France is the only major nation which has never waged war against America. She bankrupted herself supporting our Revolution, supplying the majority of America's munitions. At a crucial time she tied down the British navy, in effect damaging their ability to supply the British colonial army... and at Yorktown, the final crushing defeat of the British, half the forces allied with Washington were French. I'd say that qualifies as a show of military honor.
In 1803 Napoleon would transact the Louisianna Purchase with Jefferson, thereby doubling the size of the U.S. During the War of 1812 the British burned our capital. Were it not for Bonaparte's army tying down the British in Europe, it is probable the young American nation would have been crushed. And name one country which ever gave to the American people, no strings attatched, a gift anywhere near as grand as The Statue of Liberty...
I'm pretty sure that France has a long history of valor and bravery throughout it's long military history but as an American I can easily say fuck the French!
I would love to see your last decision war criminal because everyone you have made so far has reflected your true character Poet...
Cause his last one would still put everyone you ever made to utter shame war criminal, coward, traitor....
So explain to me why your criminal defense justified the slaughter of life and full blown treason poet cause such extreme cowardliness and slaughter at the real expense of your nation would not even qualify for the firing squad...
This is hilarious man.He won't go quietly like the other two.The one on the stretcher is even funnier.He was awaken to fine a shitload of firing squads standing before him.Talk about rude awakening...;)))))))))))
@SithSereyPheap1 You obviously have no knoweldge of WWI.. Men were shot for cowardice for such simple acts as pulling back ten yards when over run by the germans. it was a brutal time when life was cheap. They weren't cowards,, the ones who should have been shot were the high ranking officers who condemed thousands to death in badly planned battles.
And you're a real soldier maybe? LOL these men fought Verdun, the Somme, the Marne. They are true heroes...
Go play the "real soldier" at Call of Duty stupid ass. In a real war you would cry like a girl (and by real war I don't mean the American tourism in the middle east).
That was Emile Meyer - so brilliant as Rufus Ryker in "Shane" - playing Father Dupree. I'd know that voice anywhere. What a great bit of casting, and what a powerful film.
What was called "cowardice" and punished by death in those times, would now be seen rightfully as PTSD and shell shock. And the men would be given to a facility to rest and receive counseling.
@GirLInSecondLife You've obviously never seen the film; these men were not cowards, not in the least.
This film is representative of something called "genuine culture" which would explain why you've never seen it let alone could comprehend the "surprise" ending of the film.
SHAME strikes fast into my heart, cold blooded shame speared rapid - the lunacy of war... fare.... Shame on those in decide and far from any march into hell's pasture sent innocents so forth, may they rot and quake aside for an eternity's sake!!
That's what the yanks want you to believe but in fact the french army was one of the most successful armies in the whole world for a really long time.
I think it was somewhen after WW2 when some idiot, who most probably didn't even know a single french soldier, started that whole cowardlines and surrender crap.
@13x1x20 Unfortunately most Americans do think that way but then again most Americans couldn't name a single WW2 battle apart from Normandy or Pearl Harbor. My father was a Marine Officer and I have several friends who have studied at St Cyr and they only have good things to say about the French.
@AlBunyan im glad YOU speak for most Americans.......one shouldnt be ashamed of the masses but should only worry about himself.......i feel sorry for you and i suggest you choose your words wisely for people will read them
You're right. Since 387 BC, France has fought 168 major wars, including wars with the Roman Empire. Not only that, but they've had some of the most genius military leaders OF ALL TIME. Remember the name Napoleon? Yes? Well I sure hope so, considering half the goddamn planet was part of his wars at some point.
@cheechgecko napoleon got taught a lesson in screwing with luck. The iron duke didnt beat Napoleon alone, he needed the help of the Dutch, Hanoverians, Brunswikans, and especially- the Prussians. It took 4 powers in 1 battle to defeat Napoleon. The Duke knew he couldnt take on Napoleon alone, which is why he begged Blucher to come to his aid asap.
@stringerboi the iron duke is considered one of the greatest military commanders there has ever been. Napolean went on to live in exile - The iron duke went on to enjoy fame and further success!
@Freez57fr Obviously you dont know anything about history - firstly Wellington is regarded as a a great military commander around the world. Secondly he was Irish. Wellington commanded a British Army not English. English is not British. Thirdly Napolean committed his cavalry for a charge into the British Lines and were massacred. Fourthly - committing his old guard at the end of the battle (who I believe were the French elite soldiers) they were massacred.
@Freez57fr in addition I wont mention the two buildings Napolean sacrificed countless men to capture that were defended by only a handful of British Soldiers (scots guards I think but would have to check that specifically)
@TippiSimo - What are you, French? Name one war the French won over the last 700 years? I can tell you! NONE! That's because they always had their heads handed to them by either the British, the Germans, the Russians, the Turks or the Vietnamese! In fact, the only war they did manage to win was led by a woman (Joan of Arc)! That speaks volumes of the French army!
@13x1x20 The cowardliness is unfounded but the French WERE utterly crushed and surrended to the Germans within weeks of the start of the battle for France in WWII. Without any major victory since, the French's martial reputation has not escaped that humiliation.
@TippiSimo In comparuson with France,Finland is an insignificant country.We definitely can't make a comparuson between the glorious French history and the yours.Anglo-Saxon hate us since 1066,and it's always pitiful to read such words as yours.Fuck you.
Absolute madness! To think this kind of insanity actually happened in WW1. You simply can NOT take a man's life for being scared or for deserting - of for ANY trivial reasons. In the British army in WW1, 'offences' such as sleeping on sentry duty, striking a superior officer, insubordination and disobedience all carried the death penalty. Sickening! A stain on the history of Great Britain. Makes me ashamed to be a member of the human race!
The music stops abruptly, the higher-up prompts his men to ready their rifles, they fire, and the trio drop dead, their deaths viewed from a distance by the audience. The film then suddenly cuts to the Broulard and Mireau having breakfast, the viewer left awestruck.
Kubrick truly captured just how cold and routine these executions were.
@newhenpal123 That scene is actually the most important in the film, especially after the "insulted" Mireau walks out; it was really General Broulard pulling the strings all along and Col. Dax is enraged over this, even though all that Broulard did was all absolutely correct and necessary; it couldn't have been done any other way.
Most people don't understand this and it took me until I was an adult and aware of Machiavelli's "The Prince" to make me realize this.
What about this ominous drumbeat? "Let's see, how can we make these guys even more terrified? I know, let's have a very ominous drumbeat." If I were those guys, I would have rushed the general or caused the biggest scene imaginable. I mean, if you're going to go out, you might as well go out on your own terms, right? No way would I have taken it as gracefully as they did. I would have forced them to shoot me beforehand.
@MrJulius72 You obviously haven't seen the film otherwise you'd not have made such a dim-witted remark.
And, even if you saw the film with the penultimate scene with the three, main officers alone (and then just two), you still wouldn't have understood it.
Well fucking yank, when your country will accomplish 1/10 of what the French accomplished in a military plan you will be allowed to open your mouth...
1.700.000 French are dead in WW1 to protect their country. That's 3X more than American dead in all your war combined...
Of course shitty americans consider themselves as "braves" because these dumbass attack a 3rd world country to find invisible nukes. And your "war" in Irak shows how your military sucks. Losers.
