"Are you protesting the authenticity of this court?" "......YES, sir!"
@Tiger66261
4 жыл бұрын
Gotta say, despite being unable to save his men, he still gave an excellent closing argument on their behalf. The fact that this didn't save his men only showed what a kangaroo court it was.
@nocturnalrecluse1216
Жыл бұрын
Facts 💯
@elxaime3792
6 жыл бұрын
The trial was about preserving the myth that the attack was not a useless slaughter and mistake. It was about protecting those in power. The tragedy is how common this is - those with power mold the facts and reality to suit their needs and are willing to sacrifice the interests and even the lives of those with less power than themselves. People with power tell themselves and those around them fables. And so long as they have the power to control information, enough people can be expected to go along. Weep for humanity.
@okapmeinkap7311
4 жыл бұрын
But isn't what you stated "democracy"?
@rhodesianwojak2095
4 жыл бұрын
@@okapmeinkap7311 yes but you dont get it bro so what if politicians can do much worse things than kings and always get away with muh freedumb
@mikeharlan8708
2 жыл бұрын
All the power's in the hands Of people rich enough to buy it While we walk the street Too chicken to even try it -Joe Strummer.
@patricktalbot8980
2 жыл бұрын
There are 4 border patrol agents in America who's careers are at stake because after following orders were scapegoated by a coward over bad press for their actions and refuses to admit he was wrong in his assessment of their actions
@jtfrank2006
2 жыл бұрын
@@patricktalbot8980 hell it’s going on in Ukraine right now..
@johncswheatley
5 жыл бұрын
I had a flat mate at uni who caused great offence by saying, “the acting is terrible in old films.” I showed him this film and he never made that statement again.
@nottmjas
4 жыл бұрын
Or another military film with a very similar title: Tunes of Glory. Alec Guinness and John Mills in the starring roles, feeding of each others brilliance, to produce a masterclass in acting.
@vincenthanna6109
4 жыл бұрын
You should have shown him 12 angry men too
@vincenthanna6109
4 жыл бұрын
@Cliff Yablonski Or gone with the wind lol I must admit i didn't like watching old movies neither mainly because of the black and white thing but now most of my favourite movies come from the 30s,40s and 50s
@hh582
4 жыл бұрын
And then everyone clapped
@LoudaroundLincoln
2 жыл бұрын
@@nottmjas I think I saw that. John Mills the new commander of a Scottish regiment and constantly undermined by Guinness? Always hoped to see that again properly but never remembered the name. Ta.
@GlobeTrotterAlpha
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Mr. Douglas. He was a true acting legend!
@nickcolbert9615
8 жыл бұрын
One of Kirk Douglas' best roles and best courtroom scenes in all of film.
@shravanraghuram8256
8 жыл бұрын
YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!!!
@nickcolbert9615
8 жыл бұрын
+Shravan Raghuram I'm out of order? The whole goddamn system is out of order!!
@reachforacreech
7 жыл бұрын
yeah the echoeing voice is a great touch
@afterthefox
7 жыл бұрын
Absolutely...Douglas at his best...and he's still around...amazing...
@nickcolbert9615
7 жыл бұрын
afterthefox yep just turned 100 recently if you can believe it! It's a shame the stoke effectively ended his career 20 years ago. Cheers! 🍻
@johnbertrand7185
6 жыл бұрын
Not only one the best anti-war films of all time, but one of the best World War I films of all time. Doesn't skimp on the filth of the trenches or the effect this war had on the front line soldier. Tour de force acting by Douglas and a excellent slimy turn by George Macready as Gen. Mireau.
@MrShaneHardy
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kirk. One of the great actors of his generation.
@alexnavas2802
4 жыл бұрын
Incredible performance. RIP Kirk Douglas
@jameswhite5720
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kirk Douglas. Who never won an Academy Award. In my humble opinion, this clip alone entitled him to one.
@trapezemusic
2 жыл бұрын
He certainly was outstanding but had the misfortune of being up against Alec Guiness in The Bridge on the River Kwai.
@drlee2
10 ай бұрын
@@trapezemusicToo bad Douglas didn't at least get his 4th Oscar nomination for this film
@bluehealer81
2 жыл бұрын
I know Kubrick is a stickler for details and I know that sticking your hands in your pockets is a general no-no in the military. I wonder if Kurt Douglas casually sliding his hands into his pockets was supposed to be a sign of his open contempt for military structure at that point.
