Loafing and Camouflage (Λούφα και Παραλλαγή) 40 years old

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...

Credits

Loafing and Camouflage Cast

Name Character
Gerasimos Skiadaressis as sound editor
Nikos Kalogeropoulos He was 32, now 72 years old as Pvt Ioannis Papadopoulos
Yorgos Mavropsaridis He was 29, now 69 years old as editor operator
Paris Tselios as Pvt Marlafekas
Andreas Filippides He was 65, 70 years old when he died as Lt. Col. Minas Katsabelas
Giannis Fyrios He was 71, 94 years old when he died as ‎retired‎ Senior Officer
Stavros Xenidis He was 60, 84 years old when he died as Col A. Kontelis
Stelios Mainas He was 27, now 67 years old as Military Canteen Operator
Christoforos Nezer He was 81, 92 years old when he died as ‎retired‎ General
Giorgos Kimoulis He was 28, now 68 years old as Pvt Ahilleas Labrou
Costas Ferris He was 49, now 89 years old as Mexican singer
Michalis Maniatis He was 32, now 72 years old as Mr. Karlatos
Tania Kapsali as Emmanouela Dimaki
Dimitris Poulikakos He was 41, now 81 years old as John Papaloukas
Hristos Valavanidis He was 40, now 80 years old as Maj D. Karavidis
Takis Spiridakis He was 26, 61 years old when he died as Pvt Panagiotis Balourdos

Loafing and Camouflage Crew

Name Department
Nikos Perakis as Director. He was 40 (now 80) years old Directing
Nikos Perakis as Producer. He was 40 (now 80) years old Production
Nikos Perakis as Writer. He was 40 (now 80) years old Writing
Vasilis Katsoufis as Producer. Production
Nikos Mamangakis as Music. He was 55 (84) years old when He died Sound
Giorgos Panousopoulos as Cinematography. He was 42 (now 82) years old Crew
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Loafing and Camouflage (40 years)

  • Release day: Monday, October 01, 1984
  • Runtime: 99 minutes