Paths of Glory, 1957
Director
Stanley KubrickCast
visit the film locations
Munich flights: Munich Airport
Trivia
Schloss Schleissheim is also seen as the grand palace in Alain Resnais’ influential L’Année Dernière à Marienbad (Last Year in Marienbad).
Paths Of Glory location: the ‘French’ chateau: Schloss Schleissheim
Photograph: Munich Tourism
Set in 1916 ‘France’, Stanley Kubrick’s powerful wartime drama was made at the Geiselgasteig Studio, south of Munich, before the director settled down to make his films almost entirely in the UK.
The vast ‘French’ chateau, in which the court martial is held, is the Neues Schloss of Schloss Schleissheim, housing the Bayerische Staatsgalerie collection of baroque art. Find it to the northwest of Munich, on the S-1 urban line and the 292 bus to Oberschleissheim.
1957 seems to have been a good year on-screen for Schloss Schleissheim, which also provided the exteriors for Alain Resnais’ influential L’Année Dernière à Marienbad (Last Year in Marienbad).
