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...
Credits
Loafing and Camouflage Cast
| Name |
Character |
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Gerasimos Skiadaressis
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as sound editor |
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Nikos Kalogeropoulos
He was 32, now 72 years old
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as Pvt Ioannis Papadopoulos |
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Yorgos Mavropsaridis
He was 29, now 70 years old
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as editor operator |
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Paris Tselios
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as Pvt Marlafekas |
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Andreas Filippides
He was 65, 70 years old when he died
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as Lt. Col. Minas Katsabelas |
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Giannis Fyrios
He was 71, 94 years old when he died
|
as retired Senior Officer |
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Stavros Xenidis
He was 60, 84 years old when he died
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as Col A. Kontelis |
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Stelios Mainas
He was 27, now 67 years old
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as Military Canteen Operator |
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Costas Ferris
He was 49, now 89 years old
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as Mexican singer |
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Christoforos Nezer
He was 81, 92 years old when he died
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as retired General |
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Giorgos Kimoulis
He was 28, now 68 years old
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as Pvt Ahilleas Labrou |
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Michalis Maniatis
He was 32, now 72 years old
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as Mr. Karlatos |
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Tania Kapsali
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as Emmanouela Dimaki |
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Dimitris Poulikakos
He was 41, now 81 years old
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as John Papaloukas |
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Hristos Valavanidis
He was 40, now 80 years old
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as Maj D. Karavidis |
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Takis Spiridakis
He was 26, 61 years old when he died
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as Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos |
Loafing and Camouflage Crew
