

DocumentaryHistory
Lusitanian Illusion
📅 Thursday, 22 April 2010⏱️ 1h 5m
🎬 Directed by João Canijo🏢 Periferia Filmes
★ 6.4
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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.
Cast & Crew

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)
C
Christian Patey
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

Annabella
Self (archive footage)

Danielle Darrieux
Self (archive footage)

Louis Jouvet
Self (archive footage)
🎬 Directed byJoão Canijo
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