Final Song

Rating: 10/10 (16 July 2006)

I enjoyed this movie immensely and agree with the previous posters who mentioned the stylistic similarities in "Paths of Glory" with later Kubrick works. I'm still uncertain of whether Kubrick intended the movie as an indictment of war in general or specifically to the French leadership in WWI. To the poster who asked about the source of the song the German girl was singing at the end, it is "Der Treue Husar" (The Faithful Husar). The lyrics and a midi of the melody can be found here: http://ingeb.org/Lieder/dertreue.html. Oh and by the way, the singing girl is Christiane Harlan - later Kubrick's third wife. Veit Harlan who did several propaganda movies for the Nazis was her uncle.