Gerhard Liebmann - Eismayer. One of the reasons I do this job, the letting go and be part of a story

Award winning Austrian Actor, Gerhard Liebmann is talking about his role as Eismayer in the outstanding Film "Eismayer": "I always thought, to know this world which I didn't know before, in no way, and other things like to know Eismayer. This was also for me as a person very enriching. I would never have had the chance to get so close to these things."

"Based on a true story, Eismayer follows Sergeant Major Charles Eismayer (Gerhard Liebmann) a closeted gay man serving as a brutal drill sergeant in the Austrian Army, a terrifying figure for new recruits. But then one of the recruits, an openly gay soldier called Mario Falak (Luka Dimic) enters his life, and a secret passionate romance blossoms.
Eismeyer succeeds in depicting a complex yet fundamentally moving portrait of a person conflicted with his involuntary cruel persona as a drill sergeant compared to his actual individualism. Gerhard Liebmann fully excels in the titular role, through his balance of fury represented through his military persona, and tenderness when we view his quieter moments in his life. In the instances that demand his forged strict demeanour, inklings of compassion surface when face-to-face with his recruit, Mario Falak. Liebmann expresses both facets of Charles Eismayer with conviction and pure sincerity, constructing a fully fleshed leading character." Ethan Soffe



https://www.imdb.com/title/tt15393652/

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