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Paths of Glory

1957 · 88 min · Director: Stanley Kubrick ★ IMDb 8.4 · 243,517 ratings

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A commanding officer defends three scapegoats on trial for a failed offensive that occurred within the French Army in 1916.

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Paths of Glory (1957) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Tension 32%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger13%

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The strongest emotional signals are Tension, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, War. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Tension, Empathy and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 8.4/10 suggests a strong audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 75/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Empathy
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Anger

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Tension
Empathy
Sadness
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionEmpathySadness
2.5 %≈ 2′Tension40 %35 %15 %15 %
7.5 %≈ 7′Tension48 %43 %23 %16 %
12.5 %≈ 11′Tension53 %49 %29 %18 %
17.5 %≈ 15′Tension57 %56 %32 %21 %
22.5 %≈ 20′Tension65 %64 %38 %28 %
27.5 %≈ 24′Anger69 %66 %40 %29 %
32.5 %≈ 29′Tension78 %75 %44 %33 %
37.5 %≈ 33′Tension85 %79 %50 %39 %
42.5 %≈ 37′Anger81 %71 %54 %39 %
47.5 %≈ 42′Anger75 %68 %59 %38 %
52.5 %≈ 46′Empathy73 %66 %65 %38 %
57.5 %≈ 51′Anger75 %66 %70 %41 %
62.5 %≈ 55′Empathy80 %70 %76 %55 %
67.5 %≈ 59′Sadness84 %74 %78 %68 %
72.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing85 %76 %71 %66 %
77.5 %≈ 68′Anger88 %80 %75 %70 %
82.5 %≈ 73′Sadness93 %85 %89 %85 %
87.5 %≈ 77′Sadness88 %75 %81 %79 %
92.5 %≈ 81′Anger67 %48 %51 %48 %
97.5 %≈ 86′Sadness48 %32 %33 %28 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

WM
Wayne Morris

CK
Christiane Kubrick

JH
Jerry Hausner

PC
Peter Capell

PC
Peter Capell

Narrator of Opening Sequence

EM
Emile Meyer

Father Dupree

BF
Bert Freed

Sgt. Boulanger

KD
Kem Dibbs

Pvt. Lejeune

TC
Timothy Carey

Pvt. Maurice Ferol

FB
Fred Bell

Shell-Shocked Soldier

JS
John Stein

Capt. Rousseau

HB
Harold Benedict

Capt. Nichols

PB
Paul Bös

Maj. Gouderc (uncredited)

JB
James B. Harris

Private in the Attack (uncredited)

MR
Marshall Rainer

Pvt. Duval (uncredited)

Details

Directed by
Stanley Kubrick
Written by
Stanley Kubrick, Jim Thompson, Calder Willingham, Humphrey Cobb
Type
Movies
Released
1957
Runtime
88 min
Country
United States of America
Genres
Drama, War
Ratings
★ IMDb 8.4 · 243,517 ratings
Feels mostly
Tension
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