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IMDb rating 8.4
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Critic rating 9.8

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Critic Colin Kennedy
rated 10

Set in France in 1916, Kubrick’s film captures the war on two fronts: the no-man’s land where recruits scrap over inches and the glorious chateaux where the officer class angle for promotion.

Read full review at Empire
Critic Christian Blauvelt Budd Wilki
rated 9

A deeply ironical rumination on the madness of war...

Read full review at Slant Magazine
Critic Roger Ebert
rated 10

These shots of long duration impress the importance of their subjects upon us: The permanence of trench warfare, the devastation of attack, the hypocrisy of the ruling class, the dread of the condemned men.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 10

...arguably the best film about the first world war, and still has a reasonable claim to being Stanley Kubrick's best film.

Read full review at The Guardian

Cast & Crew

Stanley Kubrick
Director
Kirk Douglas
As Col. Dax
Adolphe Menjou
As Gen. George Broulard
George Macready
As Gen. Paul Mireau
Joe Turkel
As Pvt. Pierre Arnaud
Wayne Morris
As Lt. Roget/Singing man

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In this powerful anti-war film, a French general orders a suicidal attack on a German stronghold during World War I. When the mission fails, three soldiers are scapegoated and put on trial for cowardice. A courageous colonel defends them against the corrupt and incompetent military leadership that seeks to cover up its own failures. As the court-martial unfolds, the film exposes the dark underbelly of militarism and the senseless slaughter of soldiers in the name of glory.

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