The french army was, has been, and always will be a joke. This movie epitomizes the french army. "Why are the roads in france covered in a canopy of trees? The Germans like to march in the shade."
What do you know about the military history of France stupid yank?
We are the european country with the most war won. Only with Louis XIV and Napoleon we can humble the pride of your so-called "great military".
I'm not here to play the role of the nationalistic guy in an anti-war video but I'm tired to see fucking yankees always devaluing the French while the military history of the USA is a joke.
Well Germany invaded France in WW2 we know, fucking yanks are spamming it everywere. And what? Can you quote an European country which has been never invaded? NO. so shut your fucking mouth fat yankee.
We invaded Germany more time than they invaded us.
And dear yankee, like I said to assym, shut up, when the American will accomplish 1/10 of what the French accomplished in a military plan you will be allowed to open your mouth.
The yanks think they have lessons to give about military, what a joke, let's see some military history of the USA:
- War of Independance: mostly lost, victory given by the Brits because they understood that it's better to pull out weed. I won't speak about the French doing most of the work at Yorktown (ohh yes I did). And the yanks think that their war of Independance is a Great war, while it was a little skirmish (nothing to do with the major european wars).
- War of 1812: An other insignifiant war fought by the yanks. (the smallest battles of Napoleon involved more men than the whole "war" of 1812). The USA fail to invade Canada and are kicked by the Brits who burnt the white house. Saved from annihilition because the Brits had better to do ("fighting" with the whole Europe the mighty Napoleon for exemple) than learning you how to fight.
- USA-Mexican war: An other insignifiant war. The battle of Austerlitz alone involved more men than this so-called war. Won because the ratio American-Mexicans was 3/1 (75.000 yanks vs 25.000 Mexicans)
- American civil war: they fought against themselves and this war count more casualties than all the other wars fought by the yanks combined. It shows how the other war of the Americans are insignifiant, and when they are not, that's because the Americans are figurants (but we'll see later).
- Spanish-American war: an other insignifiant war. The battle of Wagram alone involved more men than this so-called war. Won thanks to the Cuban (who suffered most of the casualties) against a weak and far Spain which had better to do in Europe that deal with the useless cuban colony. And also because nobody lost a war against Spain since the 17th century...
WW2: The only other major war fought by the USA. They were neutral until half of the war and came at war only because Japan and Germany declared war on American at first.
They let the Chinese and the Soviet do the most of the fights.
Americans think they beat Germany while they fought only 10% of the Wehrmacht (90% on the Russian front). In fact USSR (ally of the USA) won the war, took Berlin, suffered most of the casualites. Yankees try to steel their credit.
WW2 (next): At the same time, the Americans did some little fights in tiny islands against the Japanese while the major fights were did by the Chinese.
But thanks to a German physician, the war has been ended with very few casualties.
- After WW2 the yanks turned back to their old military traditions: fighting insignifiant wars. Following the Russian/Einstein victory in WW2 (where the USA tried to steal some credit) the yanks always failed.
Korean war -> failure, Vietnam war -> faiure, Bay of Pigs failure.
North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba are still communist countries today.
All the countries where the USA tried a military intervention (and failed of course) are still communist (while the other not, eastern euopre for exemple)
- After the Cold war, the Americans tried to find new ennemies to show how they are "braves" -_-
That's how they begin 2 other wars wich are, once again, total failures.
Afghanistan will be maybe in their control in 2030 if they are lucky...
Same for Irak (the military intervention in Irak, pathetically executed) shows how the American military sucks. And more, the USA lied to whole world (despite the truth showed by the French). Of course the American sheeps trust their governement.
Now, i'll quote only few major war won by the French against big coalitions to compare, it should humble the pride of the yanks and their pathetic and insignifiant military history:
- War of Devolution: France ALONE beat Spain and allies (England, Netherlands, Sweden)
- 9 years war: France ALONE beat Netherlands, England, Spain, Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Scottland, Savoy)
- War of Spanish succession: France alone with few spanish help beat Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Savoy.
The actual king of Spain is still a French Bourbon.
- One of the greatest military leader and conqueror of all times was FRENCH:
NAPOLEON.
France conquered all Europe from Lisbon to Moscow and defeated several coalitions in several wars after the collapse of the French Empire outnumbered by too many opponents in the war of the 6th coaltion.
ALL THESE WARS QUOTES ARE FRENCH VICTORIES WHERE FRANCE WAS ALONE AGAINST BIG COALITIONS.
I didn't take care of the many wars won with allies or against only 1 or 2 countries.
Now if some Yanks have something to add about the French military facts, I wait.
My comments are not nationalistic, it give only an ANSWER to the spammed comments from Americans always spamming insults against France and the French (especially in a military plan), and I'm very tired to hear always the same bullshit from these American pricks, the last allowed to give lessons...
I'm not here to provoke, only to answer the yanks who ALWAYS START their spammed insults against France.
Yes, Engayland won 2 or 3 wars alone, always against 3rd world countries...
They never conquered an other country except no man's land area with primitive tribes, like this desert with only kangaroos and abhoriginals called australia.
I don't what are you telling... But I have a real doubt...
Engayland destroyed France?
The only war fought by Engayland alone against France is the 100 years war, and YOU LOST.
Napoleonic wars British victory? LOL we has been kicked in 80% of the Napoleonic WarS (you lost 5 wars among 7), and you never beat France: Prussians, Austrians, Russians and many others did all the work.
Engaylish are like parasits, they let their allies fight and later steal the credit for themselves.
When Engayland will win a war against France you'll be allowed to open your mouth.
France ALONE kicked Engayland and his many allies a lot of times (9 years war, war of the 1st coaliton, war of the 2nd coaltion, 3rd coaltion, 4th coaltion, 5th coalition...)
Engayland NEVER won a war by herself, you always depend on the other. You used all Europe to fight Napoleon, you used France and Russia to fight Germany in WW1, you used USSR to fight Hitler in WW2...)
"now be quite you idiot your french you have no glory to celebrate. you spent the last century bending over for the Germans , you still do."
Well maybe we lost 1 war against the Germans (Germans, not Engaylish), but we still crushed the Germans in the Napoleonic wars, and we still won WW1 (all the major battles have been won by the French and not the Engaylish (1st Marne, Verdun, 2nd Marne, etc...)
@Freez57fr not on the say so of a frog. look if your military is so good why is your best fighting force the Foreign Legion ? because your own is not upto it thats why.
No go bend over for the Germans your good at that.
not on the say so of an engaylish. look if your military is so good why are your best fighting force the foreign armies? (Quote me a war won by Egayland alone, or at least as the principal belligerent... never, all the wars won by Engayland have been won thanks to her many allies and Engayland played ALWAYS a minor role).
Why? because your own is not upto it thats why.
No go bend over for the Danish, yanks, Dutch, Germans, etc... and FRENCH your good at that.
@Freez57fr Dude, who cares about the French Army now, or your thousand retarded posts aboout it? Right now France's army is NONEXISTANT compared to the US's. Also, I could gloat about how your France got butt raped by the Germans (Maginot Line = Epic Fail LOLOLOL) and we had to save their asses, but what's the use, its ANCIENT FUCKING HISTORY. Grow the fuck up, please. Every country, including England, France, the US, and Germany has a rich history and something to offer to the world.
