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
João Canijo
Writer
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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