Film·2010·1h 5m

Lusitanian Illusion

DocumentaryHistory

Images and sounds expose the duality of Portugal during the days of WW2: a peaceful, god-loving, rural country, providing an escape route for over one hundred thousand European refugees to the Americas; and a political and cultural elite that disguised their Nazi inclinations just enough to play its neutral role in international politics.

Directed by João Canijo

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12 credited

António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira SalazarSelf (archive footage)
Américo Tomás
Américo TomásSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna SchygullaErika Mann (voice)
Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger VoglerAlfred Döblin (voice)
Christian Patey
Christian PateyAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
Annabella
AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)
Danielle Darrieux
Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
Louis Jouvet
Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)
Robert Montgomery
Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
Madeleine Ozeray
Madeleine OzeraySelf (archive footage)
António Lopes Ribeiro
António Lopes RibeiroSelf (archive footage)
Tyrone Power
Tyrone PowerSelf (archive footage)

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