It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!
A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.
- Bleak ending
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Grave, earnest, bleak and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- warmbleak
- classical in formformally daring
- unpretentiousprestige
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Cast
- Kirk DouglasCol. Dax
- Ralph MeekerCpl. Philippe Paris
- Adolphe MenjouGen. George Broulard
- George MacreadyGen. Paul Mireau
- Wayne MorrisLt. Roget/Singing man
- Richard AndersonMaj. Saint-Auban
- Joe TurkelPvt. Pierre Arnaud
- Christiane KubrickGerman Singer
- Jerry HausnerProprietor of Cafe
- Peter CapellNarrator of Opening Sequence
Crew
- Stanley KubrickDirector
- Stanley KubrickScreenplay
- Calder WillinghamScreenplay
- Jim ThompsonScreenplay
- Humphrey CobbNovel
- Georg KrauseDirector of Photography
- Gerald FriedOriginal Music Composer
- Eva KrollEditor
- Kirk DouglasProducer
- James B. HarrisProducer
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