Loafing and Camouflage
01/10/1984
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...
Movie Information
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
Takis Spiridakis
as Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos
Tania Kapsali
as Emmanouela Dimaki
Hristos Valavanidis
as Maj D. Karavidis
Antonis Theodorakopoulos
as Captain
Fotis Polyhronopoulos
as Pvt Michalis 'Karamazov' Karamanos
Nikos Tsachiridis
as Staff Sergeant
Ifigeneia Makati
as Katerina Papadopoulou
Giannis Hatzigiannis
as Pvt Petros Savvidis
Paris Tselios
as Pvt Marlafekas
Stavros Mavridis
as Pvt Apostolis Apostolopoulos
Ira Papamichail
as Soula
Rocky Taylor
as Cindy
Dimitris Poulikakos
as John Papaloukas
Michalis Maniatis
as Mr. Karlatos
Nikos Alexiou
as anchorman
Andonis Anastassakis
as Military Policeman
Kostas Bakalis
as Warrant Officer
Panayotis Botinis
as souvlaki seller
Grigoris Danalis
as priest
Costas Ferris
as Mexican singer
Giannis Fyrios
as retired Senior Officer
Pavlos Haikalis
as cook
Margarita Labrinou
as Mrs. Labrou
Vaggelis Liodakis
as Repairman
Stelios Mainas
as Military Canteen Operator
Yorgos Mavropsaridis
as editor operator
Themis Panou
as Barracks Manager
Kostas Papahristos
as General
Pantelis Papakonstantinou
as Guard
Gerasimos Skiadaresis
as sound editor
Panagiotis Soupiadis
as soldier
Yannis Totsikas
as cinematographer
Giorgos Tsemperopoulos
as Mexican singer
Vasiliki Rorri
as Foteini Katsabela
Christoforos Nezer
as Retired Officer
Constantine II of Greece
as Himself (Archive)
Georgios Papadopoulos
as Himself (Archive)
