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Paths of Glory (1957)
Director Stanley Kubrick
Movie Type War

Archaeological facts
Based on four French soldiers, under General Géraud Réveilhac, executed for mutiny during World War I; their families sued, and while the executions were ruled unfair, two of the families received one franc each, while the others received nothing. The French Army did certainly carry out military executions for cowardice as did all the other major participants.

 

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When soldiers in WW1 refuse to continue with an impossible attack, their superiors decide to make an example of them.