Serving in Silence: the Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

Original title: Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

TV Movie
19951995
1h 31min

Glenn Close and Judy Davis in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)

The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.

7.0/10

Top credits

See production, box office & company info

Won 3 Primetime Emmys
- 6 wins & 8 nominations total

Glenn Close in Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story (1995)

Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer has served in the army for over twenty years. She's just fallen in love with an artist she's met, she's going for a PhD, and has a job at the VA hospital, as well as in the reserves. She decides to upgrade her security rating, with an eye toward promotion, and during the interview, she tells the investigator that she is a lesbian. The army begins proceedings to discharge her. And with the support of her family, her lover, (and LAMBDA), she decides to fight for her right to serve. —Kathy Li

f rated lesbian parent lesbian rights lesbian soldier lesbian interest 35 more

Taglines
- There is no greater right than the freedom to love.
Genres
- Biography
- Drama
Parents guide
- Add content advisory

Trivia
Col. Cammermeyer's son Andy, played by Ryan Reynolds in the movie, was killed in a snowmobiling accident in Washington State on March 02, 2007.

Goofs
When Greta is on the way to pick her boys up, the rear view mirror is visible on the windscreen. During the car ride, it has disappeared, then when they pull up to the house, it is back on the windscreen.

Quotes
Col. Margarethe Cammermeyer: People ask, "Who are you?" We are their daughters, their sisters, their sons, their nurses, their mechanics, their athletes, their police. We're your doctors, your fathers, your politicians, your solidiers, your mothers, your friends. We live with you, we care for you, protect you, teach you, love you and need you. All we ask is that you let us.

Connections
Featured in The 47th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1995)

Top review

10/10

Brilliant, timeless film

Ten years after it was made, this film is more relevant than ever. Glenn Close is brilliant as Col. Cammermeyer.

This film could not have been more well-made. Technically it is sublime. The acting is perfect. The story is clearly told such that any viewer could understand Cammermeyer's situation. And the love story is touching and beautiful.

This film deserves to be seen by every American. It should be required viewing for all American military personnel. It puts a face on the greatest injustice ever inflicted by America's armed forces, an injustice that is still far from being eliminated. It is a story that needs to be told today and every day until Americans wake up and stand up for justice. America's gay soldiers have been abused and had their lives ruined by the US Armed Forces for far too long, even as gay soldiers serve in a far more heroic fashion than their straight counterparts.

helpful•18