity and sensitivity in the men despite the misery and depravity of war.

Suddenly, Dax, who has been watching and listening impassively, receives a message from another officer with orders to return his unit immediately to the front's trenches - little has changed in the war. Still in charge, Broulard has transferred Dax and his men back to the front. To give his men the "short" rest they were promised but never fully received following the assault on Ant Hill, Dax replies, with the film's last line:

Well, give the men a few minutes more, sergeant.