Editing Paths of Glory (section)

===Controversy===
On its release, the film's anti-military tone was subject to severe public criticism and governmental censorship.
* In France, both active and retired personnel from the French military vehemently criticized the film{{emdash}}and its portrayal of the French Army{{emdash}}after it was released in Belgium. The French government placed enormous pressure on [[United Artists]] (the European distributor) not to release the film in France. The film was eventually shown in France in 1975 when anti-war attitudes were more acceptable.<ref name="NRobertson">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/15/archives/french-delay-showing-films-on-touchy-topics.html|title=French Delay Showing Films on Touchy Topics|last=Robertson|first=Nan|date=15 March 1975|work=New York Times|access-date=16 February 2019|archive-date=July 19, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220719035639/https://www.nytimes.com/1975/03/15/archives/french-delay-showing-films-on-touchy-topics.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
* The film was withdrawn from the [[Berlin Film Festival]] to avoid straining relations with France.<ref name="Taschen">{{cite book|first=Paul |last=Duncan|title=Stanley Kubrick: Visual Poet 1928-1999|year=2003|publisher=Taschen|page=[https://books.google.com/books?id=XBQi4cCEYNIC&dq=paths+of+glory+banned+in+france&pg=PA50 50]|isbn=9783822815922}}</ref> It was then not shown in Germany until two years after its theatrical release in the United States.
* In Spain, the [[fascist]] government of [[Francisco Franco]] objected to the film. It was not shown there until 1986, 11 years after Franco's death.<ref>{{cite web |title=Movie you should have seen: Paths of Glory |url=https://thefulcrum.ca/arts/movie-seen-paths-glory/ |website=thefulcrum |date=September 25, 2014 |access-date=15 February 2019 |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215215900/https://thefulcrum.ca/arts/movie-seen-paths-glory/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
* The [[Switzerland|Swiss]] government banned any presentations of the film until 1970 on the grounds that it was "incontestably offensive" to France, its judicial system and its army.<ref name="NRobertson"/>
* The film was banned in all United States military establishments, both at home and overseas, due to its content.<ref name="auto"/>