
Lusitanian Illusion
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April 22, 2010
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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
Self (archive footage)

Américo Tomás
Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

Hanna Schygulla
Erika Mann (voice)

Rüdiger Vogler
Alfred Döblin (voice)

Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)