''What did you do in the war, Thanasis?'' ( el, Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση;, translit=Ti ekanes ston polemo, Thanasi?) is a 1971

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satirical drama film. It starred Thanasis Veggos as Thanasis, a poor labourer trying to survive during the Axis occupation of Greece. With references to the

Great Famine (Greece) The Great Famine ( el, Μεγάλος Λιμός, and sometimes known as the Grand Famine) was a period of mass starvation during the Axis occupation of Greece, during World War II (1941–1944). The local population suffered greatly during th ...

and the Greek resistance, the film was also a political allegory for the Greek military junta of 1967–1974. It won the Best Film Award at the

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Cast

* Thanasis Veggos ..... ''Thanasis Karathanasis'' * Katerina Gogou ..... ''Froso Karathanasi'' * Antonis Papadopoulos ..... ''Hans'' * Efi Roditi ..... ''Danae'' * Nikitas Platis ..... ''Thodoros'' * Mihalis Giannatos ..... ''Italian officer'' *Stelios Lionakis ..... ''Ivan'' *Kaiti Lambropoulou ..... ''Cleopatra'' *Giannis Firios ..... ''judge'' *Dinos Doulgerakis ..... ''lawyer'' *Kostas Stavrinoudakis ..... ''electric company worker''

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* 1971 films 1971 comedy-drama films 1970s satirical films Greek comedy-drama films 1970s Greek-language films Films about famine Films set in Axis-occupied Greece Greek satirical films Greek black-and-white films Films shot in Greece Anti-war films about World War II 1970s war comedy-drama films 1971 comedy films 1971 drama films Greek World War II films {{WWII-drama-film-stub