Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyer Story Movie Review 1995

Army nurse Margarethe Cammermeyer (Close) has had a distinguished career for 24 years, a bronze star earned in Vietnam, and obtained the rank of colonel. During a security clearance interview, she admits to the military that she is a lesbian and finds herself reluctantly in the eye of the media storm. The TV film won 3 EMMY awards: Best Actress for Close; Best Supporting Actress for Davis (as Margarethe's lover); and Best Screenplay.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS
Running time 92 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

True Stories, Lesbians, Military: Army, Doctors & Nurses, Mass Media

Screenplay

Allison Cross

Cast

Glenn Close, Judy Davis, Jan Rubes, Wendy Makkena, William Converse-Roberts, Susan Barnes, Colleen Flynn, William Allen Young

Director

Jeff Bleckner

Producer

Richard Heus, Barbra Streisand, Glenn Close, Cis Corman