Paths of Glory plot
"It explodes in the no-man's land no picture ever dared cross before!"
Colonel Dax (Kirk Douglas) is a commander in the French army during the First World War. While hiding in the trenches from a German attack, his soldiers are ordered to embark on a suicide mission. The mission fails, after which the French generals drag three soldiers to court as an example. It's up to Dax to prevent the three from being sentenced to death.