Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story

How pathetic it is that the primary bit of publicity Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story has received is the news that this made-for-television movie contains the spectacle of a kiss between two women, played by Glenn Close and Judy Davis. Close portrays Colonel Cammermeyer, a career U.S. Army soldier dismissed from the service for admitting that sheâ??s a lesbian; Davis plays her lover.

Before Glenn Close portrayed characters who boiled bunnies and murdered young stud screenwriters, she gained fame for playing noble, principled women. The actress returns to that sort of role in "Serving in Silence" as a lesbian military officer who battles the Army's effort to discharge her. It's the kind of issue-oriented TV movie that wins awards and rankles the righteous right, and yet the film is so safe, so staid, it will struggle just to keep viewers watching for two hours.

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Perhaps the first TV movie to depict a lesbian orientation and its personal and professional consequences, Serving in Silence recounts the true story of Colonel Margarethe Cammermeyer of the Army National Guard. When asked about her sexual orientation during a routine security-clearance interview with a Defense Investigative Services agent, Ms. Cammermeyer told the truth and declared her homosexuality. With that admission, a brilliant 24-year military career came to an abrupt end. For years, she fought her dismissal and eventually won back the right to wear the uniform, but her long-held dreams of rising to chief nurse of the Army National Guard were dashed forever. The showâ??s executive producers, including Barbra Streisand and Glenn Close, who played the title role with stirring conviction, brought to television a story of triumph over intolerance. For this powerful drama of one womanâ??s honesty and the consequences of that honesty, a Peabody to NBC, Barwood Films Ltd., Storyline Productions, Inc. And Trillium Productions Inc. In association with TriStar Television, for Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story.

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The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge, and her involuntary discharge from the US Army when she admitted she was homosexual. She was asked d...

Directed by Jeff Bleckner. With Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes, Wendy Makkena. The true story of a decorated officer's legal challenge to her involuntary discharge when she admitted she was homosexual.

Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story is a 1995 American television film that aired on NBC.