Loafing and Camouflage

Loafing and Camouflage

99 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1984

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...

Loafing and Camouflage

99 mins | Comedy | Oct. 1, 1984

Loafing and Camouflage
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...
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers Greek Film Centre, Spentzos Films
Original title Λούφα και Παραλλαγή
Directors Stavros Kaplanidis, Nikos Perakis
Writers Nikos Perakis

Cast

Nikos Kalogeropoulos

as Pvt Ioannis Papadopoulos

Giorgos Kimoulis

as Pvt Ahilleas Labrou

Stavros Xenidis

as Col A. Kontelis

Andreas Filippides

as Lt. Col. Minas Katsabelas

Tania Kapsali

as Emmanouela Dimaki

Giannis Hatzigiannis

as Pvt Petros Savvidis

Takis Spiridakis

as Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos

Paris Tselios

as Pvt Marlafekas

Fotis Polyhronopoulos

as Pvt Michalis 'Karamazov' Karamanos

Stavros Mavridis

as Pvt Apostolis Apostolopoulos

Hristos Valavanidis

as Maj D. Karavidis

Pavlos Haikalis

as cook

Stelios Mainas

as Military Canteen Operator

Nikos Alexiou

as anchorman

Gerasimos Skiadaresis

as sound editor

Nikos Tsachiridis

as Staff Sergeant

Dimitris Poulikakos

as John Papaloukas

Michalis Maniatis

as Mr. Karlatos

Ira Papamichail

as Soula

Ifigeneia Makati

as Katerina Papadopoulou

Rocky Taylor

as Cindy

Margarita Labrinou

as Mrs. Labrou

Yorgos Mavropsaridis

as editor operator

Yannis Totsikas

as ‎cinematographer‎

Christoforos Nezer

as ‎retired‎ General

Giannis Fyrios

as ‎retired‎ Senior Officer

Kostas Bakalis

as Warrant Officer

Panayotis Botinis

as souvlaki seller

Kostas Papahristos

as General

Costas Ferris

as Mexican singer

Giorgos Tsemperopoulos

as Mexican singer

Grigoris Danalis

as priest