Hey american piece of shit, the faggot of your country always start to insult mine so don't make me laugh with your "grow up" I only answer to your friends keep your lessons for your compatriots.
And about the epic fail of maginot line, I don't deny like the Americans thinking they won all their wars while they have been kicked many times (and yes its Ancient fucking history, but your epic fail in Irak is not ancient history guy).
@Freez57fr Lol! Like most arrogant French idiots, you make the mistake of assuming we all think we won both World Wars. I don't support our retarded exploits in the Middle East either. I'm telling you to SHUT UP and stop making a MILLION posts about you and your country because its NO FUCKIN BETTER than any other country. I value history highly, but its one use BRAGGING about anything because YOU WEREN'T FUCKING THERE, YOU RETARD. Jesus. Also, Russia did win WWII, but WE saved YOUR asses.
Like I said, I'm not here to tell that my country is great (I'm not an anglo-saxon full of myself), I only answer to your compatriots (so my posts tell to your american compatriots spamming insults against France what you said in your comment: "Your country is no fuckin better than any other country").
And in WW2, you didn't save us, you bombed our tows killing thouthands of civilians (some of them were totally destroyed, America made in France more destructions and casualties than Germany). And we never asked your help, you came at war only because Japan and Germany declared war on the USA at first (before you were neutral), and France was only in your way between the ocean and Germany. France was only your battlefield and a strategic point, it was not to "save" or "help" the french.
@painfulgrapeshot: No chance, American bed-wetting type. I burst my pimples at you and call your landing in Normandy a silly thing, you tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms! Yes, depart a lot at this time, and cut the approaching any more or we fire arrows at the top of your head and make castanets out of your testicles already! Ha ha! And now, remain gone, illegitimate-faced bugger-folk! And, if you think you got a nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet, dappy American!
@painfulgrapeshot: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified nancy boy, who is afraid of wars and you are indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
@painfulgrapeshot: Yes you are to be congratulated; we live in an age where illness and deformity are common place and yet, you are without a doubt the most repulsive individual that I have ever met. I would shake your hand but I fear it would come off.
@painfulgrapeshot: I know thee for a knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch:
Many thanks for this upload. It is really moving to see that the soldier about to be executed is willing to forgive, while his officers (apart from Col. Dax) show no mercy at all.
Did you know that something very similar actually happened? It was the "Affaire of the corporals of Souain". Their widows were offered 1 Franc "compensation". It took them many years to get their husbands rehabilitated. General Reveilhac, who was responsible for the executions, died peacefully in his bed though, however, in his 80ies.
@je5752: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified Nancy boy, who spends wars at home and you are indubitably no sea-dog nut the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
@MySkull77: For the insult I will call you a knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: ...
@MySkull77: You cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee: A tailor made thee. Ay, a tailor: A stone-cutter or painter could not have made you so ill, though he had been but two hours at the trade!
@MySkull77: Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! I will tread you unbolted villain into mortar and daub the wall of a jakes with you. I sound gay, you wagtail?
@MySkull77: [Like? No, I adore Shakespeare! Besides I am no dude of course] And as I do not know any other taunt of him I have to resort to good-old French taunting:
@MySkull77: You don't frighten me, Portuguese pig-dog! Go and boil your bottom, son of a silly person. I blow my nose at your, so-called country, you and all your silly Portuguese geese! I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
@MySkull77: Yes, and a votary of Homer too and thus I do defy you like Achilles defied Hector:
"Hector, talk not to me, thou madman, of covenants. As between men and lions there is no pledge of faith, nor wolves and sheep can be of one mind, but imagine evil continually against each other, so is it impossible for thee and me to be friends, neither shall be any pledge between us until one or other shall have fallen and glutted with blood Ares, the stubborn god of war. ...
... Bethink thee of all thy soldiership: now behoveth it thee to quit thee as a good spearman and valiant man of war. No longer is there way of escape for thee, but Pallas Athene will straightway subdue thee to my spear; and now in one hour shalt thou pay back for all my sorrows for my friends whom thou hast slain in the fury of thy spear."
@MySkull77: We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assasin. What do you call it when the assasins accuse the assasin? They lie.. they lie and we have to be merciful for those who lie. Those nabobs. I hate them. How I hate them...
@MySkull77: He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm no, I can't... I'm a little man...
@KaiserReich98: I shall do no such thing! Besides: Your German nickname sounds utterly ridiculous and this not only as the German word for imperial realm forms one word in German; while you can count yourself lucky: The 500 character restriction prevents me from invoking some larger quotes due to lack of time!
@GreatGrumbledook If you doubt the credibility of my German, I can assure you that it is 100% accurate, as I have lived in Germany for the majority of my life.
Kaiser=Emperor
Reich=Empire or nation
Kasierreich is a combination of the words because Das Deutsches Reich was ruled by an Emperor(Kaiser) in the from of a constitutional monarchy. Therefore Kaiserreich is an accurate abbeviation for the complete title: Kaiserlich Deutsches Reich.
@GreatGrumbledook On your other point your quotes may be both relevent and coherant, however no one wants you filling pages upon pages with them. So, as I said before: shut up.
@KaiserReich98: O, God defend my soul from such deep sin! Shall I seem crest-fallen in the sight of some internet coxcomb? Or with pale beggar-fear impeach my height before you out-dared dastard? Ere my tongue shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong, or sound so base a parle, my teeth shall tear the slavish motive of recanting fear, and spit it bleeding in his high disgrace, where shame doth harbour, even in your face!
@KaiserReich98: So you think yourself to be an emperor indeed and employ the services of a fool? But be not to harsh in your anger to his or her inability to give a sensitive response to your comments: It must not necessarily be the fault of your fool but maybe your own fault; as no one could honestly make a sensitive respond to comments such as yours! Not even fools.
@GreatGrumbledook Please, we live in the 21st century, so don't speak as if we live in Elizebethan times. My english isnt perfect so restate your comment in a more understandable fashion
@KaiserReich98: I must prevent thee; these couchings and these lowly courtesies might fire the blood of ordinary men, and turn pre-ordinance and first decree into the law of children. Be not fond, to think that I bear such rebel blood that will be thaw'd from the true quality with that which melteth fools; I mean, sweet words, low-crooked curtsies, and base spaniel-fawning: If thou dost bend, and pray, and fawn, I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
@KaiserReich98: Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! What replication should be made by me? Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again.
I think pragmatism is more wide-spread now, with the experiences of two world wars. You simply don't win wars asking the impossible from your soldiers.
I never said war is never justified. The problem with WW1 is that it happened because all of the powers involved acted irresponsibly. The relatively easy "right/wrong" distinction of WWII doesn't exist for WW1.
i think viewers find kubrick disturbing as opposed to cold hearted, he was always unflinchingly unsentimental. He creates an emotional landscape for us to explore but never imposes a set of moral values upon the viewer. This, i think, is one of the many facets of his moviemaking that make him great.
Interesting is that the officer who read the execution decree was their trial prosecutor. The way he is reading the decree, you can tell that even he does not agree with this travesty.
