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A smart electronic technician needs his fifteen minutes of fame to scrutinise the corrupt Government, threatening to blow a building to smithereens with his devilishly intricate explosive device. Who can stop a man with nothing to lose?

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Mihalis Karamanos
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General Manager of TOE
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Petros Savvidis
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Panos Balourdos
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Maro Dimou
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Ahilleas Lambrou
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Giannis Papadopoulos
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Boulis Marlafekas
Timos Perlegas ...
Minister
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Minister's Consultant #1
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Police Captain
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District Attorney #1
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Cindy
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Coffee Boy
Kostas Mandilas ...
Mr. Papaloukas (as Konstadinos Mandilas)
Thanasis Papageorgiou ...
Examiner
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Olga Abatzoglou ...
Photographer #3
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Lieutenant Giotas
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Policeman at the Airport
Apostolos Brisimitzakis ...
Photographer #5
Mona Carlsson ...
Blonde
Gregory Christod ...
Greek-American in Taxi
Diagoras Chronopoulos ...
Party Leader's President
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Technician
Nikos Ellinaios ...
Politician #3
Aris Emmanouil
Giannis Galanakis ...
Party Follower #4
Nikos Gavalas ...
Police Officer
Giannis Goumas ...
Minister's Consultant #2
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Computers Expert
Giannis Hatoupis ...
Taxi Driver at the Airport
Arianna Horemi ...
Sotiria
Hristos Hristodoulidis ...
(as H. Hristodoulidis)
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Politician #2
Kyriaki Karalouka ...
Zoi
Maria Karalouka ...
Maria
Sotiris Katsenos ...
Zouras
Douglas Keifer ...
American in Taxi
Lopi Koini ...
Minister's Secretary
Mihalis Kokkinos ...
Reporter #4
Antonia Koundouri ...
Reporter #6
Ilias Kountis ...
Lieutenant in TOE
Makis Kountis ...
Photographer #2
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Newscaster
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TV Crew Member #2
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Police Officer in TOE #2
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Police Captain in TOE
Miltiadis Makris ...
Photographer #4
Iraklis Papadakis ...
Party Secretary
Fotini Papadopoulou ...
Anastasia Kontogiorgi
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Politician #1
Evris Papanikolas ...
Reporter #2
Eppi Perdikari
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Andritsakis
Danai Potamianou ...
Party Follower #2
Vangelis Raptopoulos ...
TV Crew Member #1
Tom Sears ...
American Expert
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District Attorney #2
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Pantelis
Stylianos Skopelitis ...
Photographer #1 (as Stelios Skopelitis)
Stemi Skourletou ...
Reporter #3
Georgios Spentzos ...
Party Follower #3 (as Giorgos Spentsos)
Dimitris Stavrakas ...
Reporter #1
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Police Officer in TOE #1
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Party Follower #1
Giorgos Votsis ...
Reporter #5
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Director
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Doorman in TOE
Melvin Walker ...
Choreographer
Vaios Zitonoulis ...
Pianist
Mary Miliaresi ...
Secretary in TOE (uncredited)

Directed by

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Nicos Perakis

Written by

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Nicos Perakis ... ()

Produced by

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Spyros Mavrogenis ... executive producer
Nicos Perakis ... producer (uncredited)

Music by

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Nikos Mamangakis

Cinematography by

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Giorgos Panousopoulos

Editing by

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Giannis Tsitsopoulos

Editorial Department

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Anastasia Adamopoulou ... negative editor
Giorgos Helidonidis ... assistant editor

Casting By

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Aneza Tzirou

Set Decoration by

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Afroditi Kontzia

Costume Design by

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Afroditi Kontzia

Makeup Department

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Eirini Hana ... makeup artist
Maroula Vasiliadou ... key makeup artist

Production Management

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Nikos Faroupos ... assistant production manager
Dimitris Tourlis ... production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Dimitra Arapoglou ... assistant director
Panos Thomaidis ... assistant director

Art Department

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Nikos Kolokotsios ... set dresser (as Nikos Koliokotsos)
Giorgos Kosmas ... special constructions
Andreas Siroyiannis ... property master
Omiros Soubatlis ... graphic designer
Nikos Triantafyllopoulos ... set painter

Sound Department

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Nikos Ahladis ... sound
Thanassis Arvanitis ... sound mixer
Nikos Papadimitriou ... boom operator

Special Effects by

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Michalis Samiotis ... special effects

Camera and Electrical Department

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Triandafyllos Athanasopoulos ... electrician
Babis Kalderimitzis ... lighting technician (as Babis Kaltimirtzis)
Haris Milonas ... still photographer
Giannis Papadakis ... grip (as Yiannis Papadakis)
Stavros Papoutsas ... assistant camera
Sokratis Savvas ... electrician
Kostas Stamoulis ... assistant camera
Angelos Troianos ... assistant camera
Christos Voudouris ... assistant camera

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Maria Kontodima ... assistant costume designer
Manti Manteleni ... costumer
Dimitra Stavropoulou ... costumer

Music Department

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Minos Mamagakis ... music recordist

Script and Continuity Department

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Fotini Argyropoulo ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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Thodoris Athanasopoulos ... driver
Antonis Pepas ... driver
Ilias Pietris ... driver

Additional Crew

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Nikos Barboutsis ... caterer
Roula Eleftheriou ... production secretary
Giannis Glykofrydis ... consultant: computers
Panagiotis Halkos ... runner
Nikos Loukas ... runner
Despoina Mavrogeni ... publicist
Stavros Meleas ... caterer
Kostas Mitravelas ... accountant
Yorgos Tsemberopoulos ... production coordinator
Melvin Walker ... choreographer

Thanks

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Apostolos C. Doxiadis ... thanks (as Apostolos Doxiadis)
Filippos Vlahos ... thanks

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

A gifted electrician, Michalis Karamanos works for OTE - Greek Telecommunications Organization and it seems that he is the only one who hasn't been completely absorbed by the corrupt and all-devouring system. Acting as a member of the revolutionary organization Constitutional Struggle, which is fighting against the unpopular policy of the government, he connects the computer of the director of OTE to an explosive device. He threatens to destroy the telecommunications of the country if he is not allowed to broadcast on television his revolutionary message during the broadcast of an important football game. The Authorities, thinking that he has gone crazy, try to bring him around using his old friends from the army, whom they pick up one by one as intermediaries. This is a situation comedy with excellent, mature plot development, plenty of suspense as well as masterful criticism of socio-political reality. Written by Greek Film Archive

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Also Known As
  • Βίος και πολιτεία (Greece)
  • BiOS + πολιτεία (Greece)
  • Vios Ke Politia (United States)
  • Living Dangerously (World-wide, English title)
  • Track Record (World-wide, English title)
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  • 101 min
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