My brief review of the film

Rating: Null/10 (14 January 2005)

Based on fact, this superbly directed anti war film is both educational and powerful viewing. It depicts not only the attitudes of the corrupt army officials but also trench life and its futility too with excellence. As a film, it is pretty much a perfect film all round  even the length is appropriately short as to not allow for unnecessary sentiments to build up. Kirk Douglas does very well with his lead role, and he even felt that he worked so well under Kubrick's direction that he chose Kubrick to replace Anthony Mann as director of the epic 'Spartacus', a Hollywood success that lead Kubrick to be able to choose his own big budget projects.