There were around 600 men ''executed for example'' in the manner of this scene, not mentionning a great number of men executed on the spot, in the trenches. It is now known many of these men were ''shell-shocked'' or refused suicide attacks like at Craonne(Chemin des Dames), where 100 men per minute died in useless bloody assaults under General Nivelle. Nicknamed ''The Butcher'', under his command, 350,000 men lost their lives for nothing but a few yards of mud. Total failure.
only in france
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France is the only major nation which has never waged war against America. She bankrupted herself supporting our Revolution, supplying the majority of America's munitions. At a crucial time she tied down the British navy, in effect damaging their ability to supply the British colonial army... and at Yorktown, the final crushing defeat of the British, half the forces allied with Washington were French. I'd say that qualifies as a show of military honor.
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In 1803 Napoleon would transact the Louisianna Purchase with Jefferson, thereby doubling the size of the U.S. During the War of 1812 the British burned our capital. Were it not for Bonaparte's army tying down the British in Europe, it is probable the young American nation would have been crushed. And name one country which ever gave to the American people, no strings attatched, a gift anywhere near as grand as The Statue of Liberty...
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raygoshay1400 1 month ago
I watched this film last week, it's one of my favorites and Kubrick's best. This scene made me ill.
desotowright 1 month ago
I'm pretty sure that France has a long history of valor and bravery throughout it's long military history but as an American I can easily say fuck the French!
LittleVillage24 3 months ago
@LittleVillage24 As a French, I can say fuck the fucking yankees!
Thesameasiteverwas 2 months ago
@Thesameasiteverwas You must be a Red Sox fan.
arthur131313 1 month ago
Timothy Carey deserved an oscar nod for this.
TheWrestlerNation 3 months ago
I would love to see your last decision war criminal because everyone you have made so far has reflected your true character Poet...
Cause his last one would still put everyone you ever made to utter shame war criminal, coward, traitor....
So explain to me why your criminal defense justified the slaughter of life and full blown treason poet cause such extreme cowardliness and slaughter at the real expense of your nation would not even qualify for the firing squad...
TEWOW!!!
TheHeardHouse 4 months ago
This is hilarious man.He won't go quietly like the other two.The one on the stretcher is even funnier.He was awaken to fine a shitload of firing squads standing before him.Talk about rude awakening...;)))))))))))
SithSereyPheap1 5 months ago
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@SithSereyPheap1 Fuck you. You have no intellect to movies at all.
TheWrestlerNation 3 months ago
Cowards do not deserve to die by bullets.Beat them to death with a sock full of shit instead.Save the bullets for real soldiers...
SithSereyPheap1 5 months ago
@SithSereyPheap1 These men were not cowards; you obviously didn't see the film.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
@SithSereyPheap1 You obviously have no knoweldge of WWI.. Men were shot for cowardice for such simple acts as pulling back ten yards when over run by the germans. it was a brutal time when life was cheap. They weren't cowards,, the ones who should have been shot were the high ranking officers who condemed thousands to death in badly planned battles.
xvoy2002 4 months ago
@SithSereyPheap1
And you're a real soldier maybe? LOL these men fought Verdun, the Somme, the Marne. They are true heroes...
Go play the "real soldier" at Call of Duty stupid ass. In a real war you would cry like a girl (and by real war I don't mean the American tourism in the middle east).
Freez57fr 3 months ago
every shot is like a photograph
Huddiethegreat 5 months ago
@Huddiethegreat You are correct in your observation, of course; this is precisely one of the many reasons that makes this a great film.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
"Waterloo is a battle of the first rank won by a captain of the second." Victor Hugo 1802-1885.
From what I read in" Les Miserables" (although a novel) I can see what he meant. I think, in the overall, mud won.
As to the movie, Paths of Glory, it was one of the very best staring Kirk Douglas. He should have won an Acadamy Award for it.
Great movie. Unlike most of the junk we get today.
flourburger 5 months ago
This WASN'T a direct hit on the French....just saying.
dietpeppas14 6 months ago
That was Emile Meyer - so brilliant as Rufus Ryker in "Shane" - playing Father Dupree. I'd know that voice anywhere. What a great bit of casting, and what a powerful film.
HugoFitch 6 months ago
What was called "cowardice" and punished by death in those times, would now be seen rightfully as PTSD and shell shock. And the men would be given to a facility to rest and receive counseling.
GirLInSecondLife 7 months ago
@GirLInSecondLife You've obviously never seen the film; these men were not cowards, not in the least.
This film is representative of something called "genuine culture" which would explain why you've never seen it let alone could comprehend the "surprise" ending of the film.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
Timothy Carey and Ralph Meeker both deserve to be household names.
redheadedgolem 8 months ago
This is definitely up there as one of Kubrick's best. Truly a masterpiece.
cayloh 8 months ago
SHAME strikes fast into my heart, cold blooded shame speared rapid - the lunacy of war... fare.... Shame on those in decide and far from any march into hell's pasture sent innocents so forth, may they rot and quake aside for an eternity's sake!!
itrmful 1 year ago
"Its not kubricks best film" from the poster.
Actually, from a great fan of Kubrick, I disagree. On balance, I think it is his best film.
picklerwoof 1 year ago 4
@picklerwoof Utimately I'd say that 2001 is Kubrick's best film, but Paths of Glory comes pretty close.
HitchcockJohn 8 months ago
I think it is Kubrick's best film.
fliegeroh 1 year ago
Timothy Carey, what an actor...
relaxedanderson 1 year ago
Army of France is well-known for its cowardliness.
TippiSimo 1 year ago
@TippiSimo
What bullshit.
That's what the yanks want you to believe but in fact the french army was one of the most successful armies in the whole world for a really long time.
I think it was somewhen after WW2 when some idiot, who most probably didn't even know a single french soldier, started that whole cowardlines and surrender crap.
13x1x20 1 year ago 2
@13x1x20 Unfortunately most Americans do think that way but then again most Americans couldn't name a single WW2 battle apart from Normandy or Pearl Harbor. My father was a Marine Officer and I have several friends who have studied at St Cyr and they only have good things to say about the French.
AlBunyan 11 months ago 5
@AlBunyan im glad YOU speak for most Americans.......one shouldnt be ashamed of the masses but should only worry about himself.......i feel sorry for you and i suggest you choose your words wisely for people will read them
Theozzie11 6 months ago
@13x1x20
You're right. Since 387 BC, France has fought 168 major wars, including wars with the Roman Empire. Not only that, but they've had some of the most genius military leaders OF ALL TIME. Remember the name Napoleon? Yes? Well I sure hope so, considering half the goddamn planet was part of his wars at some point.
EFDragon 8 months ago
@EFDragon Napolean yeah he was good until he met the iron duke and got taught a lesson in military power!
cheechgecko 8 months ago
@cheechgecko napoleon got taught a lesson in screwing with luck. The iron duke didnt beat Napoleon alone, he needed the help of the Dutch, Hanoverians, Brunswikans, and especially- the Prussians. It took 4 powers in 1 battle to defeat Napoleon. The Duke knew he couldnt take on Napoleon alone, which is why he begged Blucher to come to his aid asap.
stringerboi 8 months ago
@stringerboi the iron duke is considered one of the greatest military commanders there has ever been. Napolean went on to live in exile - The iron duke went on to enjoy fame and further success!
cheechgecko 8 months ago
@cheechgecko
Napoleon is a legend in the world...
Try to ask someone outside Britain about who is the iron duke loool...
And Wellington was nothing compared to Napoleon. Only stupid engaylish believe that.