@trapezemusic
2 жыл бұрын
The hands in pockets also caught my attention. He was no less effective but I would have kept his hands free.
@TheJuize85
7 жыл бұрын
When you are a director and you have crafted this type of movie, you can be very proud.
@frankboyle2643
4 жыл бұрын
I saw 1917 recently and although the battle scenes are impressive, it's nowhere near as good as Paths of Glory. That tracking shot of Kirk Douglas walking along the trenches before the attack is terrifying.
@jameswhite5720
7 жыл бұрын
Seen this clip 50 times. Still gives me chills.
@pangogeeks
2 жыл бұрын
After trying to debate with logic, and seeing zero success, he did the closing argument hoping, at least, to move their consciousness...he overestimated them
@guilhermehank4938
11 ай бұрын
The problem is that he was expecting to win a legal battle he already lost. All these pompus a$$holes already made up their minds from the beginning.
@ruuuuudooooolph
4 жыл бұрын
"Are you protesting the authenticity of this court?" - "It's treason then." Light saber slides down his sleeves.
@arbabmir3424
4 жыл бұрын
Looks like this was made just yesterday, only that it's black and white. Magnificent acting ability of Kirk Douglas is just something else.
@VIGNAUDPATRICK
11 ай бұрын
Sans aucun doute le meilleur film et le plus réaliste sur la guerre 14/18...C'est la raison pour laquelle il est resté interdit en France pendant des décennies ! On ne touche pas aux crapules galonnées qui ont fait massacrer par vanité des dizaines de milliers de pauvres poilus ,les Foch et autres incompétents en tête !
@swa7169
2 жыл бұрын
Were we all missing the real point of the story? Dax says "to find these men guilty would be a crime to haunt each of you till the day you die." Meanwhile these same generals are losing 24,000 men a week in the Second Battle of Champagne. If these 3 deaths were a crime, then what do you call 145,000 casualties in a blundered offensive?
@johnottr
4 жыл бұрын
I have seen this movie many times over the years and I think it is one of the best movies ever made. When I bring it up in conversation no one ever heard of it.
@Caroni100
8 жыл бұрын
"The film doesn´transmit any message. In any case is a film in favour or against the army. It´s a film against the war, which can lead men to such conflicts of conscience" Stanley Kubrick (1928-1999) American fim director, screenwriter, producer, cinematographer, editor and photographer. Greetings from Venezuela. 🇻🇪
@katpat8772
8 жыл бұрын
a true and bitte and criminel r story about french top army officers that did with their own soldiers,,this is a very big message
@Caroni100
8 жыл бұрын
"Ah! The generals! Many but not good for many things" Aristophanes (446 BC - 386 BC) greek poet and playwright of the Old Comedy.
@Caroni100
7 жыл бұрын
"In peace, children bury their parents, in war, parents bury their children" Herodotus of Halicarnassus (484 BC - 425 BC) Greek historian and geographer.
@alexroodman4318
6 жыл бұрын
"I protest against being prevented from introducing evidence which I considered vital to the defence; the prosecution presented no witnesses... ...and lastly, I protest against the fact that no stenographic records of this trial have been kept." Does this remind anyone of a certain investigation?
@okapmeinkap7311
4 жыл бұрын
Most certainly. But that was a Full Mutiny.
@okapmeinkap7311
4 жыл бұрын
On the other hand, one never heard anything mutiny of the Wehrmachts. Soldiers to soldiers you can't ask better soldiers than the Germans even though they committed criminal acts.
@PageIsYourGod
4 жыл бұрын
Nope. Because in this trial, these men were innoccent.
@okapmeinkap7311
4 жыл бұрын
@@PageIsYourGod these men were cowardy scoundrels. YOU know why officers carried a pistol? Cowards are not fond of that pointing to their backs.
@Caroni100
7 жыл бұрын
"En la paz, los hijos entierran a los padres, en la guerra, los padres entierran a sus hijos" Heródoto de Halicarnaso (484 a.C - 425 a.C) historiador y geógrafo griego. Saludos desde Venezuela.
@blank557
2 жыл бұрын
I read this movie was banned in France, Germany and other nations in Europe, and not shown until years later, because of course it portrayed truth how lowly soldiers paid to cover the mistakes of the generals. Look up the Siege at Jadotville, how a Irish unit fought heroically agasint great odds in a 1961 UN operation in the Congo, yet were scapegoated for surrendering when out of ammunition, and receiving no assistance after pleas for help from UN forces. The troops were humiliated and called cowards. Or how the brave Russian sailors in the Submarine Kursk were ignored for saving the sub as great cost, suffering death from radiation exposure becasue the authorities failed to provide the require protective suits.
