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Eismayer

Vice lieutenant Charles Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) is the toughest drill sergeant in the military. Eismayer is quieter and more accessible at home with his wife and their son, but he also fakes it there, because Eismayer is secretly gay.

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When Mario Falek ((Luka Dimić)) joins the armed forces, he is already a bit older as well as cheeky and gay. He is immediately sent to the guard that is supervised by vice lieutenant Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann). With a severe look and pulsating veins in his neck, he is the prototype of a brutal drill sergeant – and by far the worst thing that can happen to you during training. Eismayer uses every opportunity to insult, degrade, and punish the young men in his regiment. There are rumors then not everyone has survived his brutal drills. At home with his wife and their son, things are very different. It almost seems as if Eismayer drops his official identity when he takes off his uniform. In his stylish feature film debut, David Wagner shows a man that is much more quiet and accessible in private. He‘s a taciturn macho, sure, but also a father that dutifully cooks for his family, organizes the shoes in the corridor, and shows affection though it‘s hard, because he is keeping his own homosexuality a secret. Wagner knows his characters well because he spent a long time talking to real people about their stories and also had his own experience with outbursts of toxic masculinity in the army barracks. With the necessary mixture of respect and tolerance, the screenwriter and director observes what happens when the passion beneath the uniform of the sergeant suddenly pushes its way to the fore Embedded in simple but expressive dramaturgy, which doesn‘t shy away from associative images, it is a very honest, intimate film that contains a lot of tough contradictions and big truths.

Pamela Jahn (INDIEKINO MAGAZIN)

Translation: Elinor Lewy

Credits

Österreich 2022, 87 min
Genre: Drama
Director: David Wagner
Author: David Wagner
DOP: Serafin Spitzer
Montage: Stephan Bechinger
Music: Eva Klampfer
Distributor: Edition Salzgeber
Cast: Gerhard Liebmann, Luka Dimić, Julia Koschitz, Anton Noori, Karl Fischer, Christopher Schärf
FSK: 12
Release: 01.06.2023

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