Wellington didn't beat Napoleon, he was saved by Blucher.
Waterloo: 120.000 allied (half germans, only 20% engaylish) vs 70.000 French, you think that's a military lessons ROFL??
Even Marshal Ney fucked Wellington in the ass at the battle of Redinha (10.000 French vs 25.000 Brit lol)
Freez57fr 6 months ago
@Freez57fr Obviously you dont know anything about history - firstly Wellington is regarded as a a great military commander around the world. Secondly he was Irish. Wellington commanded a British Army not English. English is not British. Thirdly Napolean committed his cavalry for a charge into the British Lines and were massacred. Fourthly - committing his old guard at the end of the battle (who I believe were the French elite soldiers) they were massacred.
cheechgecko 5 months ago
@Freez57fr in addition I wont mention the two buildings Napolean sacrificed countless men to capture that were defended by only a handful of British Soldiers (scots guards I think but would have to check that specifically)
cheechgecko 5 months ago
@13x1x20 That's true what you say about France and their military.
In fact, until this burden was shifted to Germany, the French were largely considered "The Scourge Of The Continent," primarily because of Napoleon.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
@TippiSimo - What are you, French? Name one war the French won over the last 700 years? I can tell you! NONE! That's because they always had their heads handed to them by either the British, the Germans, the Russians, the Turks or the Vietnamese! In fact, the only war they did manage to win was led by a woman (Joan of Arc)! That speaks volumes of the French army!
smoothjazzandmore2 3 months ago
@smoothjazzandmore2
"In fact, the only war they did manage to win was led by a woman"
Yeah you lost me there.
And btw I'm not french.
I'm just someone interested in a differentiated view at history.
Obviously unlike you.
A war won says not so much about the quality of the machinery of war but about the quality of the leaders.
Or would you say the US Army is a bad army because they got their shit whopped by a bunch of farmers with AKs (maybe even twice - we'll see)?
Same goes for the UK btw
13x1x20 3 months ago
@smoothjazzandmore2
Oh and for germany... and russia... and a bunch of others too.
But you know what says a lot about an army?
If it takes the UK, Prussia, the United Netherlands, Hanover, Nassau, Brunswick and a 50.000 men strong superiority to overwhelm it.
Your move you illiterate fuck.
13x1x20 3 months ago
@smoothjazzandmore2
"Your move you illiterate fuck."
I apologize. That was too rude.
Still you are talking trash.
13x1x20 3 months ago
@smoothjazzandmore2 What about the Napoleonic Wars? or even the Battle of Hastings?
goldenarms12 2 months ago
@13x1x20 The cowardliness is unfounded but the French WERE utterly crushed and surrended to the Germans within weeks of the start of the battle for France in WWII. Without any major victory since, the French's martial reputation has not escaped that humiliation.
KrazyKommieKiller 2 months ago
@TippiSimo In comparuson with France,Finland is an insignificant country.We definitely can't make a comparuson between the glorious French history and the yours.Anglo-Saxon hate us since 1066,and it's always pitiful to read such words as yours.Fuck you.
Wandervogelspirit 9 months ago
i simply hate kubrick
ungiornocomunaltro 1 year ago
One of my favorite Kubrick movies, if a favorite is even possible.
Auntkekebaby 1 year ago
Absolute madness! To think this kind of insanity actually happened in WW1. You simply can NOT take a man's life for being scared or for deserting - of for ANY trivial reasons. In the British army in WW1, 'offences' such as sleeping on sentry duty, striking a superior officer, insubordination and disobedience all carried the death penalty. Sickening! A stain on the history of Great Britain. Makes me ashamed to be a member of the human race!
englishguy2010 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this. My favorite film.
snicky58 1 year ago
I always loved how this scene played out.
The music stops abruptly, the higher-up prompts his men to ready their rifles, they fire, and the trio drop dead, their deaths viewed from a distance by the audience. The film then suddenly cuts to the Broulard and Mireau having breakfast, the viewer left awestruck.
Kubrick truly captured just how cold and routine these executions were.
newhenpal123 1 year ago
@newhenpal123 That scene is actually the most important in the film, especially after the "insulted" Mireau walks out; it was really General Broulard pulling the strings all along and Col. Dax is enraged over this, even though all that Broulard did was all absolutely correct and necessary; it couldn't have been done any other way.
Most people don't understand this and it took me until I was an adult and aware of Machiavelli's "The Prince" to make me realize this.
Great, great film!
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
is this movie worth 2 buy?
matthewinnj08 1 year ago
One of the best anti War movies ever.
Period.
VOIDMK20 1 year ago
This isnt Kubrick being cold hearted. This really happened like this in those times.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
What about this ominous drumbeat? "Let's see, how can we make these guys even more terrified? I know, let's have a very ominous drumbeat." If I were those guys, I would have rushed the general or caused the biggest scene imaginable. I mean, if you're going to go out, you might as well go out on your own terms, right? No way would I have taken it as gracefully as they did. I would have forced them to shoot me beforehand.
MrJulius72 1 year ago
@MrJulius72 You obviously haven't seen the film otherwise you'd not have made such a dim-witted remark.
And, even if you saw the film with the penultimate scene with the three, main officers alone (and then just two), you still wouldn't have understood it.
SatchmoSings 4 months ago
Did we know....Irony is...
Actor Wayne Morris @ 4:36 about to be executed is in fact....
WW2 Veteran fighter pilot F6F Hellcats. Shot down 7 Japanese planes and contributed to the sinking of 5 enemy ships.
Distinguished Flying Cross & 2 Air Medals.
USS Essex.
Buried Arlington Cemetary.
actonbath 1 year ago
oops.. I mean the guy passing out the blindfolds...
actonbath 1 year ago
so the were killed for being cowards ? By they french , being a coward is just being french.
assym2006 2 years ago
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"After Germans, French soldiers are the bravest in the world."
Hitler.
nemessos 1 year ago
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@assym2006
Well fucking yank, when your country will accomplish 1/10 of what the French accomplished in a military plan you will be allowed to open your mouth...
1.700.000 French are dead in WW1 to protect their country. That's 3X more than American dead in all your war combined...
Of course shitty americans consider themselves as "braves" because these dumbass attack a 3rd world country to find invisible nukes. And your "war" in Irak shows how your military sucks. Losers.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
The french army was, has been, and always will be a joke. This movie epitomizes the french army. "Why are the roads in france covered in a canopy of trees? The Germans like to march in the shade."
2deadlyman 2 years ago
a joke ? Then why the french won so much wars in the History ?...
nemessos 1 year ago
@nemessos Umm...well, they really didnt.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98
What do you know about the military history of France stupid yank?
We are the european country with the most war won. Only with Louis XIV and Napoleon we can humble the pride of your so-called "great military".
I'm not here to play the role of the nationalistic guy in an anti-war video but I'm tired to see fucking yankees always devaluing the French while the military history of the USA is a joke.
Peace.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
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nemessos 1 year ago
@2deadlyman
Well Germany invaded France in WW2 we know, fucking yanks are spamming it everywere. And what? Can you quote an European country which has been never invaded? NO. so shut your fucking mouth fat yankee.
We invaded Germany more time than they invaded us.
