What Did You Do in the War, Thanasis?

What did you do in the war, Thanasis?
Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση;
Directed byDinos Katsouridis
Written byDinos Katsouridis
StarringThanasis Veggos
Antonis Papadopoulos
Katerina Gogou
Nikitas Platis
Music byMimis Plessas
Release date
  • December 24, 1971 (1971-12-24)
Running time
85 minutes
CountryGreece
LanguageGreek

What did you do in the war, Thanasis? (Greek: Τι έκανες στον πόλεμο, Θανάση;, romanizedTi ekanes ston polemo, Thanasi?) is a 1971 Greek 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) 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 Thessaloniki International Film Festival.

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