Lusitanian Illusion

Directed by João Canijo
2010    65m
Documentary, History
7.3
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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.
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Cast of Lusitanian Illusion
  • António de Oliveira SalazarSelf (archive footage)
  • Américo TomásSelf - President of the Republic (archive footage)
  • Hanna SchygullaErika Mann (voice)
  • Rüdiger VoglerAlfred Döblin (voice)
  • Christian PateyAntoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)
  • AnnabellaSelf (archive footage)
  • Danielle DarrieuxSelf (archive footage)
  • Louis JouvetSelf (archive footage)
  • Robert MontgomerySelf (archive footage)
  • Madeleine OzeraySelf (archive footage)
  • António Lopes RibeiroSelf (archive footage)
  • Tyrone PowerSelf (archive footage)
  • Simone SimonSelf (archive footage)

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