And dear yankee, like I said to assym, shut up, when the American will accomplish 1/10 of what the French accomplished in a military plan you will be allowed to open your mouth.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
The yanks think they have lessons to give about military, what a joke, let's see some military history of the USA:
- War of Independance: mostly lost, victory given by the Brits because they understood that it's better to pull out weed. I won't speak about the French doing most of the work at Yorktown (ohh yes I did). And the yanks think that their war of Independance is a Great war, while it was a little skirmish (nothing to do with the major european wars).
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- War of 1812: An other insignifiant war fought by the yanks. (the smallest battles of Napoleon involved more men than the whole "war" of 1812). The USA fail to invade Canada and are kicked by the Brits who burnt the white house. Saved from annihilition because the Brits had better to do ("fighting" with the whole Europe the mighty Napoleon for exemple) than learning you how to fight.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- USA-Mexican war: An other insignifiant war. The battle of Austerlitz alone involved more men than this so-called war. Won because the ratio American-Mexicans was 3/1 (75.000 yanks vs 25.000 Mexicans)
- American civil war: they fought against themselves and this war count more casualties than all the other wars fought by the yanks combined. It shows how the other war of the Americans are insignifiant, and when they are not, that's because the Americans are figurants (but we'll see later).
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- Spanish-American war: an other insignifiant war. The battle of Wagram alone involved more men than this so-called war. Won thanks to the Cuban (who suffered most of the casualties) against a weak and far Spain which had better to do in Europe that deal with the useless cuban colony. And also because nobody lost a war against Spain since the 17th century...
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- WW1: The 1st major war fought by the USA... even if they were only figurants.
They came at war at the end, when the defeat of Germany was certain.
American casualties in WW1 are 2% of the Allied casualties.
Now some Americans try to take some credit and more, dare proclaim that they "saved" Europe from the Central Powers. Laughable.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
WW2: The only other major war fought by the USA. They were neutral until half of the war and came at war only because Japan and Germany declared war on American at first.
They let the Chinese and the Soviet do the most of the fights.
Americans think they beat Germany while they fought only 10% of the Wehrmacht (90% on the Russian front). In fact USSR (ally of the USA) won the war, took Berlin, suffered most of the casualites. Yankees try to steel their credit.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
WW2 (next): At the same time, the Americans did some little fights in tiny islands against the Japanese while the major fights were did by the Chinese.
But thanks to a German physician, the war has been ended with very few casualties.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- After WW2 the yanks turned back to their old military traditions: fighting insignifiant wars. Following the Russian/Einstein victory in WW2 (where the USA tried to steal some credit) the yanks always failed.
Korean war -> failure, Vietnam war -> faiure, Bay of Pigs failure.
North Korea, Vietnam and Cuba are still communist countries today.
All the countries where the USA tried a military intervention (and failed of course) are still communist (while the other not, eastern euopre for exemple)
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- After the Cold war, the Americans tried to find new ennemies to show how they are "braves" -_-
That's how they begin 2 other wars wich are, once again, total failures.
Afghanistan will be maybe in their control in 2030 if they are lucky...
Same for Irak (the military intervention in Irak, pathetically executed) shows how the American military sucks. And more, the USA lied to whole world (despite the truth showed by the French). Of course the American sheeps trust their governement.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
Now, i'll quote only few major war won by the French against big coalitions to compare, it should humble the pride of the yanks and their pathetic and insignifiant military history:
- War of Devolution: France ALONE beat Spain and allies (England, Netherlands, Sweden)
- 9 years war: France ALONE beat Netherlands, England, Spain, Holy Roman Empire, Sweden, Scottland, Savoy)
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- War of Spanish succession: France alone with few spanish help beat Austria, Holy Roman Empire, Great Britain, Netherlands, Portugal, Prussia, Savoy.
The actual king of Spain is still a French Bourbon.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- French revolutionnary wars:
French victory over all Europe united against the new french republic.
Opponents of France during the French revolutionnary wars:
Austria, Prussia, Holy Roman Empire, Netherlands, Britain, Russia, Ottoman Empire, Portugal, Spain, Sardinia, Naples, Italian states, USA.
---> FRENCH VICTORY (and France was at the same time in civil war).
Very different than your pathetic revolution uh?
Freez57fr 1 year ago
- One of the greatest military leader and conqueror of all times was FRENCH:
NAPOLEON.
France conquered all Europe from Lisbon to Moscow and defeated several coalitions in several wars after the collapse of the French Empire outnumbered by too many opponents in the war of the 6th coaltion.
ALL THESE WARS QUOTES ARE FRENCH VICTORIES WHERE FRANCE WAS ALONE AGAINST BIG COALITIONS.
I didn't take care of the many wars won with allies or against only 1 or 2 countries.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
Now if some Yanks have something to add about the French military facts, I wait.
My comments are not nationalistic, it give only an ANSWER to the spammed comments from Americans always spamming insults against France and the French (especially in a military plan), and I'm very tired to hear always the same bullshit from these American pricks, the last allowed to give lessons...
I'm not here to provoke, only to answer the yanks who ALWAYS START their spammed insults against France.
Peace.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr we kicked his ass
assym2006 1 year ago
@assym2006
What did you kick Brits?
The Engaylish are the last allowed to open their shitting mouth (except if they want to brush their teeth).
You never won a war.
Engayland NEVER won a war.
They ALWAYS let their allies do 99% of the work and steel their credit.
Learn to win a war without use 5 or 6 other countries to do the work at your place assholes.
Engayland NEVER won a war against France in a 1vs1
Engayland NEVER won a war against an other european country in a 1 vs1
Engayland = fail.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr I am a simple fellow who has still a small memory of a great victory over the Argentina in the Falklands. Great moment in history.
scampbell1955 1 year ago
@scampbell1955
Yes, Engayland won 2 or 3 wars alone, always against 3rd world countries...
They never conquered an other country except no man's land area with primitive tribes, like this desert with only kangaroos and abhoriginals called australia.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@scampbell1955 yes, I'm glad you got the point of the movie. Be proud of military victories
gabepizza 1 year ago
@Freez57fr and we kicked your ass. no matter how you write it you LOST we destroyed you.
assym2006 1 year ago
@assym2006
I don't what are you telling... But I have a real doubt...
Engayland destroyed France?
The only war fought by Engayland alone against France is the 100 years war, and YOU LOST.
Napoleonic wars British victory? LOL we has been kicked in 80% of the Napoleonic WarS (you lost 5 wars among 7), and you never beat France: Prussians, Austrians, Russians and many others did all the work.
Engaylish are like parasits, they let their allies fight and later steal the credit for themselves.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr never trust a country's military who best fighting unit is the Foreign Legion.
assym2006 1 year ago
@assym2006
Never trust a country's military who ALL fighting units are foreign armies.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr France is a shit hole always has been and always will be. as for its military a total joke.
assym2006 1 year ago
@assym2006
When Engayland will win a war against France you'll be allowed to open your mouth.
France ALONE kicked Engayland and his many allies a lot of times (9 years war, war of the 1st coaliton, war of the 2nd coaltion, 3rd coaltion, 4th coaltion, 5th coalition...)
Engayland NEVER won a war by herself, you always depend on the other. You used all Europe to fight Napoleon, you used France and Russia to fight Germany in WW1, you used USSR to fight Hitler in WW2...)
You're pussies and parasits
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr
well frog of the top of my head the Battle of Agincourt we whipped you foggy ass.
now be quite you idiot your french you have no glory to celebrate. you spent the last century bending over for the Germans , you still do.
