''Loafing and Camouflage'' ( el, Λούφα και Παραλλαγή, translit=Lufa kai Paralagi; 1984) is a Greek comedy film directed by Nikos Perakis. It was followed by the motion picture Living Dangerously ( Greek: BiOS + πολιτεία, romanized: BiOS + politeia; 1987 ), bringing the characters in a post-20 year "reunion". In 2005, '' Loafing and Camouflage: Sirens in the Aegean'' was released, bearing no relation to the first installment; instead, telling the story of a modern-day Army company. A TV series version of the movie aired for two seasons, featuring actors from the latest L&C movie in the roles of the original characters from the 1984 installment.

Synopsis

The film tells the story of a group of soldiers, who, during their compulsory

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in 1967 and 1968, before and during the Greek Junta, are assigned to the, then, recently founded Armed Forces Television. This TV station, founded for the civilian population, was run by the Army Cinematographic Unit 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 setting, characters and situations portrayed in the film are largely autobiographical. During his military service, Perakis helped set up the experimental Armed Forces Television station in the premises of the

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, and the film shows a fictionalized account of this period.

Cast

* Nikos Kalogeropoulos as Private Giannis Papadopoulos * Giorgos Kimoulis as Private Achilleas Lambrou * Takis Spyridakis as Private Panagiotis Balourdos * Fotis Polychronopoulos as Private Michail Karamanos, aka Karamazov * Giannis Chatziyannis as Private Petros Savidis * Paris Tselios as Private Marlafekas * Stavros Xenidis as

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A. Kontellis * Andreas Filippidis as Lieutenant Colonel Minas Katsampelas * Christos Valavanidis Major D. Karavidis * Antonis Theodorakopoulos as Captain * Nikos Tsachiridis as

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* Tania Kapsali as Emmanouella Dimaki * Ifigenia Makati as Katerina Papadopoulou * Rocky Taylor as Cindy * Dimitris Poulikakos as John Papaloukas * Michalis Maniatis as Mr. Karlatos * Ira Papamichail as Soula

Awards

* Special Mention, 1985,

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* Grand Prix, 1984,

* Best Screenplay, 1984,

* Best Actor, 1984,

* Best Editing, 1984,

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, Nominated, 35th Berlin International Film Festival

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 0123976 1984 films Greek satirical films 1980s Greek-language films Films directed by Nikos Perakis Comedy films based on actual events Films set in Greece 1980s political comedy films Works about the Greek junta 1984 comedy films Films about coups d'état Films about propaganda