@guilhermehank4938
11 ай бұрын
Of course they banned it, this movie showed who their beloved leaders really are, selfish cowards.
@nickp3949
Жыл бұрын
I’m doing a Kubrick marathon right now and out of his first 6, this one is easily the best. None of the others even come close. This one is definitely the most “Kubrick” of his early films.
@MB-fo2sk
Жыл бұрын
I love The Killing too but yeah, Paths of Glory is in a league of its own, it's my favourite film of his.
@drlee2
10 ай бұрын
Yeah, this is my #2 Kubrick film only behind 2001.
@gabriel-1957
4 жыл бұрын
They don’t make movies like this! And never will!
@okapmeinkap7311
4 жыл бұрын
Hart's War
@twmax6525
2 жыл бұрын
A masterful movie. I love Kubrick and all of his films, even his early ones!
@LoudaroundLincoln
2 жыл бұрын
Kubrick did every kind of genre going. Crime thriller, historical epic, court room drama, war, Sci fi, horror, dystopia, comedy, period drama/romance. I don't think there's one thing that man didn't do well in his career. He was so good at his craft I bet he could of made a good Transformers film if he wanted to🤣.
@tomnorton4277
2 жыл бұрын
The only movie Kubrick made that wasn't either a masterpiece or at least extremely competent was his very first one, Fear and Desire. And even that showed that the guy had extraordinary talent, even though it wasn't fully developed at the time.
@Derl30
4 жыл бұрын
RIP Kirk Douglas
@Joe-nz1nq
3 жыл бұрын
there are times when I'm ashamed to be a member of the human race and this is one such occasion.
@frankgambino6186
4 жыл бұрын
This was one of his greatest performances.
@Broadwaymungo
4 жыл бұрын
House of Representatives 2019
@vincentkosik403
2 жыл бұрын
This was forbidden to be shown in France
@Smt_Glaive
5 жыл бұрын
Brilliant
@againsttheleftandright4065
2 жыл бұрын
Wasn't much of a closing argument if you didn't demonstrate that the actions of the accused were neither negligent nor insubordinate. What the defense should have continued to argue, was that a reasonable soldier would have acted in the same manner as those accused. What seems to be the case is that they were unable to continue to assault a defended position in any meaningful way, and thus preserved their own lives by falling back. It is expected that, in an attack, men are expected to risk death so that a fraction of their force can make it to the objective. This can mean that, in such situations as the prosecution would have argued was the case, the soldiers had a reasonable expectation and duty to risk the likely result of their own deaths. However, since the force was already destroyed and the attack was reasonably a failure, it is the commander's intent that the remaining force be preserved. However, I can speak from personal experience that many court martials are more in favor of preserving order and discipline than justice for the accused.
@gregh7400
2 жыл бұрын
No argument would have swayed that court. They did what General Mireau wanted and there was no saving those men. No formal written charges. No evidence or witnesses allowed for the defense. No record of the trial. What does that tell you? They wanted to execute 3 men in order to motivate other soldiers to do as they are told, regardless of the consequences. They want men to walk into machine guns on command without any backtalk.
@guilhermehank4938
11 ай бұрын
The problem is that he could tell that logic and reasoning wouldnt work with people that already made up their minds. All he could do now is appeal to their emotion in a last ditch effort.