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"now be quite you idiot your french you have no glory to celebrate. you spent the last century bending over for the Germans , you still do."
Well maybe we lost 1 war against the Germans (Germans, not Engaylish), but we still crushed the Germans in the Napoleonic wars, and we still won WW1 (all the major battles have been won by the French and not the Engaylish (1st Marne, Verdun, 2nd Marne, etc...)
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr not on the say so of a frog. look if your military is so good why is your best fighting force the Foreign Legion ? because your own is not upto it thats why.
No go bend over for the Germans your good at that.
assym2006 1 year ago
@assym2006
not on the say so of an engaylish. look if your military is so good why are your best fighting force the foreign armies? (Quote me a war won by Egayland alone, or at least as the principal belligerent... never, all the wars won by Engayland have been won thanks to her many allies and Engayland played ALWAYS a minor role).
Why? because your own is not upto it thats why.
No go bend over for the Danish, yanks, Dutch, Germans, etc... and FRENCH your good at that.
DIEU ET MON DROIT
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr Dude, who cares about the French Army now, or your thousand retarded posts aboout it? Right now France's army is NONEXISTANT compared to the US's. Also, I could gloat about how your France got butt raped by the Germans (Maginot Line = Epic Fail LOLOLOL) and we had to save their asses, but what's the use, its ANCIENT FUCKING HISTORY. Grow the fuck up, please. Every country, including England, France, the US, and Germany has a rich history and something to offer to the world.
painfulgrapeshot 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot
Hey american piece of shit, the faggot of your country always start to insult mine so don't make me laugh with your "grow up" I only answer to your friends keep your lessons for your compatriots.
And about the epic fail of maginot line, I don't deny like the Americans thinking they won all their wars while they have been kicked many times (and yes its Ancient fucking history, but your epic fail in Irak is not ancient history guy).
And you saved nothing at WW2, Russia did all.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@Freez57fr Lol! Like most arrogant French idiots, you make the mistake of assuming we all think we won both World Wars. I don't support our retarded exploits in the Middle East either. I'm telling you to SHUT UP and stop making a MILLION posts about you and your country because its NO FUCKIN BETTER than any other country. I value history highly, but its one use BRAGGING about anything because YOU WEREN'T FUCKING THERE, YOU RETARD. Jesus. Also, Russia did win WWII, but WE saved YOUR asses.
painfulgrapeshot 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot
Like I said, I'm not here to tell that my country is great (I'm not an anglo-saxon full of myself), I only answer to your compatriots (so my posts tell to your american compatriots spamming insults against France what you said in your comment: "Your country is no fuckin better than any other country").
Freez57fr 1 year ago
And in WW2, you didn't save us, you bombed our tows killing thouthands of civilians (some of them were totally destroyed, America made in France more destructions and casualties than Germany). And we never asked your help, you came at war only because Japan and Germany declared war on the USA at first (before you were neutral), and France was only in your way between the ocean and Germany. France was only your battlefield and a strategic point, it was not to "save" or "help" the french.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot: No chance, American bed-wetting type. I burst my pimples at you and call your landing in Normandy a silly thing, you tiny-brained wipers of other people's bottoms! Yes, depart a lot at this time, and cut the approaching any more or we fire arrows at the top of your head and make castanets out of your testicles already! Ha ha! And now, remain gone, illegitimate-faced bugger-folk! And, if you think you got a nasty taunting this time, you ain't heard nothing yet, dappy American!
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar Your mother was a hamster, and your father smelled of elderberries!
painfulgrapeshot 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified nancy boy, who is afraid of wars and you are indubitably no sea-dog but the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar Touche, you cheese-eating surrender monkey.
painfulgrapeshot 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot: Yes you are to be congratulated; we live in an age where illness and deformity are common place and yet, you are without a doubt the most repulsive individual that I have ever met. I would shake your hand but I fear it would come off.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
@FireEyedMaidOfWar Stupid Blackadder....
painfulgrapeshot 1 year ago
@painfulgrapeshot: I know thee for a knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch:
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago 2
@painfulgrapeshot: one whom I will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.
FireEyedMaidOfWar 1 year ago
@assym2006
"well frog of the top of my head the Battle of Agincourt we whipped you foggy ass."
I expected the greatest excuse from the Bible of Engaylish excuses: Agincourt.
I like how the Engaylish spam Agincourt everywere while they LOST 100 YW and have been CRUSHED by the French.
Do you remember the battles of Orléans, Patay, Rormigny, Castillon, etc?
You lost 100 years war just shut up.
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Battle of Patay, casualties: 100 French / 2.500 Engaylish
Formigny casulaties: 500 French / 5.000 Engaylish
Castillon casualites: 100 French / 4.000 Engaylish
100 YEARS WAR: FRENCH VICTORY / ENGAYLISH DEFEAT
HAHA Losers, don't make me laugh with your Agincourt now.
Freez57fr 1 year ago
Many thanks for this upload. It is really moving to see that the soldier about to be executed is willing to forgive, while his officers (apart from Col. Dax) show no mercy at all.
ricke1966 2 years ago
Did you know that something very similar actually happened? It was the "Affaire of the corporals of Souain". Their widows were offered 1 Franc "compensation". It took them many years to get their husbands rehabilitated. General Reveilhac, who was responsible for the executions, died peacefully in his bed though, however, in his 80ies.
ricke1966 2 years ago
franzosen un deutsche gewehre 98 ? Oo
scheiss film
dondavoone 2 years ago
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french executing a french soldier for cowardice is the ultimate hypocrisy haha
stevensw 2 years ago
@je5752: You do not sound like a tough grizzled old soldier but some kind of dandified Nancy boy, who spends wars at home and you are indubitably no sea-dog nut the sort of pasty landlubber I have always despised. I'll warrant, the most exciting thing that has happened to you limpid prawn in a whole year, was the day when you forgot to put sugar in your porridge!
GreatGrumbledook 2 years ago
Fuck you
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: For the insult I will call you a knave; a rascal; an eater of broken meats; a base, proud, shallow, beggarly, three-suited, hundred-pound, filthy, worsted-stocking knave; a lily-livered, action-taking knave, a whoreson, glass-gazing, super-serviceable finical rogue; one-trunk-inheriting slave; one that wouldst be a bawd, in way of good service, and art nothing but the composition of a knave, beggar, coward, pandar, and the son and heir of a mongrel bitch: ...
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@MySkull77: ... one whom I will beat into clamorous whining, if thou deniest the least syllable of thy addition.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
You got nothing better to do,right?Crawl out of your basement and,like i said before,fuck you!
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: You cowardly rascal, nature disclaims in thee: A tailor made thee. Ay, a tailor: A stone-cutter or painter could not have made you so ill, though he had been but two hours at the trade!
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
Dude,you sound a litlle gay.Fuck you!
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: Thou whoreson zed! Thou unnecessary letter! I will tread you unbolted villain into mortar and daub the wall of a jakes with you. I sound gay, you wagtail?
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
Dude,we already know that you like Shakespeare,now do something smart and go fuck yourself.And then smash your face with an hammer!
