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Loaf and Camouflage (1984)
Loufa kai parallagi (original title)

99 min  -  Comedy
7.4
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The "adventures" of some friends during their military service.

Director:

Nicos Perakis

Writer:

Nicos Perakis
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Nikos Kalogeropoulos Nikos Kalogeropoulos ...
Pvt Ioannis Papadopoulos
Giorgos Kimoulis Giorgos Kimoulis ...
Takis Spiridakis Takis Spiridakis ...
Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos
Stavros Xenidis Stavros Xenidis ...
Andreas Filippides Andreas Filippides ...
Lt. Col. Minas Katsabelas
Hristos Valavanidis Hristos Valavanidis ...
Maj D. Karavidis
Antonis Theodorakopoulos Antonis Theodorakopoulos ...
Captain
Nikos Tsachiridis Nikos Tsachiridis ...
Staff Sergeant
Fotis Polyxronopoulos Fotis Polyxronopoulos ...
Pvt Michalis Karamanos
Giannis Hatzigiannis Giannis Hatzigiannis ...
Pvt Petros Savvidis
Paris Tselios Paris Tselios ...
Pvt Marlafekas
Stavros Mavridis Stavros Mavridis ...
Pvt Apostolis Apostolopoulos
Tania Kapsali Tania Kapsali ...
Emmanouela Dimaki
Ira Papamichail Ira Papamichail ...
Soula
Ifigeneia Makati Ifigeneia Makati ...
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Storyline

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... Written by Greek Film Center  

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Plot Keywords:

Army | Dictatorship | TV Station | Greek Filmmaking | TV News  | See more »

Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

Greece

Language:

Greek

Also Known As:

Λούφα και Παραλλαγή See more »

Filming Locations:

Athens, Greece

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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | (miniseries version)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1
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Trivia

At one point, the gate officer informs Pvt. Papadopoulos that Von Canaris is looking for him. While the officer's name is actually Major D. Karavidis, who is the intelligence officer of the unit, this is a reference to Admiral Wilhelm Franz Canaris who was the head of the Abwehr, the German military intelligence service, from 1935 to 1944. See more »

Connections

Followed by Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean (2005) See more »

Soundtracks

"TSIFTETELI"
Performed by Eleftheria Arvanitaki
Music by Nikos Mamangakis
Lyrics by Nicos Perakis See more »