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Loafing and Camouflage
Loafing and Camouflage

Loafing and Camouflage

Genres

Comedy

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The film is the story of a group of soldiers, who, in the course of their compulsory military service in 1967 and 1968, before and during the military dictatorship in Greece, are assigned to the then recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Cinematographic Unit of the army which until then had only produced propaganda films and newsreels and was responsible for entertaining the troops and other charity organizations with movie screenings. The personnel was composed mostly of soldiers, who already had experience in the film business in their civilian lives, as well as those who received their training in the army. The story may be only 95% true, but that is simply because the true story is even more absurd...

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Greek

Runtime

99 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

01 October 1984

Country

Greece

Cast

Nikos Kalogeropoulos

Nikos Kalogeropoulos

Pvt Ioannis Papadopoulos

Giorgos Kimoulis

Giorgos Kimoulis

Pvt Ahilleas Labrou

Stavros Xenidis

Stavros Xenidis

Col A. Kontelis

Andreas Filippides

Andreas Filippides

Lt. Col. Minas Katsabelas

Takis Spiridakis

Takis Spiridakis

Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos

Tania Kapsali

Tania Kapsali

Emmanouela Dimaki

Hristos Valavanidis

Hristos Valavanidis

Maj D. Karavidis

Antonis Theodorakopoulos

Antonis Theodorakopoulos

Captain

Fotis Polyhronopoulos

Fotis Polyhronopoulos

Pvt Michalis 'Karamazov' Karamanos

Nikos Tsachiridis

Nikos Tsachiridis

Staff Sergeant

Ifigeneia Makati

Ifigeneia Makati

Katerina Papadopoulou

Giannis Hatzigiannis

Giannis Hatzigiannis

Pvt Petros Savvidis

Paris Tselios

Paris Tselios

Pvt Marlafekas

Stavros Mavridis

Stavros Mavridis

Pvt Apostolis Apostolopoulos

Ira Papamichail

Ira Papamichail

Soula

Rocky Taylor

Rocky Taylor

Cindy

Dimitris Poulikakos

Dimitris Poulikakos

John Papaloukas

Michalis Maniatis

Michalis Maniatis

Mr. Karlatos

Nikos Alexiou

Nikos Alexiou

anchorman

Andonis Anastassakis

Andonis Anastassakis

Military Policeman

Kostas Bakalis

Kostas Bakalis

Warrant Officer

Panayotis Botinis

Panayotis Botinis

souvlaki seller

Grigoris Danalis

Grigoris Danalis

priest

Costas Ferris

Costas Ferris

Mexican singer

Giannis Fyrios

Giannis Fyrios

‎retired‎ Senior Officer

Pavlos Haikalis

Pavlos Haikalis

cook

Margarita Labrinou

Margarita Labrinou

Mrs. Labrou

Vaggelis Liodakis

Vaggelis Liodakis

Repairman

Stelios Mainas

Stelios Mainas

Military Canteen Operator

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

editor operator

Themis Panou

Themis Panou

Barracks Manager

Kostas Papahristos

Kostas Papahristos

General

Pantelis Papakonstadinou

Pantelis Papakonstadinou

Guard

Gerasimos Skiadaresis

Gerasimos Skiadaresis

sound editor

Panagiotis Soupiadis

Panagiotis Soupiadis

soldier

Yannis Totsikas

Yannis Totsikas

‎cinematographer‎

Giorgos Tsemperopoulos

Giorgos Tsemperopoulos

Mexican singer

Vasiliki Rorri

Vasiliki Rorri

Foteini Katsabela

Christoforos Nezer

Christoforos Nezer

Retired Officer

Constantine II of Greece

Constantine II of Greece

Himself (Archive)

Georgios Papadopoulos

Georgios Papadopoulos

Himself (Archive)

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