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: [Like? No, I adore Shakespeare! Besides I am no dude of course] And as I do not know any other taunt of him I have to resort to good-old French taunting:
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@MySkull77: You don't frighten me, Portuguese pig-dog! Go and boil your bottom, son of a silly person. I blow my nose at your, so-called country, you and all your silly Portuguese geese! I don't wanna talk to you no more, you empty headed animal food trough wiper! I fart in your general direction! Your mother was a hamster and your father smelt of elderberries! No, now go away or I shall taunt you a second time!
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
I see you´re a Monthy Python fan as well.
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: Yes, and a votary of Homer too and thus I do defy you like Achilles defied Hector:
"Hector, talk not to me, thou madman, of covenants. As between men and lions there is no pledge of faith, nor wolves and sheep can be of one mind, but imagine evil continually against each other, so is it impossible for thee and me to be friends, neither shall be any pledge between us until one or other shall have fallen and glutted with blood Ares, the stubborn god of war. ...
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
... Bethink thee of all thy soldiership: now behoveth it thee to quit thee as a good spearman and valiant man of war. No longer is there way of escape for thee, but Pallas Athene will straightway subdue thee to my spear; and now in one hour shalt thou pay back for all my sorrows for my friends whom thou hast slain in the fury of thy spear."
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
He who has a thousand friends
Has not a friend to spare
And he who has one enemy
Will meet him everywhere
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: We must kill them. We must incinerate them. Pig after pig, cow after cow, village after village, army after army. And they call me an assasin. What do you call it when the assasins accuse the assasin? They lie.. they lie and we have to be merciful for those who lie. Those nabobs. I hate them. How I hate them...
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
Big fan of Col.Kurtz,hum.
MySkull77 1 year ago
@MySkull77: He's a poet-warrior in the classic sense. I mean sometimes he'll well, you'll say "hello" to him, right? And he'll just walk right by you. He won't even notice you. And suddenly he'll grab you, and he'll throw you in a corner, and he'll say, "do you know that 'if' is the middle word in life? If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs and blaming it on you, if you can trust yourself when all men doubt you"... I mean I'm no, I can't... I'm a little man...
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook Shut up, stop filling this video with pages of comments
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98: I shall do no such thing! Besides: Your German nickname sounds utterly ridiculous and this not only as the German word for imperial realm forms one word in German; while you can count yourself lucky: The 500 character restriction prevents me from invoking some larger quotes due to lack of time!
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook If you doubt the credibility of my German, I can assure you that it is 100% accurate, as I have lived in Germany for the majority of my life.
Kaiser=Emperor
Reich=Empire or nation
Kasierreich is a combination of the words because Das Deutsches Reich was ruled by an Emperor(Kaiser) in the from of a constitutional monarchy. Therefore Kaiserreich is an accurate abbeviation for the complete title: Kaiserlich Deutsches Reich.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook On your other point your quotes may be both relevent and coherant, however no one wants you filling pages upon pages with them. So, as I said before: shut up.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98: O, God defend my soul from such deep sin! Shall I seem crest-fallen in the sight of some internet coxcomb? Or with pale beggar-fear impeach my height before you out-dared dastard? Ere my tongue shall wound my honour with such feeble wrong, or sound so base a parle, my teeth shall tear the slavish motive of recanting fear, and spit it bleeding in his high disgrace, where shame doth harbour, even in your face!
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook The fool cant even find a sensible response to my comments.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98: So you think yourself to be an emperor indeed and employ the services of a fool? But be not to harsh in your anger to his or her inability to give a sensitive response to your comments: It must not necessarily be the fault of your fool but maybe your own fault; as no one could honestly make a sensitive respond to comments such as yours! Not even fools.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook Please, we live in the 21st century, so don't speak as if we live in Elizebethan times. My english isnt perfect so restate your comment in a more understandable fashion
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98: I must prevent thee; these couchings and these lowly courtesies might fire the blood of ordinary men, and turn pre-ordinance and first decree into the law of children. Be not fond, to think that I bear such rebel blood that will be thaw'd from the true quality with that which melteth fools; I mean, sweet words, low-crooked curtsies, and base spaniel-fawning: If thou dost bend, and pray, and fawn, I spurn thee like a cur out of my way.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
@GreatGrumbledook Ok, so you didnt restate your statement. This conversation is over.
KaiserReich98 1 year ago
@KaiserReich98: Besides, to be demanded of a sponge! What replication should be made by me? Ay, sir, that soaks up the king's countenance, his rewards, his authorities. But such officers do the king best service in the end: he keeps them, like an ape, in the corner of his jaw; first mouthed, to be last swallowed: when he needs what you have gleaned, it is but squeezing you, and, sponge, you shall be dry again.
GreatGrumbledook 1 year ago
the "i dont want to dye" was not scripted, Carey was improvising.. powerfull stuff!!
robertbrenn 2 years ago
French heroism at it finest!
soutache 2 years ago
a very good film a scene that happend in the first world war many times generals at the top to blame still happening now in wars all over the world
fast1919 2 years ago
I think pragmatism is more wide-spread now, with the experiences of two world wars. You simply don't win wars asking the impossible from your soldiers.
OnkelMickwald 2 years ago
Thanks to jpegs87 for posting this video.
His description is very accurate.
Another view said it best about World War I: Never have so many lost so much over so little.
wardenphil 2 years ago
People who say war is never justified....Often it is. (Do you hug a Nazi??) WW1 was the biggest waste of humanity...ever?
guym2222 2 years ago
I never said war is never justified. The problem with WW1 is that it happened because all of the powers involved acted irresponsibly. The relatively easy "right/wrong" distinction of WWII doesn't exist for WW1.
wardenphil 2 years ago
i think viewers find kubrick disturbing as opposed to cold hearted, he was always unflinchingly unsentimental. He creates an emotional landscape for us to explore but never imposes a set of moral values upon the viewer. This, i think, is one of the many facets of his moviemaking that make him great.
eddiedawes 2 years ago 10
How could anyone possibly consider Kubrick a 'cold-hearted' director? This is one of the most profoundly emotional films ever made.
BestOfTheBestNumber9 2 years ago 6
Kubrick is simply a master. You don't necessarily have to love everything he did, but you can't deny his power as a film maker
screwball82 2 years ago 10
Nessun oscar per un film che è da considerare fra i primi dieci della storia del cinema.L'orrore si aggiunge all'orrore.
bracco6996 2 years ago
One of the most powerful scenes in movie history.
ginkgonk122 2 years ago 4
Interesting is that the officer who read the execution decree was their trial prosecutor. The way he is reading the decree, you can tell that even he does not agree with this travesty.
drlee2 2 years ago
Saw this movie for the first time today.
Kubrick is great as always. Two of my three favorite war films are by him.
This and Full Metal Jacket.
Npowell01 2 years ago 3
There were around 600 men ''executed for example'' in the manner of this scene, not mentionning a great number of men executed on the spot, in the trenches. It is now known many of these men were ''shell-shocked'' or refused suicide attacks like at Craonne(Chemin des Dames), where 100 men per minute died in useless bloody assaults under General Nivelle. Nicknamed ''The Butcher'', under his command, 350,000 men lost their lives for nothing but a few yards of mud. Total failure.
ThibetanMonk 2 years ago 6
I stumbled across this film at a video store circa 1993. I have loved it ever since. Thanks for posting it!!!
DWGarvin 2 years ago