In 2014, David Wagner stumbles across an article about Eismayer in an Austrian newspaper and is immediately captivated by the story: the most terrifying training officer in the Austrian Armed Forces falls in love with a recruit, eventually accepting his proposal and marrying him in full dress uniform in the barracks courtyard. What an idea for a movie.
Sergeant Major Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) is known and feared as the toughest training officer in the Austrian Armed Forces, ruthless with recruits and unwavering in his discipline, order and macho toughness. But when he starts to fall in love with Falak (Luka Dimić), a new recruit who unashamedly embraces his homosexuality, Eismayer’s closeted existence is shaken to the core.
To a man like Eismayer, loving another man cannot be reconciled with the understanding of what a model soldier should be. Will he choose to protect his badass tough guy image over all else, or can he follow his heart and his true desire?
The movie won the Grand Prize of the International Critics' Week, the autonomous and parallel section organised by the National Syndicate of Italian Film Critics during the 2022 Venice Film Festival.
Watch the trailer below:
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