The Sergeant (1968)

THE SERGEANT is the story of the dark inner struggle of Master Sergeant Albert Callan to overcome the overwhelming attraction he feels for one of his charges In the staid and stifling environment of a postWorld War II army post in France Callans deeply repressed attraction to other men surfaces when he encounters handsome Private Swanson Maintaining the rugged mans man image of a war hero Callan barks orders to his underlings Later lonely in his solitude he recalls the frightening experiences of war and the events that led to this crossroads Filled with selfloathing and unable to act on the natural attraction he feels for Swanson Callans affection festers into antagonism He pushes Swanson constantly with verbal assaults and undeserved punishments