Morgen, ihr Luschen! Der Ausbilder-Schmidt-Film (2008)

A high-ranking state visit has been announced at the barracks where Drill Instructor Schmidt (a staff sergeant) is stationed. Prince Ravan and Princess Shirin are expected; they are later due to sign a peace treaty at Schloss Schwangau, after the Middle Eastern kingdom of Kallutschistan, with support from the UN, was able to suppress a coup by Ravan’s corrupt twin brother, Habib. To keep Schmidt away from the reception at the barracks, Colonel Herold of the 4th Company, 3rd Grenadier Battalion sends him to the distant grid square 56 to fight supposed terrorists. The colonel assigns him Rainer Zielinski, the general’s pacifist son and a new recruit. When two armed men appear there, Schmidt and Zielinski overpower them, more unwillingly than deliberately, believing them to be terrorists. Schmidt interprets their KSK insignia, belonging to the Special Forces Command, as meaning “Koran Victory Fighters.” Back at the barracks, Prince Ravan is kidnapped by his twin brother Habib, who was believed to be dead and takes his place. Prince Ravan is taken to the catacombs of nearby Schloss Schwangau. Schmidt, Zielinski, and Shirin are pursued by the KSK under Brigadier General Scheel-Golowski. Eventually, the three take refuge in Grandpa Schmidt’s weekend house. He and “Wheelchair Grandpa” own a large collection of World War II weapons and have armored the house. When the KSK tries to storm it, Schmidt, his grandfather, and Wheelchair Grandpa shoot back while Zielinski and Shirin take cover. Eventually, the defenders in the house run out of ammunition. So they pretend to surrender, allowing Schmidt, Zielinski, and Shirin to escape through a secret tunnel, while Grandpa Schmidt and Wheelchair Grandpa distract the KSK in a World War II tank, shooting, among other things, a VW Beetle. To get into Schloss Schwangau, the three join the ballet troupe Magical Poetic Dance Company, whose director is a friend of Zielinski’s. Since the entire troupe appears to consist solely of gay dancers, Schmidt refuses to cooperate because of his toxic masculinity and conservative worldview. Princess Shirin manages to persuade him, however. At the castle, they discover that the operations commander, General Scheel-Golowski, is in league with Habib. After the peace treaty is signed, the “Light of Peace” is to be lit, but doing so would also set off the explosives planted beneath the banquet hall. Schmidt accidentally lights it himself, but manages to extinguish it in time by peeing on it, saving the princess and Ravan. In recognition of his heroic actions, he is offered the post of brigadier general, but turns it down, saying that he already has the best job in the world. The film ends where it began: with Zielinski, with whom Schmidt now shares a comradely friendship, on the barracks parade ground during training.