Paths of Glory (1957)

Four men go on trial for cowardice in this Stanley Kubrick film that was not liked by anyone who thought the French Army was better than they were.

Banned

• 1957

  • Belgium - required a foreward saying it was one case and not indicative of the French military

  • France - banned for being "anti-military"

  • Germany - banned due to strained relationship with France at the time

  • Spain - Francisco Franco's leadership banned it for being anti-military until 1986, 11 years after Franco's death

  • Switzerland - banned as "subversive propaganda directed at France" until 1978

  • United States - banned in military establishments home and abroad for being "anti-war"

Sources

"Banned! Criterion's Forbidden Films". Criterion.com. 2014. Archived from the original on 2014-01-20. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from https://web.archive.org/web/20140120212846/https://www.criterion.com/lists/170366-banned-criterion-s-forbidden-films

Kubrick, Stanley (dir.). Paths of Glory. Bryna Productions, 1957.

"Paths of Glory (1958) - Articles". TCM.com. 1957-09-18. Retrieved March 22, 2019 from http://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/19285/Paths-of-Glory/articles.html

Robertson, Nan (15 March 1975). "French Delay Showing Films on Touchy Topics". New York Times, 1975. Retrived March 22, 1919 from https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/15/archives/french-delay-showing-films-on-touchy-topics.html

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