LOAFING AND CAMOUFLAGE/ Loufa Kai Parallaghi

Director: Nikos Perakis

Cast: Nikos Kalogeropoulos, Yiorgos Kimoulis, Takis Spyridakis, Fotis Polychronopoulos, Yannis Hatziyannis, Paris Tselios, Stavros Xenidis, Andreas Filippidis, Christos Valavanidis, Antonis Theodorakopoulos, Nikos Tsachiridis, Tania Kapsali, Ifigenia Makati, Rocky Taylor, Dimitris Poulikakos and Antonis Maniatis

A cult classic Greek movie by Nikos Perakis, which was recently followed with the sequel in 2005, Sirens in the Aegean.

During the military takeover by the junta in 1967, a group of neophyte soldiers are assigned to duty in the dictatorship-run television station, a prospect, which is totally new to them. Overcoming boredom, they begin to produce comical and subtly subversive programs in this satirical look at life under Fascism.

Cinematography: George Panoussopoulos
Music: Nikos Mamangakis
Art Director: Yorgos Koliopandos
Costume Design: H Perakis, Heidrun Brandt
Sound Recording: Marinos Athanassopoulos
Production Manager: Vassilis Katsoufis
Production: Greek Film Centre (M.Kariatos), Nicos Perakis
Filmakers: Cooperation Ltd, Spentzos Film


Awards
Special Mention, 1985, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Grand Prix, 1984, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Best Screenplay, 1984, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Best Actor, 1984, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Best Editing, 1984, Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Golden Berlin Bear, Nominated, 1985 Berlin International Film Festival


Trivia
The two buildings that were used to shoot the film are in Pedion Areos in Athens. The first one is the headquarters of the Hellenic Army Geographical Service and it used to host the facilities of the Military Broadcasting Service, and the second one is the building of the Hellenic National Defense College.

Nikos Perakis Filmography:

2005: Sirens In The Aegean

2003: Liza and All The Others

2001: The Bubble

1999: Female Company

1995: Polis (TV) 1997 Pater Familias

1987: Living Dangerously

1984: Loafing And Camouflage

1982: Arpa Colla

1978: Milo Milo

1976: Bomber Und Paganini

1972: Die Wohngenossin

1971: Das Goldene Ding

Born in 1944, Perakis studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Munich and worked as set and costume designer in several German film productions before working on his own films as writer, director and producer.