Starring Kirk Douglas and directed
by Stanley Kubrick, this war film with a twist follows a French Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) and
his men during World War I. He is ordered to take part in a suicide
mission by a general and everything soon goes awry. After they unsuccessfully
go through with the mission , three of Dax's men find themselves being
court martialed as examples for
supposed cowardliness. Despite a defense by Dax in court, the three
men are found guilty and later executed by firing squad. This and
other events cause Dax to openly question the decisions of his superiors. In a
very touching final scene there seems to be a questioning of the inhumanity of
war. In one of his earlier films Kubrick delivers a poignant piece.
4/5 Stars
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