Loafing and Camouflage
1984 · 99 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 3,749 VOTES · DIR. Nikos Perakis
Overview
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...
Dialogue Timeline — 1,105 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:00:44 All yours!
00:06:26 Report properly!
00:09:57 Private Caramanos Mihall, pioneer-designer!
00:13:19 I tried hard to have you transferred to Athens...
00:17:27 That's the meaning of military service...
00:20:59 -Who's she? -The Staff-Sergeant's chick.
00:24:45 -Where are you going? -To shoot a film.
00:28:59 The Hilton is nice, eh... Good service...
00:32:45 Are there many of us here?
00:36:14 -May I take the letter, sir? -Take it.
00:39:39 He fleeced us. Here, take the rest...
00:44:17 Get the hell out of here, or I'll have your asses!
00:50:00 Miss EmanueIa will present the programmed from now on!
00:54:02 Greek and British commandos launched a coordinated attack
00:59:24 -Give me my gun! -We don't even have rifles!
01:02:43 Has anybody seen Lambrou? Where is the son of a bitch?
01:06:23 Go to bed now.
01:09:58 it does not project its claimed paradise...
01:12:56 So start writing the script! The dialogues in English.
01:16:36 -Too much work I see. -That's life, sir.
01:20:30 Come on, this is not a comedy!
01:23:48 You must realize that you're nothing but Greeks...
01:29:11 You gone mad?
27:01:03 in 5 months how many?