Lusitanian Illusion Poster

Lusitanian Illusion

64.00% | April 22, 2010 | Documentary, History

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.

Featured Crew

João Canijo
Director
João Braz
Editor
François Loubeyre
Sound Mixer
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Cast

António de Oliveira Salazar
António de Oliveira Salazar
Self (archive footage)
Américo Tomás
Américo Tomás
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)
Hanna Schygulla
Hanna Schygulla
Erika Mann (voice)
Rüdiger Vogler
Rüdiger Vogler
Alfred Döblin (voice)
Christian Patey
Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Images