Lusitanian Illusion

Lusitanian Illusion

6.4
2010-04-22 | 65 min
DocumentaryHistory

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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António de Oliveira Salazar

Self (archive footage)

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Américo Tomás

Self - President of the Republic (archive footage)

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Hanna Schygulla

Erika Mann (voice)

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Rüdiger Vogler

Alfred Döblin (voice)

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Christian Patey

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (voice)

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Annabella

Self (archive footage)

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Danielle Darrieux

Self (archive footage)

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Louis Jouvet

Self (archive footage)

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Robert Montgomery

Self (archive footage)

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Madeleine Ozeray

Self (archive footage)

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