Paths of Glory (10/11) Movie CLIP - I Pity You (1957) HD

CLIP DESCRIPTION:
Col. Dax (Kirk Douglas) is surprised and angered when Gen. Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) offers him Gen. Mireau's command.

FILM DESCRIPTION:
Adapting Humphrey Cobb's novel to the screen, director Stanley Kubrick and his collaborators Calder Willingham and Jim Thompson set out to make a devastating anti-war statement, and they succeeded above and beyond the call of duty. In the third year of World War I, the erudite but morally bankrupt French general Broulard (Adolphe Menjou) orders his troops to seize the heavily fortified "Ant Hill" from the Germans. General Mireau (George MacReady) knows that this action will be suicidal, but he will sacrfice his men to enhance his own reputation. Against his better judgment, Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) leads the charge, and the results are appalling. When, after witnessing the slaughter of their comrades, a handful of the French troops refuse to leave the trenches, Mireau very nearly orders the artillery to fire on his own men. Still smarting from the defeat, Mireau cannot admit to himself that the attack was a bad idea from the outset: he convinces himself that loss of Ant Hill was due to the cowardice of his men. Mireau demands that three soldiers be selected by lot to be executed as an example to rest of the troops. Acting as defense attorney, Colonel Dax pleads eloquently for the lives of the unfortunate three, but their fate is a done deal. Even an eleventh-hour piece of evidence proving Mireau's incompetence is ignored by the smirking Broulard, who is only interested in putting on a show of bravado. A failure when first released (it was banned outright in France for several years), Paths of Glory has since taken its place in the pantheon of classic war movies, its message growing only more pertinent and potent with each passing year (it was especially popular during the Vietnam era).

CREDITS:
TM & © MGM (1957)
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Adolphe Menjou
Director: Stanley Kubrick
Producers: James B. Harris, Kirk Douglas, Stanley Kubrick
Screenwriters: Stanley Kubrick, Calder Willingham, Jim Thompson, Humphrey Cobb

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[scrainbow]

"Sir would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion?"

[xmen]

Kirk Douglas's best performance in the entire movie; moving, strong, believable, heartbreaking, all wrapped up in a powerful message about humanity. He should have won the oscar

[artlover]

Douglas should have won an Oscar for this role, and in particular this scene. God bless your Mr. Douglas!

[larrybittke]

“Because you don’t know the answer to that question …”. 🎶 TWINKLE 🎼 TWINKLE 🎵 TWINKLE 🎶 A good time to cut off the “I pity you” line that was a defining moment in this great movie.

[sketchygetchey]

MovieClips: Wherein have I done wrong with this video?
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[hugolafayetteblack]

I've always wondered why Dax didn't take the command. He was a fine officer and would have been an excellent General. But, I suppose, this would not have been in keeping with the general themes of this great film. Anyway - Kirk Douglas, Ralph Meeker, George Macready, Richard Anderson and the whole cast gave wonderful performances. Paths of Glory is truly a great movie.

[ffabiang]

This scene has been imprinted into my memory ever since I watched this movie years ago. Kubrick and Douglas are legends.

[nickcolbert]

Great movie. One of Douglas' finest performances and Kubricks 's first feature film.

[mauroavanzini]

Wonderful interpretation of Kirk.A lesson for this generation of actors.

[Roggs]

RIP Kirk Douglas. Sadly lost today aged 103. Definitely one of the best :(

[otiebrown]

A very powerful movie.
Military politics.
This was a true story, of French History.

[fettfan]

Absolutely brilliant scene! Basically sums of the movie.

[edvsilas]

A truly great film. Reminds one of the actual trench warfare where thousands senselessly died to gain a few meters of ground .

[charlesmartinez]

Masterful performance by Kirk, especially this scene.

[JorisStaschewski]

It allways strikes me that France, a Republic had an Army that treated its soldiers terribly and was Run by a bunch of charismatic but ultimately not that conpetent Generals. It is ironic how the nation which set the groundwork for a democratic central europe and enshrined human rights in central europe, treated its soldiers so inhumanely

[vasvas]

This is actually a horror movie and the monster is the human race

[reyesplace]

Who needs the pity of a s a sadistic old man?