@aldosam5317
3 ай бұрын
Great acting, but an officer would never have kept his hands in his pockets
@gunterangel
10 ай бұрын
The accomplished director of photography of the movie, Georg Krause, was from Germany. Shortly before this movie he had also photographed two parts of the classic trilogy of the "o8 / 15" - movies, which were among the first movies made in Germany about WW2 in 1954/55. He was known and appreciated for his particularly crisp and gritty black&white cinematography. ( Actually he'd never shot a single movie in color.) Some further interesting bits of trivia about this movie: Kirk Douglas played not only the lead role, but served also as producer of the movie thru his own production company, Bryna-Productions. The movie was completely shot on a pretty tight budget ( close to 1 Million $ ) at the Bavaria Studios, Munich-Geiselgasteig, and some nearby surroundings in Bavaria/ Germany. The trenches were built and the battle scenes filmed on a field near Munich-Pullach. The "New Castle Schleißheim" in Oberschleißheim is the location, where the execution scene was filmed in front of, and also the trial scenes were filmed inside that same castle. The specialist providing the (then still solely ) practical pyrotech effects was the famed German FX-man, Karl "Charlie Boom Boom" Baumgartner, who'd provide the pyrotech effects for some thirty years for many international movies, among them "The Longest Day" (USA 1962), "Dunkirk 1940" ( France 1964), "The Bridge at Remagen" (USA 1968), "Waterloo" ( Italy/USSR 1970), "A Bridge too Far" (GB 1977), "Steiner - The Iron Cross" ( Germany 1977) and "Das Boot" (Germany 1979/80/81) To save the production some money ironically all the ( non-speaking ! ) extras playing French soldiers were actually German policemen recruited from the state police of Bavaria, because they got payed by the Bavarian federal state and were by law not allowed to earn some extra money, because, as said, they were state officials. There really lies some irony in the fact, that all the extras playing French soldiers were actually Germans, doesn't it !? ;) This was a rather cheap method for the Bavarian goverment to promote the movie production facilities in Munich to foreign producers and attract them to produce their movies there. The policemen would be sent to the movie set during their official work hours and got paid by the state. Another advantage of hiring policemen as extras was, that they were naturally used to handle arms, so the production had not to spend considerable time in giving unexperienced extras some training lessons in it. ( Five years later another classic American war movie would be produced here as well : "The Great Escape" with an all star cast. And in 1979/80 another classic, "Das Boot", this time as a complete German production.) But it is pretty likely, that most of these men had also actually fought as soldiers, the older ones in WW1 ( and maybe they were even forced to fight again in the "Volksturm" during the last months of WW2 ) and the younger men probably in WW2. So most of the non-speaking extras certainly knew the song and could fully understand the lyrics. So it was probably no big acting deal for them to tear up, when Christiane Kubrick had sung it in front of them so movingly and in such plain fashion like a German mother from a hundred years ago would have sung it to her little child. There lies so much "innocence" in the unpretentious way she sings this simple tune, that you can't help but being deeply touched by it. Btw. Kirk Douglas had quite a relation to Bavaria and the movie studios in Munich there. He would make three movies there in the second half of the fifties and at the beginning sixties. This one and then immediatly after that "The Vykings" ( yes, really, that movie was actually shot for the most part on and near a lake in the Bavarian Alpes, the Walchensee, which was quite s convincing stand-in for a Norwegian fjörd, and the battle scenes actually in the Normandy/France. At the Hardangefjörd in Norway were only a few second-unit scenes filmed, since the wykings ships replica were actually not ocean-going. and in 1961"Town without Pity", a movie, that obviously had felt into oblivion today ( probabably due to its even more controversial subject), and where Kirk played a very similar role, but this time an American military lawyer. And of course Kirk Douglas got good connections to Germany since in 1954 he'd married his second wife, Anne, who was from Hannover. Kind regards from a classic movie buff from Germany !
@s1d2f3
2 жыл бұрын
1000
@guilhermehank4938
11 ай бұрын
He only lost because there was no winning this court in the first place.
@fiko66
4 жыл бұрын
rest in peace
@leivabernie
2 жыл бұрын
They dont make films like these anymore. This takes balls.
@angloaust1575
2 жыл бұрын
Another defence role was in town Without pity Rather overdramatised but that's what acting all about playing over The top roles!
@MrRyan-wu4jx
Жыл бұрын
An excellent display of you can be entirely right, but it won’t matter anyway if the system is corrupt.
@richardbishop8666
4 жыл бұрын
LEGEND!!!!
@Walter37165
2 жыл бұрын
Nah ah.
@stormship1647
10 ай бұрын
Why was Kirk Douglas so cool
@gvbrandolini
2 жыл бұрын
Interessante
@davegray2428
4 жыл бұрын
Excellent
@name-tn2or
4 жыл бұрын
During this whole scene I just wished Dax went full out Al Pacino in Scent of a Woman. I know it wouldn’t have changed anything but still.
@chrismorrison2805
4 жыл бұрын
The absurdity of it all. Kirk Douglas RIP. This is what film should aspire to.
@christoschristopoulos908
2 жыл бұрын
Giant
@algerianprophet9654
4 жыл бұрын
Then they would to do the same thing against the Fascists.
@snakey934Snakeybakey
2 жыл бұрын
What Fascist?
@Arkain89
3 жыл бұрын
who was able to film an american court room like that
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