Which 1957 film directed by Stanley Kubrick is an anti-war film set in World War I?

The 1957 Stanley Kubrick anti-war film set during World War I is Paths of Glory.

The film follows French soldiers ordered to launch a nearly impossible attack against German positions. When the assault fails, army commanders select soldiers to face a court-martial for cowardice. Kirk Douglas stars as Colonel Dax, the commanding officer who attempts to defend the accused men against the military’s need for scapegoats.

Paths of Glory was adapted from Humphrey Cobb’s 1935 novel, which drew on the real Souain corporals affair in the French Army during World War I. Its trench warfare sequences, stark black-and-white cinematography, and courtroom drama expose the gap between the experiences of ordinary soldiers and the ambitions of senior officers.

The film was controversial in France because of its depiction of the French military and was not publicly released there until 1975. It is sometimes confused with The Bridge on the River Kwai or other war films, but its defining subject is military injustice and the human cost of command.