Morning Patrol

Morning Patrol
Theatrical release poster
Πρωϊνή Περίπολος
Directed by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Produced by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Written by	Nikos Nikolaidis
Story by	Daphne du Maurier Philip K. Dick Raymond Chandler Herman Raucher
Starring	Michele Valley Takis Spiridakis Liana Hatzi Nikos Hatzis V. Kabouri Takis Loukatos H. Mavros Panos Thanassoulis Rania Trivela
Music by	Giorgos Hatzinasios
Cinematography	Dinos Katsouridis
Edited by	Andreas Andreadakis
Production company	Greek Film Center
Distributed by	Greek Film Center
Release date	8 October 1987 (Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema)
Running time	105 Minutes
Country	Greece
Language	Greek

Morning Patrol (Greek: Πρωϊνή Περίπολος, tr. Proini Peripolos) is a 1987 Greek dramatic experimental independent surrealist underground art film directed by Nikos Nikolaidis. It introduced a new iconography to Nikolaidis' work and contains several elements somewhat resembling the thriller genre and post-apocalyptic science fiction. The film has an elaborate yet simple script of strongly contrasting moods. The film's dialogue contains excerpts taken from published works authored by Daphne du Maurier, Philip K. Dick, Raymond Chandler, and Herman Raucher. It received the Best Director Award and the Greek National Ministry of Culture Award at the Thessaloniki Festival of Greek Cinema in October 1987, where Dinos Katsouridis also won the Best Cinematographer Award and Marie-Louise Bartholomew also won the Best Art Director Award. The film went on further to be officially selected for screening at Fantasporto in February 1989 where it was nominated for the International Fantasy Film Award and it was also officially selected for screening at the Avoriaz Fantastic Film Festival in January 1987 where it was nominated for the Grand Prize.